Trump’s voucher plan could help embattled Native American students. But at what cost?
President Donald Trump's executive order aimed at expanding educational choice could provide an alternative to Native students who attend embattled public and government-operated schools.
Ted McDermott
Public Service Journalism Team
Amelia Schafer
Rapid City Journal
Sage Fast Dog knows the importance of the federal system for educating Native Americans through the Bureau of Indian Education. But he also knows its flaws and limitations.
Educators from the St. Francis Indian School on the Rosebud Indian Reservation attended a OLNEC conference in Rapid City on March 1 to discuss how recent executive orders may impact their school.
Cecilia Fire Thunder, president of the Oglala Lakota Nation Education Coalition on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation, speaks at a OLNEC event in Rapid City on March 1.
Educators from the St. Francis Indian School on the Rosebud Indian Reservation in South Dakota are voicing concern as to how recent executive orders could impact BIE-funded and -operated schools.
Amelia Schafer is the Indigenous Affairs reporter for the Rapid City Journal. She is of Wampanoag and Montauk-Brothertown Indian Nation descent. She is based in Rapid City. You can contact her at aschafer@rapidcityjournal.com.
Cecilia Fire Thunder, president of the Oglala Lakota Nation Education Coalition on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation, speaks at a OLNEC event in Rapid City on March 1.
Educators from the St. Francis Indian School on the Rosebud Indian Reservation attended a OLNEC conference in Rapid City on March 1 to discuss how recent executive orders may impact their school.
Educators from the St. Francis Indian School on the Rosebud Indian Reservation in South Dakota are voicing concern as to how recent executive orders could impact BIE-funded and -operated schools.
