This volume presents briefing papers presented at the 12th annual National Indian Education Association (NIEA) Summit. The following papers are included: (1) 2009 Budget and Past Funding Levels for Native Education; (2) NIEA Appropriations Priorities for FY 2009 and FY 2010; (3) American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009; (4) National Indian Education Association Amendments to the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 in the Senate; (5) National Indian Education Association Amendments to the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 in the House of Representatives; (6) National Native Education Recommendations for the 111th Congress; (7) Reauthorization of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act/No Child Left Behind; (8) Insufficient Funding for the Construction and Repair of BIA Schools; (9) Funding American Indian-Alaska Native Head Start and Early Head Start; (10) High School Equity for Native Students Preparing Native Students to Enter College and the Workforce; (11) Tribal Education Departments; (12) Funding Indian Education through Impact Aid; and (13) The Johnson O'Malley Program. Individual papers contain references.