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Kansas Advisory Council on Indigenous Education

 

 

Governing Documents and Information
 

Kansas Advisory Council on Indigenous Education:

Essential Understanding Framework

 TitleOwnerCategoryModified DateSize 
Indigenous Peoples and Nations of Kansas: Past Present and Futures Document5/19/2025927.79 KBDownload

Title VI, Part A of the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA):

Documents and Resources

ESSA Title VI, Part A amends Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA) Indian education programs. ESSA was signed in December 2015.

 TitleOwnerCategoryModified DateSize 
KSDE Title VI: American Indian and Alaska Native Education PDF Document8/22/20254.13 MBDownload
ED 506 Form PDF Document8/22/2025293.36 KBDownload
Indigenous Student Counts in Public K-12 Education Map Website8/22/2025UnknownDownload
Tribal Consultation Flow Chart PDF Document8/22/202579.58 KBDownload

Tribal Nations in Kansas

 

Tribal Nations with Historic Ties to Kansas

 

Education Resources

 

State and National Essential/Cultural Understandings and

Resources

 TitleOwnerCategoryModified DateSize 
Alaska Cultural Standards PDF Document5/19/2025723.78 KBDownload
Arizona Office of Indian Education Link to Webpage5/19/2025UnknownDownload
California Essential Understandings PDF Document5/19/2025769.90 KBDownload
Michigan Anishinaabe Resource Manual  PDF Document5/19/2025723.78 KBDownload
Minnesota Indigenous Education for All Link to Webpage5/19/2025UnknownDownload
Montana Essential Understandings PDF Document5/19/20252.24 MBDownload
National Museum of the American Indian - Essential Understandings PDF Document4/15/2025723.78 KBDownload
New Mexico Culturally and Linguistically Responsive Instruction  Link to Webpage5/19/2025UnknownDownload
North Dakota Essential Understandings PDF Document5/19/202512.25 MBDownload
Oregon Essential Understandings of Native Americans in Oregon PDF Document5/19/20253.11 MBDownload
South Dakota Oceti Sakowin Essential Understandings PDF Document5/19/202513.59 MBDownload
Washington State: John McCoy (lulilaš) Since Time Immemorial: Tribal Sovereignty  Link to Webpage5/19/2025UnknownDownload
Wisconsin American Indian Studies Link to Webpage5/19/2025UnknownDownload

Program Manager - Humanities
Nate McAlister
(785) 296-3892
nmcalister@ksde.org


 

Deputy Commissioner:
Division of Learning Services

Dr. Renee Nugent
(785) 296-2303
renee.nugent@ksde.gov

Director: 
Career, Standards and Assessment

Beth Fultz
(785) 296-4639
beth.fultz@ksde.gov

Assistant Director: 
Career and Technical Education (CTE)

Natalie D. Clark
(785) 296-4351
​natalie.clark@ksde.gov

Assistant Director: 
Curricular Standards

Jennifer Hamlet
(785) 296-8447
jennifer.hamlet@ksde.gov


Assistant Director: 
Assessment

Julie Ewing
(785) 296-2325
julie.ewing@ksde.gov

Assistant Director: 
Kansas Volunteer Commission

Dr. Jessica Dorsey
(785) 296-3163
jessica.dorsey@ksde.gov

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