Press

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Press Releases

• 9th Circuit Hearing in Appeal of Landmark Native Education Rights Case Brought by Havasupai Students
• Historic Settlement Reached In Advancing The Educational Rights Of Native American Students
• Havasupai Students Sue the U.S. Government for Failure to Provide Equal Educational Opportunity

Press Coverage

• KJZZ, “Arizona tribe members settle education claims in lawsuit“, October 6, 2020
• AP, “Arizona tribe members settle education claims in lawsuit“, October 5, 2020
• Arizona Republic, “Havasupai students who sued for a better education reach settlement with federal government“, October 2, 2020
• IndianZ.com, “Lessons Lost: Indian students have been shortchanged for generations“, August 10, 2020
• AP, “Lawsuit seeks education reform at Native American schools“, July 24, 2020
• The Atlantic, “The Longstanding Crisis Facing Tribal Schools“, Jan 12, 2017
• Washington Post, “U.S. government has ‘dismally failed’ to educate Native American children, lawsuit alleges“, Jan 12, 2017
• The Huffington Post, “Native American Students Sue The U.S. Government Over Dismal Education“, Jan 12, 2017
• Mic, “9 Havasupai Native American children are suing the US Bureau of Indian Education. Here’s why.”, Jan 12, 2017
• The Chronicle of Social Change, “Bureau of Indian Education Failed to Educate Tribal Youth, Lawsuit Alleges“, Jan 12, 2017
• Education Week, “Tribal Students Sue Feds Over ‘Shock the Conscience’ Schooling Conditions“, Jan 12, 2017
• Arizona Daily Sun, “Lawsuit faults Bureau of Indian Education schools“, Jan 13, 2017
• National Native News, News Broadcast at 1:47, Jan. 13, 2017
• KJZZ 91.5, “Lawsuit: US Failed To Provide Havasupai Children With Education Materials, Classes“, Jan. 13, 2017
• The Arizona Republic, “Havasupai students sue federal government for better teachers,” Jan. 18, 2017
• Cronkite News, “Lawsuit claims Havasupai students are deprived of ‘basic general education’”, Jan. 18, 2017
• Navajo Times, “Havasupai students, NADLC, sue the BIE,”  Jan. 20, 2017
• The New York Times, “Barely 2 R’s Are Taught at School That Led Tribe to Sue U.S.,” Jan. 23, 2017
• Indian Country Today, “Havasupai Children File Suit Against BIE for Failed Education,” Jan. 26, 2017
• Indian Country Today, “Landmark Civil Rights Lawsuit Pits Havasupai Children Against the BIE,” Feb. 23, 2017
• The Republic, azcentral.com, “A hidden tribe, a disastrous school and finally, a cry for help,” Mar 15, 2017
• Mic, “On the Havasupai Indian Reservation, a failing school has sparked a battle against the government,” April 30, 2017