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NATIONAL INDIAN EDUCATION ASSOCIATION
"Weaving a Lifelong Journey with Tradition and Education"
Phoenix Civic Plaza Convention Center, Phoenix, Arizona
October 28-31, 2004

Pre-Convention Activities include:
* October 26, 2004:  National Advisory Council on Indian Education (NACIE)
Meeting, Hyatt Regency, 9 am - 5 pm.
* October 26, 2004:  National Education Association, American Indian Caucus
Meeting, Wyndham Hotel.
* October 27, 2004:  National Education Association (NEA) Summit, "Moving
from Research to Practice - A Summit on Indian Students", Wyndham Hotel, 8
am - 5 pm.
* October 27, 2004:  Department of Education, Office of Indian Education
(DOE/OIE) Technical Assistance Workshops for Demonstration Grant Project
Directors, Wyndham Hotel, 8:30 am - noon.  Contact Cathie Martin at 202
260-7485.
* October 27, 2004:  Department of Education, Office of Indian Education
(DOE/OIE) Technical Assistance Workshops for Professional Development
Grant Project Directors, Wyndham Hotel, 8:30 am - noon.  
* October 27, 2004:  Consultation Hearing on the Executive Order on
American Indian and Alaska Native Education, Wyndam Hotel, 1 - 5 pm.
* October 27, 2004:  Tribal Education Departments National Assembly
(TEDNA) Forum, Wyndam Hotel, 9 am - noon.  Contact Native American
Rights Fund at 303-447-8760.

Invited Speakers include:  

* Wilma Mankiller, Cherokee, noted author and former Principal Chief,
Cherokee Nation
* U.S. Senator Ted Kennedy, D-Massachusetts
* David Anderson, Assistant Secretary, Bureau of Indian Affairs
* U.S. Senator John McCain, R-Arizona
* Peterson Zah, Navajo, Advisor to the ASU President on Indian Affairs and
former Chairman, Navajo Nation
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