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Education Equity for All Students, Including Native Americans (Loleta, CA)

Apr 02, 2018
Five years ago, the ACLU Foundation of Northern California and the National Center for Youth Law (NYCL) joined with California Indian Legal Services to file a complaint with the U.S. Department of Education Office for Civil Rights (OCR), asking that agency to investigate what the groups argued was ongoing racial and disability discrimination against Native American students by Lolet... Read More
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Wiyot and Bear River Tribes Call for “True Partnership” To Protect the Civil Rights of Loleta Students

Dec 12, 2017
LOLETA – Tribal leaders are hailing the news that Loleta Union Elementary School District has entered into a Voluntary Resolution Agreement with U.S. Department of Education. The Loleta School Board is scheduled to discuss the agreement at its December 13th board meeting, which will be held at 5pm in Room 8 at the Loleta Elementary School. Leaders from the Wiyot Tribe and the Bear River Band o... Read More
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ACLU of Northern California Files Complaint Against Loleta USD on Behalf of Tribe for Discrimination of Indigenous Students

Dec 05, 2022
The ACLU Foundation of Northern California filed an administrative complaint with the U.S. Department of Education Office for Civil Rights on behalf of the Bear River Band of the Rohnerville Rancheria regarding repeated acts of discrimination against Native American students and students with disabilities in Loleta Union School District. The complaint reveals troubling patterns of racial hostilit... Read More
Loleta, CA
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Humboldt County Schools Litigation

Mar 17, 2014
The ACLU Foundation of Northern California and NCYL have charged school officials in two Humboldt County towns with intentionally discriminating against Native American and Black students by allowing the pervasive racial and sexual harassment of these students to go unchallenged. Read More
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ACLU, National Center for Youth Law and California Indian Legal Services Charge Racial and Sex Discrimination in Humboldt County Schools

Dec 18, 2013
SAN FRANCISCO – The American Civil Liberties Union of Northern California and the National Center for Youth Law Wednesday charged that school officials in the Humboldt County towns of Eureka and Loleta, home to some of the state’s largest Native American communities, intentionally discriminate against Native American and Black students, and allow pervasive racial and sexual harassment to go unchal... Read More