Indian Education for All

In 1999, Montana passed State Law MCA 20-1-501, known as Indian Education for All (IEFA) and its intent was to implement the prior constitutional requirement.

[1][2] Nearly three decades later in 1999, this principle found in the revised constitution was embodied in House Bill 528 (MCA 20-1-501), successfully passed into law, which is principally referred to as Indian Education for All (IEFA).

Resources from the Office of Public Instruction were additionally allocated to higher education, for the training of teachers and college and university staff and faculties.

[7] Additionally, IFEA exists in order to address the perceived need for an education that does not leave sizable gaps in students' knowledge of the largest minority in Montana State.

All of the efforts of the state of Montana in developing school curricula designed for the implementation of IEFA are based on the understanding expounded in that work.

For millennia, tribes used indigenous methods to educate their children, but federal assimilation policies, including boarding schools, disrupted this tradition.

While educators do not need to fully understand all aspects of modern American Indian cultures, they must recognize their existence and influence on Native thinking.