Sentence examples for tribal school from inspiring English sources

Mention the name Slade Gorton in this far corner of Indian Country, and some people will talk about Slade Gorton the senior senator from Washington who is securing $15 million this year to replace a decrepit tribal school.

Some 700 people – about 20% of the tribe's population – live in lower Taholah, which is also the site of a tribal school and Head Start, senior housing center and a jail.

At the government tribal school in the village of Thorapalli in Tamil Nadu, 12-year-old Divya Murugesh is thrilled about coming to school because she enjoys playing on computers.

Lee Snapp, who previously taught engineering at a tribal school, was recruited for the job; Snapp left JSC temporarily to work at Salish Kootenai College, ANAMP's headquarters in Pablo, Montana.

Children who are disenrolled can lose access to tribal schools.

"Like Obama," said Silas Blaine, the superintendent of Crow Creek Tribal Schools.

For instance, when tribal schools were opened to replace the boarding schools, many employed tribal elders to instruct children in indigenous languages.

This year, he points to his effort to increase Interior Department spending on tribal schools by $143 million as an example of his support for basic Indian needs.

"When I drafted the Interior bill this year, one of my top priorities was to dramatically increase federal dollars for tribal schools," he said.

Yesterday, the White House formed new initiatives to help to plight of Native Americans, including reforms for the Bureau of Indian Education, efforts to bring high-speed Internet to tribal schools, and training for teachers.

("That epithet American-Jewish writer has no meaning for me," Roth has informed those critics who attempt to divide our literature into tribal schools. "If I'm not an American, I'm nothing").