Failure to embrace the substance and value of the principals found on the Good Red Road is a horrendous oversight made by the dominant culture and its government school systems. The objective of the Arkansas American Indian Education Task Force is to research and develop a comprehensive, multidisciplinary academic school curriculum for public and private schools to promote awareness, understanding and tolerance of American Indian people, culture and history. The Task Force will help determine the location of schools to receive teaching materials and instruction assistance in the pilot program. Suggested materials for use in the classroom will not replace existing textbooks and other teaching aids, but will add to the breadth and depth of instructional aids. The curriculum will be presented in a manner consistent with requirements, guidelines and policies of the Department of Education.
Incentives exist for schools who implement black and hispanic cultural awareness programs.
We honor our ancestors by honoring our children, and honor ourselves.