The American Indian Education Program, offered through the Saint Paul Public Schools District 625, is in existence to preserve and present the unique political, sovereign, cultural, traditional, and spiritual values of American Indian Nations through Education.
Services Offered
To find out if your student is eligible to receive these services, please contact the American Indian Education Program, or review the eligibility requirements below.
The Saint Paul Indian Education program was created as a supplemental program of Saint Paul Public Schools in 1973 in response to the 1972 Indian Education Act. The initial purpose of the program was to provide supportive counseling and tutoring for American Indian students and their parents. In the early nineties the program increased its focus on language and cultural connection to improve the academic success of American Indian students. In 1992 the focus increased to include post-secondary planning and outreach efforts to eligible students who most needed assistance. The American Indian Education Program provides services to students; including parents and families.
To assist American Indian students in graduating from high school with a quality education and a positive cultural personal identity.
The American Indian Education Program provides services to students, parents and families. All services are supplemental to existing services or are services not provided by another school program. American Indian Education Program services may be provided to any American Indian student who is:
JOM
The Johnson-O'Malley Program is authorized by the Johnson-O'Malley Act of 1934 and the implementing regulations are provided in Part 273 of Title 25 of the Code of Federal Regulations. As amended, this Act authorizes contracts for the education of eligible Indian students enrolled in public schools and previously private schools. This local program is operated under an educational plan, approved by the BIE, which contains educational objectives to address the needs of the eligible American Indian and Alaska Native students.
Johnson O’Malley programs offered to American Indian and Alaska Native students vary and may include such programs as culture, language, academics and dropout prevention.
Eligible applicants are tribal organizations, Indian corporations, school districts or States with eligible American Indian and Alaska Native children attending their schools or public school districts that have established Indian Education Committees to approve supplementary support programs that benefit American Indian and Alaska Native students. Eligible American Indian and Alaska Native students are enrolled members of a federally recognized tribe or at least one-fourth or more degree of Indian blood descendant of a member of a federally recognized Indian tribal government eligible for services from the Bureau. In addition, eligibility requires these children be between age 3 through grades 12, with priority given to children residing on or near an Indian reservation.
Title VI
It is the policy of the United States to fulfill the federal government's unique and continuing trusted relationship with and responsibility to the Indian people for the education of Indian children. The federal government will continue to work with local educational agencies and individual tribes and organizations, post-secondary institutions and other entities toward the goal of ensuring that programs that serve individual children are of the highest quality and provide for not just the basic elementary and secondary educational needs, but also the unique educational and culturally related academic needs of these children.
The Office of Indian Education provides information, resources, support and oversight to district, charter, and tribal contract schools throughout the state of Minnesota, and is responsible for or collaborates with the following programs:
Our goal is to provide meaningful, intentional, and targeted educational opportunities to every American Indian student, while at the same time fostering cultural identity and pride. We work closely with the Tribal Nations Education Committee (TNEC) and the Minnesota Indian Education Association (MIEA) and consult and collaborate with these 11 distinct Ojibwe and Dakota Communities:
Indian Education Program
65 E. Kellogg Blvd
Saint Paul, MN, 55102
indianeducation@stpaul.k12.mn.us
Phone: 651-293-5191
Fax: 651-293-5193
The American Indian Education Program provides services to students, parents and families. All services are supplemental to existing services or are services not provided by another school program. American Indian Education Program services may be provided to any American Indian student who is:
Cultural Enrichment
Social Service Staff
Chemical Prevention K-12
Post Secondary Planning Program
Fill out this form to request assistance from the SPPS Indian Education Program.
Our office is located at 65 E. Kellogg Blvd., Saint Paul, MN, 55102
Please Use the Minnesota Street entrance to access our office. After 4 p.m., call the office phone (651-293-5191) for door service. Please bring you parking ticket in the office so it can be validated. Validation is only good if you park in the Capital City Parking Ramp. The ramp is located on the same block as Creative Arts Secondary School. Ramp can also be accessed from the north on 4th Street.
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