Our Indian Education high school students are invited to join our October Native Book Club.  We will be reading Taaqtumi: An Anthology of Arctic Horror Stories.  Upon registration, students will receive a free copy of the book to read on their own and an invitation to join our virtual book club discussion group on October 27 @ 4:30 pm. 

Interested?  Sign up available at https://calendly.com/kerrie-troseth/october-book-club. 

Questions?  Please contact Kerrie, the Indian Education School Counselor at kerrie.troseth@spps.org.

All St. Paul Public Schools High School students can now sign up for an online Ojibwe language class taught by Andrea Fairbanks. 

• Learn first year Ojibwe language: listening, reading, writing & speaking
• Learn Ojibwe culture and history
• Have fun reclaiming the language! 

*Meeting days and times are to be determined. 

To register, contact you school counselor

Indian Education will be visiting several high schools next week to meet with our students.  Students will receive information on our services and available community resources to support the high school journey.  This is an excused absence; however, student need to sign up prior to the event by accessing the following link: https://www.smore.com/ncv58.

The SPPS Indian Education Program Resource Room contains materials available for check out and cultural items that promote knowledge regarding the unique political, sovereign, cultural, traditional and spiritual values of American Indian Nations.  

A list of items located in the SPPS Indian Education Program Resource Room can be found by viewing the American Indian Program List in the SPPS Library Catalog (mylibrary.spps.org) or by searching the catalog with the location set as Center for Equity and Culture and the sublocation set at Indian Education Program @CASS. Additional items will be added to the catalog as they are added to our Resource Room. Materials will be available for students and staff to check out beginning in the 2021-2022 school year.  

Materials may be checked out and checked in during our Extended Resource Room Hours on Mondays from 7:30 a.m.-6:30 p.m. You may set up an appointment with the Indian Education Program Clerk at 651-293-5191 or elizabeth.saunby@spps.org to check out materials on other school days.  

Additional details regarding the SPPS Indian Education Program Resource Room, including check out/check in procedures, a list of kits and the Indian Education Program Kit Request can be viewed at spps.org/Page/41197.

SPPS Indian Education Program & American Indian Family Center are co-hosting a Fall Feast & Drum Blessing September 24th, 5:00pm - 7:30pm at Mounds Park Pavilion.

Additional details are available at https://www.spps.org/domain/11939

September 11th & 18th

10:00am - 3:00pm

Indian Education Program Office (65 E Kellogg Blvd, St. Paul, MN 55101)

𝗦𝗮𝗶𝗻𝘁 𝗣𝗮𝘂𝗹 𝗣𝘂𝗯𝗹𝗶𝗰 𝗦𝗰𝗵𝗼𝗼𝗹𝘀 𝗜𝗻𝗱𝗶𝗮𝗻 𝗘𝗱𝘂𝗰𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗣𝗿𝗼𝗴𝗿𝗮𝗺 𝗦𝗲𝗻𝗶𝗼𝗿𝘀

• Review Graduation Credits
• Learn to Bead Your Graduation Cap
• Sign up for Tutoring
• Receive Post-High Planning Support
• Learn more about Four Directions Pathway to SPC
• Order Senior Photos
• Discuss Other Supports Needed for Your Senior Year

Register at https://bit.ly/SeptSen21

Contact Kerrie Troseth, SPPS Indian Education Program School Counselor, at kerrie.troseth@spps.org for additional information.

We would like to thank everyone that participated in the 2021-2022 Title VI American Indian Parent Advisory Committee Elections. To those that didn't win please expect a personal email thanking you for running. Here are the results: 

𝗣𝗮𝗿𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗥𝗲𝗽𝗿𝗲𝘀𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗮𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗲𝘀

1.     Janice LaFloe
2.     Alicia Garcia
3.     Amber Annis
4.     Lisa Kaste
5.     Jolene Morgan
6.     Tanya Nichols
7.     Lisa DeCory
8.     Tonya Long 

𝗧𝗲𝗮𝗰𝗵𝗲𝗿 𝗥𝗲𝗽𝗿𝗲𝘀𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗮𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗲

1.     Julie Downwind 

𝗖𝗼𝗺𝗺𝘂𝗻𝗶𝘁𝘆 𝗥𝗲𝗽𝗿𝗲𝘀𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗮𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗲

1.     Brooke LaFloe 

𝗦𝘁𝘂𝗱𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗥𝗲𝗽𝗿𝗲𝘀𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗮𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗲𝘀

1.     Caley C.
2.     Tahkeya B.

The first meeting as the new committee will be this Thursday evening, August 12th,  6:00PM-7:30PM. 

If you have any questions, please contact Dominic Good Buffalo at 612-297-9374 or dominic.goodbuffalo@spps.org. 

Again, thank you to everyone involved in this process and this committee investing time in our families and children in the Saint Paul school district.