Native American | Alaskan Native Education

WELCOME

Native American | Alaskan Native Education serves Indigenous students in our district from over 80 federally recognized tribes, 29 of them from Washington State alone. Our program provides services like tutoring/homework assistance, field trips, and cultural summer camps, and employs a full-time Support Specialist who assists students and families. The South Kitsap Indian Parent Advisory Council (S.K.I.P.A.C.) is staffed by parent, teacher, and student volunteers and engages in advising and promoting our programs, and planning a variety of activities for students and their families throughout the year.

Our program is primarily funded by a federal Title VI grant based on tribal enrollment. If your student is the member of a federally recognized tribe, or has a parent or grandparent who is a tribal member, please fill out and return the Title VI enrollment form below so we can continue to provide these important resources and opportunities to our Native youth.

Title VI Student enrollment form

SUMMER FILM CAMP IS BACK IN 2024!

Is your student a storyteller - or maybe even a future actor, director, or producer? We're excited to announce that Native Youth Summer Film Camp will be returning to SK this year! We'll be joined once again by RISING REELS and their team of professional filmmakers who'll teach all about the art of making movies and series, from storyboard to final edit. Students will then work together to make their own short film!

DATES

Ages 6-12: Monday 7/1 - Wednesday 7/3

Ages 13-18: Monday, 7/8 - Friday, 7/12

TIME

930am - 4pm

LOCATION

Marcus Whitman Middle School

1887 Madrona Drive SE

Port Orchard, WA 98366

SPACE IS LIMITED, so please fill out the form below and let us know your student is interested in attending.

NATIVE YOUTH SUMER FILMMAKING CAMP INTEREST FORM

TUTORING

Our after school tutoring program is now available to all Native American and Alaskan Native students K-12. Tutoring will take place after school on days agreed upon by the parent and tutoring volunteer(s). Each student qualifies for two hours of tutoring per week until our funds are exhausted. Tutoring is provided by paraeducators that work in the school district. If you are interested in enrolling your child in the tutoring program or have questions, please fill out this form and/or contact Support Specialist Matthew Haver below.

CONTACT US

NAANE Support Specialist:

Matthew Haver

Phone:

(360) 874-7017

Email:

haver@skschools.org

Office:

Port Orchard Armory - 1950 SE Mile Hill Drive, Port Orchard, WA 98366

Bio:

Matthew (Gix Kaa) is Alaskan Native (Tlingit) on his mother’s side and a voting member of both Sealaska™ and The Central Council of the Tlingit & Haida Indian Tribes of Alaska. Matthew has been an educator since 2017, working as a Resource Paraeducator, Library & Media Specialist, and tutor.

Happy Indigenous Peoples' Day 2023

Statement

SUQUAMISH PEOPLE LAND ACKNOWLEDGEMENT STATEMENT

“Every part of this soil is sacred in the estimation of my people. Every hillside, every valley, every plain and grove, has been hallowed by some sad or happy event in days long vanished.”
Chief Seattle 1854

We would like to begin by acknowledging that the land on which we gather is within the aboriginal territory of the suq̀ʷabš “People of Clear Salt Water” (Suquamish People). Expert fisherman, canoe builders and basket weavers, the suq̀ʷabš live in harmony with the lands and waterways along Washington’s Central Salish Sea as they have for thousands of years. Here, the suq̀ʷabš live and protect the land and waters of their ancestors for future generations as promised by the Point Elliot Treaty of 1855.