We provide education services to all Native American Indian students within the Chicago Public Schools district. We also organize community events and promote Native American Indian education to outside organizations as an urban American Indian Education Resource Center.
Chicago is the traditional homeland of the Council of the Three Fires: The Odawa, Ojibwe and Potawatomi Nations. Many other Tribes like the Miami, Ho-Chunk, Menominee, Sac and Fox also called this area home. Located at the intersection of several great waterways, the land naturally became a site of travel and healing for many Tribes. American Indians continue to call this area home and now Chicago is home to the sixth largest Urban American Indian community that still practices their heritage, traditions and care for the land and waterways. Today, Chicago continues to be a place that calls many people from diverse backgrounds to live and gather here. Despite the many changes the city has experienced, both our American Indian and the CPS community sees the importance of the land and this place that has always been a city home to many diverse backgrounds and perspectives.
CPS American Indian Education Program 