Nay Ah Shing School

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Nay Ah Shing School, also known as Mille Lacs Band K-12 Schools, is a K-12 tribal school system headquartered in unincorporated Mille Lacs County, Minnesota, with an Onamia postal address. It is affiliated with the Bureau of Indian Education (BIE). [1] It is on the Mille Lacs Indian Reservation. [2]

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The divisions include (all of which are in unincorporated areas): [3]

The name "Nay Ah Shing" means "on the point". [4]

History

It was established circa 1979 after Native American students had perceived issues with Onamia Public Schools, which previously experienced high dropout rates from Native students. After a March 1975 walkout there was a deal to have Native students spend about half of each school day in Onamia with cultural classes on the reservation taking the remainder, but the time of the latter had decreased. After the Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) gave the tribe a $138,000 yearly budget for educational purposes in September 1979, the school opened. The initial enrollment was 49, and Tom Callinan of the Daily Times reported the number of students staying similar up to February 1983, when it had 47 students. [2]

Pat Phelpher of the Minneapolis Star-Tribune wrote that the tribe's chief executive, Arthur Gahbow, "was instrumental in starting the Nay Ah Shing School". [5] In 2001 the enrollment was 110. That year a mural was established on the school grounds honoring the tribe, with every student having a chance to add to the mural. [4]

Curriculum

In 1983 the school had different classes in mornings and afternoons, with core classes in the former and elective courses in the latter. [2]

By 1996 it uses Ojibwe immersion as the method to teach the language. [6]

Student body

In 1983, of the 47 students, five were deemed to be at risk for dropping out, a rate lower than that for Native Americans at the time. In 1983, when the school had a single campus, most of the students lived within walking distance, with school buses serving the remainder. [2]

Staff

In 1983 the school had two Native American teachers and two non-Native American teachers. [2]

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References

  1. ↑ "Nay Ah Shing / Pine Grove Schools". Bureau of Indian Education . Retrieved 2021-08-11. 43651 Oodena Drive, Onamia, MN, 56359 - The facility is not within the Onamia city limits despite the "Onamia, MN" mailing address: see zoning map. National Center for Education Statistics is here
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 Callinan, Tom (1983-02-02). "Indian school stresses basics, culture, tradition". Daily Times . St. Cloud, Minnesota. p. 2C. - Clipping from Newspapers.com.
  3. ↑ "Home". Nay Ah Shing School. Retrieved 2021-08-11. High School 43651 Oodena Drive Onamia, MN, 56359 [...] Abinoojiiyag School 43521 Oodena Drive Onamia, MN, 56359 [...] Pine Grove Learning Center 63842 Ojibwe Road Sandstone, MN, 55072 - The facilities with Onamia addresses are not within the Onamia city limits despite the "Onamia, MN" mailing address: see zoning map. The Pine County school is also not within the Sandstone city limits (see Sandstone map).
  4. 1 2 "Huge mural project honors Mille Lacs Band of Ojibwe". St. Cloud Times . St. Cloud, Minnesota. Associated Press. 2001-05-02. p. 4B. - See Clipping at Newspapers.com.
  5. ↑ Phelpher, Pat (1991-04-13). "Chippewa leader Arthur Gahbow dies". Minneapolis Star-Tribune . Minneapolis, Minnesota. p. 4Be. - Clipping from Newspapers.com.
  6. ↑ Carter, Jerry L. (1996-04-05). "Educators share ways to preserve languages". St. Cloud Times . St. Cloud, Minnesota. p. 3A. - Clipping from Newspapers.com.

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