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AIEP Parent Advisory Committee

The American Indian Parent Advisory Committee(AIPAC) is composed of parents and guardians of AIEP students, district representatives, and secondary American Indian students. The AIPAC collaborates with the AIEP to create a stronger program that centers the needs and desires of our students and families. The AIPAC advises the District on culturally responsive methods to support and work with American Indian students and families. 

Objectives:

  • To give families up-to-date information on classes, events and activities within the AIEP.
  • To allow families the opportunity to share their thoughts, ideas, and concerns about the American Indian Education Program and the District.
  • To review and provide feedback on the Grants that fund the program. 
  • To provide a variety of perspectives on educational resources available to staff across the district.

The AIPAC meets once a month from 6-7pm at the Handke Family Center. Student Drum Circle and Jingle and Fancy Shawl Dance practice run simultaneously to the parent meeting.

Meeting dates are listed on the calendar on our website.

For more information contact AIPAC chairperson Kelley Reed at reeds616@hotmail.com.

AIPAC recognizes that ISD 728 occupies and operates on the traditional and ancestral lands of the Anishinaabe Peoples. The District resides on land ceded within the Treaties of 1837 and 1851. By extension of residing across Minnesota, we recognize and honor our Dakota relatives and communities. We acknowledge this territory's complex and layered history to include assimilation practices resulting in historical and generational trauma. This land acknowledgement is one of the ways in which we work to decolonize while educating ourselves about this land, our relationships with it, and each other. We commit to ongoing efforts to recognize, support, and advocate for American Indian Nations and peoples.