{"id":33897,"date":"2022-04-19T17:43:40","date_gmt":"2022-04-19T22:43:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/unitedresourceconnection.org\/cannon-ball-nd-58528\/a-response-to-governor-noems-report-on-critical-race-theory\/"},"modified":"2022-04-19T17:43:40","modified_gmt":"2022-04-19T22:43:40","slug":"a-response-to-governor-noems-report-on-critical-race-theory","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/unitedresourceconnection.org\/cannon-ball-nd-58528\/a-response-to-governor-noems-report-on-critical-race-theory\/","title":{"rendered":"A response to Governor Noem\u2019s report on Critical Race Theory"},"content":{"rendered":"
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A response to Governor Noem\u2019s report on Critical Race Theory<\/p>\n

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RAPID CITY \u2013 <\/strong>\u00a0NDN Collective<\/a> responded to recent news<\/a> that South Dakota governor Kristi Noem signed an executive order that claims to restrict the teaching of critical race theory in K-12 state schools.<\/p>\n

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\u201cNoem\u2019s executive order is yet another move that tragically diminishes the capacity of our young people to see difficult historical truths with empathy,\u201d said Sarah Manning, communications director at NDN Collective. <\/strong>\u201cWe need leadership whose actions ensure all of our youth will have enriching learning opportunities that prepare them for a transformative future. This executive order does the exact opposite, setting our children back and undoing generations of victories from civil rights leaders, Native educators, and policymakers in South Dakota and nationwide.<\/p>\n

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\u201cNoem is doubling down on the continuation of white supremacy, which flies in the face of the collective good. Time and again, her policies perpetuate a legacy of racism in a state where Indigenous people already suffer daily racial assaults in both covert and overt ways.\u201d<\/p>\n

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\u201cKristi Noem\u2019s attempt to cut opportunities for historically accurate education is a way to\u00a0further perpetuate the systemic racism Indigenous people are fighting,\u201d said Sunny Red Bear, racial equity director at NDN Collective.<\/strong> \u201cRight now, we are being forced to respond to an act of overt racism by the owner of the Grand Gateway hotel \u2013 a developing situation where \u2018good Native, bad Native\u2019 language recycled from the past has emerged from the woodwork yet again, demonstrating how much more work we have to do in South Dakota and beyond.<\/p>\n

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\u00a0<\/strong>\u201cNoem is misconstruing the purpose of the Civil Rights Act \u2013 which was meant\u00a0 to address inequities, discrimination, and racism that communities of color were and are facing \u2013 to double down on white privilege. Noem\u2019s order speaks to her blatant attempts to use Indigenous people as scapegoats to further her own political advancement..\u201d<\/p>\n

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\u201cCritical Race Theory has never been taught in K-12 classrooms but rather in higher education, specifically law courses,\u201d said Mary Bowman, NACA Inspired Schools Network (NISN) fellow. <\/strong>\u201cIt is deeply disturbing that creating false issues just to promote white supremacy is a priority for Governor Noem, while the educational system of South Dakota continues to fail our Indigenous students.<\/p>\n

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\u201cNoem has made her intentions clear, from the revision of the Social Studies curriculum last year that attempted to further erase the history and impact of the Indigenous people that walked this land first, to her nonsensical executive order this week. Indigenous students need to see themselves in what they are learning to understand who they are and where they come from. This helps to heal the trauma caused by the compulsory boarding schools our ancestors were forced into \u2013 a historical trauma our young people still carry today. Our wakanyeja need healing.\u201d\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

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NDN Collective plans to open<\/a> Rapid City\u2019s first Indigenous-led school designed specifically for Indigenous students this fall.<\/p>\n

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A response to Governor Noem\u2019s report on Critical Race Theory \u00a0 RAPID CITY \u2013 \u00a0NDN Collective responded to recent news that South Dakota governor Kristi Noem signed an executive order that claims to restrict the teaching of critical race theory in K-12 state schools. \u00a0 \u201cNoem\u2019s executive order is yet <\/p>\n

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