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JFF Reports Examine the Impacts of Early College Schools
Joy Coates Visits School Sites
Real people, Real Places: Walatowa High School emphasizes college prep
Article by Jo Anne Fredrikson, published February 208 in the Sandoval Signpost
Early (Encouraging) Data on Early Colleges.
Inside Higher Ed. October 5, 2007.
Forging a New Path in Native Education.
Winds of Change Magazine. Summer 2007.
Native Youth Value Personalized Learning.
OIE Newsletter. Vol 1 Issue 1.
Early College Initiative and Northwest Indian College programs aim to reverse poor educational outcomes for Native students.
September 2006. Colors NW.
High School Redesign and Native American Students.
Council of Chief State School Officers Issue Paper. May 16, 2006.
Early College High School program meets with success.
Indian Country Today. September 06, 2005.

Chicago Black Hawk Early College Indigenous Academy

Dorene Wiese Give New Life to Her Native Language, Ojibwe
Chicago Tribune, January 11, 2010.
Bank of America Awards Chicago American Indian Local Hero Award
Earth Times, 11/29/2009.

Effie Kokrine Early College Charter School

Effie Kokrine bucks trend of declining enrollment.
Fairbanks Daily News-Miner. November 20, 2007.
New Program Bridges high School, College, & Culture
Alaska Native Knowledge Network
EKCS Early College Porgram Gives Natives a Head Start
Alaska Business Monthly. September 1, 2007.

Klamath River Early College of the Redwoods

Full Ride To College
The Daily Triplicate. Kelley Atherton. ‎May 8, 2010‎
Getting Them To Believe- Helping Students Clear a Cultural Barrier
The Daily Triplicate. March 17, 2009.
Waltons benefit Kalmath River Early College.
The Daily Triplicate. November 2008.
Glimpsing the Future.
The Daily Triplicate. February 2008.
Making the grade.
Smithsonian Magazine. October 2007.
North Coast Journal's Audio Slideshow on KRECR.
North Coast Journal. September 20, 2007.
School gains national attention.
The Daily Triplicate. August 16, 2007.
High tech earns success.
The Daily Triplicate. May 14, 2007.
Cultural Awareness: Native students move forward through their past.
The Daily Triplicate. March 1, 2007.
Students honor elders, 'Local Heroes'.
The Daily Triplicate. May 14, 2007.

NAYA Early College Academy

NAYA family facility no longer just dream.
The Oregonian. July 30, 2009.
Q&A with Nicole Maher, Executive Director, NAYA Family and Youth Center.
Colors of Influence. Winter 2008.
NAYA early college academy fulfills dreams.
Indian Country Today. October 17, 2007.
Native American school opens doors to new lives.
The Oregonian. September 15, 2007.
New youth center location to serve Portland community.
Indian Country Today. September 6, 2007.

Shelton High School

Native ways to early colleges.
Focus Magazine. Fall 2007.

Siletz Valley Early College Academy

Siletz school's return boosts tribal pride.
Corvallis Times-Gazette. May 2, 2007.
Siletz celebrates first high school graduation since 1982.
Newport News-Times. June 13, 2007.

Tulalip Heritage High School

Heritage High School has permanent home in Tulalip
HeraldNet. March 28, 2008.
Tulalip feasts the masses before their classes.
Marysville Globe. September 12, 2007.
Tulalip Heritage High School Heritage in the making: School aims for diplomas, college.
The Seattle Times. November 10, 2006.
Grant making difference at Tulalip school.
The Seattle Times. November 8, 2006.

Umatilla Nixyaawi High School

Sounds of Oregon - Part Five: Native Language
Oregon Live, January 2010.
To catch struggling students, tribes turn to charter schools
Katu.com. August 2006.

Walatowa High Charter School