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NIEA Founder, Dr. William
Demmert, Jr. (1934-2010)
www.niea.org
Condensed by Native Village
On January 19, 2010, Dr. William Demmert, passed onto the spirit
world. Dr. Demmert was a
Tlingit/Oglala Lakota educator and a founder of the National Indian
Education Association. Demmert
was also the nation’s leading researcher on Native language
immersion and cultural based education.
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Dr. Demmert's many projects and accomplishments include
service or work on : |
Indian Education Act (P.L. 92-318)
The Bilingual Education Act
Commissioner of Education for the U.S. Office of Indian
Education
Director of Education for the Bureau of Indian Affairs
Commissioner of Education for the State of Alaska;
President Clinton’s education transition team
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National Independent Review Panels
Indian Nations At Risk Task Force
National Study of Indian Education
Co-chair of a coalition of the Ministers of Education in
northern nations
Planned and implemented seminars to help educate
indigenous youth.
Ministry
of Education in Advisor and overseer of Greenland
school reform. |
[Editor's note: Please visit
the www.niea.org to read the
details of Dr. Demmert's accomplishments. Dr. Demmert, you will be
sorely missed.]
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