The Osage Nation Education Department and Johnson O’Malley are inviting JOM high school students in 11th-12th grade to attend the National Indian Education Association’s Annual Convention and Trade Show in Oklahoma City at the Oklahoma City Convention Center on Oct. 5-8, 2022.
Transportation from departure location, meals, and convention registration will be provided for all registered students. Registered students will attend Student Day events on Oct. 6-7. NIEA will offer advocacy/empowerment, college and career readiness and wellbeing/mindfulness programming along with access to colleges and universities at the annual trade show.
“This year our theme is Education Sovereignty. Our Choice. We are in a new era of Native education empowered through tribal sovereignty, self-governance, and the actualization of the impact of our Indigenous knowledge learning models focused on sharing and observing through compassion, generosity, and wisdom,” according to the NIEA website. “This practice is the right to choose how our students learn. This is Educational Sovereignty. Our Culture, Our Curriculum, Our Schools, Our Students, Our Choice. We are honored to continue the commitment NIEA has made for the past 52 years.”
Registration will close at 4:30 PM on July 8, 2022. A completed registration packet is required for each participant. NO registrations will be accepted after 4:30 PM on July 8, 2022.
For questions or concerns regarding participation in the NIEA Annual Convention, please contact Lauren Redeagle, Tribal Education Advocate at (918)287-9791 or Lauren.redeagle@osagenation-nsn.gov.
