Their schools have electricity, but they certainly have no computers. Federal workers taking part in Access Native America, one of Vice President Gore's 340 reinvention labs, think so. In fact, it's it's already happening. Some school buildings are historic sites as much as 100 years old, situated within the confines of old calvary forts such as Ft. Apache in Arizona.
Some schools have inadequate electricity.
Few utility lines reach deep into Indian Country. The idea behind the Reinvention Laboratory began less than two years ago. A group of BIA-funded schools, with OIEP's help, received a Technology Innovation Challenge Fund from the U.S. Department of Education. The grant funded the 4Directions Project, which focuses on integrating both the Native American culture and technology into the children's education. Thus students maintain and learn their heritage, while gaining the technical tools to take full advantage of their future.