ALLEN - Last week representatives from American Horse School in Allen and from the Oglala Sioux Tribe were in Washington DC, visiting the Bureau of Indian Education, the State Department and congressional offices about J-1 visas overall and the waiver of one particular visa for a Filipino teacher at American Horse School. According to the OST Tribal Education Agency, there are 499 teaching positions across 23 schools on or near the Pine Ridge Reservation, 71 of those positions today are held by Filipino teachers holding J-1 visas; currently there are 64 teacher vacancies for the upcoming school year, more than...

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