Bug-O-Nay-Ge-Shig School is a K-12 tribal school in
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Cass County, Minnesota
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, near
Bena. It is affiliated with the
Bureau of Indian Education (BIE). Located on the
Leech Lake Indian Reservation
The Leech Lake Reservation (''Gaa-zagaskwaajimekaag'' in the Ojibwe language) is an Indian reservation located in the north-central Minnesota counties of Cass, Itasca, Beltrami, and Hubbard. The reservation forms the land base for the federally ...
,
it serves the
Leech Lake Band of Ojibwe
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. It is nicknamed the "Bug School".
History
The school first opened in 1975. A new facility opened around 1985. It was built as a bus barn and school for automobile mechanics, and it got the name "pole barn".
[ This facility served as the high school, while K-8 classes were in a separate facility that, by November 2014, was in a better condition.]Minneapolis Star-Tribune
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'' advocated for an urgent replacement of the school.[ The editorial board cited a sewer system that fails during periods of extreme cold and periods of rodents causing infestations.]United States Department of the Interior
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got a $12 million grant for a new school for Bug-O-Nay-Ge-Shig.[ The current $14,500,000 facility opened in 2018.]
Student body
The high school building had about 100 students,[ and there were 200 students total for all of K-12, both in 2015.][
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Curriculum
In addition to traditional subjects, Native culture is heavily integrated into the school's programs, while school district-operated public schools mostly follow dominant Euro-American curriculum with some Native cultural units.[
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References
External links
Bug-O-Nay-Ge-Shig School
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Public K-12 schools in the United States
Public elementary schools in Minnesota
Public middle schools in Minnesota
Public high schools in Minnesota
Native American K-12 schools