We are a federally funded program providing direct services to American Indian and Alaskan Native students in grades K-12 in the following Ventura County School Districts:

Conejo Valley Unified School District

Hueneme Elementary School District

Fillmore Unified School District

Moorpark Unified School District

Ojai Unified School District

Oxnard School District

Oxnard Union High School District

Rio School District

Simi Valley Unified School District

Ventura Unified School District

Ventura Charter School

Vista Real Charter High School

CAPE Charter School

 

 

 

Check back soon for your child's Indian Education lesson schedule.

Indian Education Distance Learning Website

Enrollment Forms 

Your child may be eligible to enroll in the Title VI Indian Education Program. To enroll, please click on one of the links below to print and complete the application or fill it digitally(ED 506 form). Return completed documents to your school's office or attach saved enrollment forms and email to robin.jacobs@venturausd.org

(print version-English) Enrollment & Media Release-E

(print version-Spanish) Enrollment & Media Release-S

(digitally fillable version) Enrollment Application 

For more information on how to trace your Indian ancestry or how to enroll in your tribe, follow the links below to the U.S. Department of the Interior:

"Trace Indian Ancestry" 

"Tribal Enrollment Process"

Curricular Theme for 2021-2022

An In-depth Study of the Chumash Peoples

School-Site Lesson Series:

1. Indigenous Peoples Day Gathering (October 16, 2021 from 9am-12:30pm) School Year Kick-Off at the Chumash Indian Museum (RSVP)

2. Identity and Community of the Chumash - Who are you?  How can you nurture your true self?

3. Environment and the Chumash - How can we be in right relations with our environment?

4. Chumash Culture - What are the roots of our culture and how are we growing it?

5. Chumash (De)colonization - How do we decolonize our schools and communities?

6. Chumash Storytelling - How can we sustain community through language and stories across generations?

7. Honoring Ceremony Gathering (May 27, 2022 6:30pm)

Ventura County Indian Education Consortium 2021 Honoring Ceremony

Elementary Student Resources

• Nov. 23, 6:45pm We are Grateful: Otsaliheliga Story and activity for the family

Secondary Student Resources

Indian Parent Committee Textbook Scholarship for Seniors: DUE JANUARY 31, 2022

Native American Scholarship Resources: DUE DATES VARY

National Indian Education College Resources

Financial Aid for Native American Students

Publicity Release for all secondary students