Indian Township School

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Indian Island School is a K-8 school [1] located in the Passamaquoddy Indian Township Reservation, Maine. Indian Township School's school administrative unit is the Indian Township School District. [2]

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History

Beginning circa 1972 the school began sponsorship of a program to teach the Passamaquoddy language, the Wabanaki Bilingual Education Program. [3]

Circa 1993 the school began a mentorship program with the University of Maine at Machias so students could get mentoring. In 1995 the program received a $25,000 grant. [4]

Admissions

As of 1976 any children who are not enrolled in a Native American tribe would be sent to a school in Princeton, Maine. [5]

Governance

It is one of three schools in the Maine Indian Education (MIE) school district system, supported by funding by the Bureau of Indian Education (BIE). There are three school boards, one for each school, and each school has its own principal, while MIE has a collective superintendent. [6] The MIE is akin to a main "union of towns" school system where multiple school administrative units share a superintendent but otherwise operate separately. [7]

Feeder patterns

High schools which take students from this school include Calais High School, Lee Academy, Mattanawcook Academy (the high school of Lincoln-Region 3) St. Croix Tech Center, Washington Academy, Wayfinder School, Woodland High School, and Bangor Regional Program (of the Bangor School Department). [8]

References

  1. ↑ "Indian Township School". National Center of Education Statistics . Retrieved 2025-07-13.
  2. ↑ Geography Division (January 14, 2021). 2020 CENSUS - SCHOOL DISTRICT REFERENCE MAP: Washington County, ME (PDF) (Map). U.S. Census Bureau . Retrieved 2025-07-12. UNI 00002 Indian Township[...]Passamaquoddy Indian Township Resvn° 57082[...]INDIAN TOWNSHIP RESVN 1575 - Text list
  3. ↑ "School plans tribal dialect in production". The Bangor Daily News . 1977-04-05. p.  4 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ↑ "Grant to aid mentor plan between UMM, children". The Bangor Daily News . 1995-01-30. p.  B6 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ↑ Beal, Clayton (1976-09-16). "Indian Township mother protests ruling on tuition". The Bangor Daily News . Bangor, Maine. p.  18 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. ↑ Ramharter, Jordan T. (June 2020). "A Meeting of the Minds: Utilizing Maine's State Education System to Promote the Success of Its Native Students While Maintaining to Promote the Success of Its Native Students While Maintaining Tribal Sovereignty". Maine Law Review . 72 (2): 380–416. - Cited: p. 403 (PDF p. 26/39)
  7. ↑ "Maine Educational Facts 1987-88 1988-89" (PDF). State of Maine. p. 3-4 (PDF pp. 8-9/37). Retrieved 2025-07-12.
  8. ↑ "getTestimonyDoc.asp?id=179650". Maine Legislature. p. 6/14. Retrieved 2025-07-13.

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