IEFA Grant Funding Available
The Indian Education for All Unit will be offering grant awards to districts that would like to compensate their staff for completing IEFA PD modules or facilitate an exchange program between Native and Non-Native schools and students. Exchanges between schools on different reservations will be considered as well. The PD modules would be specific to the Essential Understandings Regarding Montana Indians or the IEFA Implementation Framework hub course. Grant awards would be determined based on the size of the school district and the estimated number of staff participating. Districts would also be required to provide some IEFA ANB funds for match. Interested schools and districts should contact Jennifer Stadum or Zach Hawkins in the OPI IEFA office.
Jennifer Stadum: jstadum@mt.gov or 444-0725
Zach Hawkins: zachariah.hawkins@mt.gov or 444-0708
New Social Studies Lessons Available
The OPI IEFA Unit has recently added and updated a number of new Social Studies lessons which are available on our website. Please see the list and links below and consider using them and/or passing them along:
Elementary
I Know About Other People - Grades K-2 *
I Know Who I Am: My Ethnic Heritage - Grades 1-2*
Montana Indians Differ in Language and Culture - Grade 3*
Montana Indians: Oral Traditions and History - Grade 3*
Human Expression and Transmission of Culture - Winter Counts*
Middle School
Historical Inaccuracy in Movies - Pocahontas and Peter Pan - Grades 7-8*
The Iroquois Confederacy and the Foundations of American Democracy - Grades 7-8*
High School
Montana Tribal Governments*
The Treaty Period*
A New Day at the Department of the Interior & Implications for Tribal Lands*
Mike Jetty: mjetty@mt.gov or 444-0720
The OPI is committed to providing reasonable accommodations to people with disabilities. If you need a reasonable accommodation, require an alternate format, or have questions concerning accessibility, contact the OPI ADA Coordinator, 406-444-3161, opiada@mt.gov, Relay Service: 711.
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