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2018 SFUSD Indian Education Program Annual Report

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OUR MISSION

Our Program

The Indian Education Program supports the unique educational and culturally-related academic needs of American Indian/Alaskan Native students as it connects to their cultural, emotional, and social wellbeing in the San Francisco Unified School District. The Indian Education Center is located at Sanchez Elementary School, 325 Sanchez Street, Bungalow 2, San Francisco, California.

Our Parent Advisory Committee

The PAC is a group of parents/grandparents, students, alumni and teachers that help determine and accomplish the goals of the Indian Education Program and advises on the distribution of program funds.

Current officers:

Chairperson- Cante Tenza Win Goodface (Lakota) Secretary- Lesley Effman (Tohono O’odham /Karok) Student Representative- Raziel Goodface Tucker (Lakota) Alumni Representative - Arianna Antone-Ramirez (Tohono O’odham & Costa Rican / Nicaraguan) Elder Representative- Judy Aguilar (Dine)

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American Indian Education History

• 1832 - Responsibility for Indian

Education is assigned to the Commissioner of the Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA).

• 1870 - Ulysses S. Grant’s “Peace

Policy”

• 1879 - Carlisle Indian School
• 1887 - Dawes Act
• 1920 - Meriam report
• 1924 - Indian Citizenship Act
• 1933 - the Indian New Deal
• 1934 - Dawes Act is repealed
• Johnson-O'Malley Act

passes

• Indian Reorganization Act
• Beginning of public schools
• 1948 - “Termination Period”
• 1950 - “Termination” debate continues

to threaten Indian-run schools.

• 1968 - Indian Civil Rights Act
• 1969 - The Kennedy Report
• 1972 - Title IV of the Indian Education

Act

• 1974 - Title IV is amended
• 1975 - Indian Self Determination Act
• 1978 - American Indian Religious Freedom

Act

• 1990 - Native American Languages Act
• 1991 - “Indian Nations at risk”
• 1998 - President Clinton's Executive Order
• 2001 - The No Child Left Behind Act
• 2006 - Esther Martinez Native American

Language Preservation Act

• 2011- President Obama signed an Executive

Order for the creation of an inter-agency work group.

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➔ New multimedia Diné and Lakóta language libraries ➔ Student Representative announced as youngest member of American Indian Cultural Center of San Francisco Board of Directors ➔ Continued monthly official PAC meetings & new additional working PAC meetings ➔ International Indigenous Student Leadership Summit at Marin in cooperation with Migrant Ed. ➔ Three year anniversary celebration of permanent and dedicated location at Sanchez Elementary ➔ Indian Ed. Alumni returned throughout the year to support the program they graduated from ➔ In collaboration with the Migrant Ed. Program, Indian Ed. took a campus tour of University of California Los Angeles. Our prospective students met with the American Indian Student Association, learned about opportunities and resources available to them, and participated in the 32nd Annual UCLA Powwow!

2017 Highlights & Successes

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2017 Wisdom Moving Forward End of the Year Celebration

Each year we celebrate our students’ successful school years, promotions, and graduations. This year the PAC arranged for each High School graduate to be gifted with a Pendleton honor blanket donated by the community. For the 5th year in a row, Indian Ed. students have participated in this conference, the comprehensive Native Youth Leadership Program (NYLP), and world-renowned Indigenous Forum. The NYLP is one of a kind and framed in a culturally & linguistically responsive

• pedagogy. We would like to thank the

San Manuel Band of Mission Indians for providing the Native Youth this

• pportunity. #BioWarriors

National Bioneers Conference

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Above: Indian Ed. Youth being honored by the Board of Supervisors and the Mayor’s Office for preserving Native American cultures and planning the annual Dancing Feathers Powwow Right: Indian Ed. Program Coordinator, Paloma Flores, receiving 2017 Local Unsung Hero Award

Native American Heritage Night at City Hall

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Ongoing

• K-12 academic support: Helping students connect with

district & school resources to support their academic success

• Family support: Providing direct support to families in

connecting to district & community resources

• Tutoring/drop in hours & access to Sanchez Elementary Food

Bank provided at the Indian Education Center

• Inter-Departmental Collaboration
• Cultural Nights have included instruction in beading, basket

weaving, and sewing of ceremonial clothing

• Indian Education Center features a library of culturally

relevant books and other educational materials, as well as computers for student use

• We are proud of our ongoing collaboration with NAHC,

Friendship House, and Instituto Familiar de la Raza! This collaboration is integral to supporting our students and their families as a whole, it takes a village.

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American Indian Community Challenges

• Trauma layered with Historical Intergenerational Trauma
• Stereotyping
• Cultural Homogenization
• Internal identity struggle/feeling disconnected
• Lowest graduation rates nationwide
• Cultural Appropriation
• Economic barriers
• High Risk Transitional Age Youth
• Racial Misidentification
• Loss of indigenous languages
• Need for curriculum rooted in cultural humility &

inclusivity

• Addiction
• Lack of access to indigenous foods leading to health issues

like diabetes

• SF Bay Area housing crisis
• Negative and lack of Native American representation in

media

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Graduates / DropOut & Successes Despite All Odds

Graduation Rate for A.I students 2014-15 52.6 2015-16 77.8 2016-17 Dropout Rates 14-15 15.8 % 15-16 16.7% Graduates to College 2016 4 Yr University 3 students 2 Yr University 8 students 2017 4 Yr University 1 student 2 Yr University 6 students

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Top Priorities

Cultural Competency/Humility ➔ Training for all SFUSD employees provided by the California Indian Museum & Cultural Center ➔ Continued input into curricular development through regular interaction with the Indian Ed. parent advisory committee and cultural bearers in the American Indian community ➔ To adopt a supportive policy regarding the wearing of sacred (eagle, hawk, etc.) feathers and cultural regalia items during graduation ceremonies ➔ To remove the racially insensitive murals at Washington HS Academic+Social/Emotional Support ➔ To increase staff support at the Indian Ed. Center PT-FT Policy & Operations ➔ Identification Procedure i.e. annual training of EPC staff at Indian

• Ed. Center

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Who We Are Our Lives Our Stories

Amah Mutsun Tribal Band Blackfeet Nation Cherokee Nation Cheyenne River Sioux Chickasaw Nation Chilkat Tribe Chiricahua Apache Choctaw Nation Comanche Tribe Creek Nation Federated Indians of Graton Rancheria Hunkpapa Kewa Pueblo Miwok Mono Navajo Nation Nomlaki Northern Cheyenne Oglala Sioux Pechanga Band of Luiseno Mission Indians Pima Pit River Nation Rancheria Band of Pomo Indians Seminole Nation Standing Rock Sioux Te-Moak Western Shoshone Tesuque Pueblo Tohono O’odham Turtle Mountain Band

• f Chippewa

Walker River Paiute Wintun Yaqui Yokayo Band of Pomo

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Thanks!

Any questions?

The SFUSD Indian Education Program Parent Advisory Committee invites you to attend: Wisdom Moving Forward Cultural Event honoring our students & elders on Saturday, June 2nd 12pm-3pm at Sanchez Elementary Auditorium

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