Interior Secretary Jewell on supporting tribal schools
Maintenance worker Benjamin Bowstring and Secretary of the Interior Sally Jewell discuss roof drainage issues at the Bug-O-Nay-Ge-Shig schoo on Tuesday, Aug. 19, 2014. The leaking roof is one of many problems at the school. Jewell hopes to get federal money to pay for a new building.
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Secretary of the Interior Sally Jewell visited the Bug-O-Nay-Ge-Shig School on the Leech Lake Band of Ojibwe reservation Tuesday afternoon.
The school is one of 183 schools funded by the Bureau of Indian Education. BIE-funded schools are among the lowest-performing nationwide.
Jewell speaks up with Tom Weber on her visit, and on what her department can do to better support tribal schools.
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