Hannahville Indian School

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Coordinates: 45°39′37″N 87°20′37″W / 45.6603°N 87.3436°W / 45.6603; -87.3436
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Hannahville Indian School is a tribal K-12 school in

Potawotami tribe and the Hannahville Indian Community
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In 1990 it was the only school in Michigan which had all of its students as Native Americans.[2]

It is in proximity to Wilson.[3]

The name "Nah Tah Wahsh" means "soaring eagles".[4]

History

Two mothers, Sally Eichhorn and Gloria McCollough, began a campaign to create a tribal school in August 1975 to address the shortcomings of the education of tribal children at

K-8 school that occupied two rooms that were previously unused. The school went from K-8 to K-12 in 1984.[2]

Before and in 1989 the school sought to get funding from the State of Michigan three times, with the third time being a request for $80,000.

Michigan Constitution made in 1976 which prohibited the state government from funding schools not considered to be public. Additionally Kelley stated that the school did not admit non-Native Americans while Ken Pond, the principal of Hannahville Indian, stated that it did.[3]

The Nah Tah Wahsh Public School Academy, which could legally enroll non-Native Americans, opened in 1995.[5]

Curriculum

The school includes tribal culture and customs in addition to academic subjects.[2]

The school has the intention of continuing the tribal language; such language instruction began after 1996.[6]

Athletics

In 1990 the school created a basketball team.[4]

References

  1. ^ "Hannahville Indian School". Bureau of Indian Education. Retrieved 2021-08-02.
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  5. ^ a b "About Us". Hannahville Indian School. Retrieved 2021-08-02.
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