Education, culture, tradition
Hollie Mackey, executive director of the White House Initiative on Advancing Educational Equity, Excellence, and Economic Opportunity for Native Americans and Strengthening Tribal Colleges and Universities, shares happy exchanges with first-graders Friday during a site visit to the Coeur d'Alene Tribal School in De Smet.
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Hollie Mackey, executive director of the White House Initiative on Advancing Educational Equity, Excellence, and Economic Opportunity for Native Americans and Strengthening Tribal Colleges and Universities, listens to Coeur d'Alene Tribal School officials during a site visit Friday.
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First-graders in James LaSarte-Whistocken's class learn the traditional Coeur d'Alene word for "legs" during a series of language lessons Friday.
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From left, officials from the United States Department of Education, Hollie Mackey and Amy Loyd, make traditional hand drums with the help of Coeur d'Alene Tribal School instructor Wade McGee and his students during a site visit Friday.
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Coeur d'Alene Tribal School teacher James LaSarte-Whistocken introduces himself in traditional Coeur d'Alene language to visitors from the U.S. Department of Education on Friday.
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Students in Wade McGee’s class spoke softly among themselves as they focused on pulling strips of rawhide through holes in round hand drum frames....
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