山州法律基础,一个保守的法律基础由威廉·佩里Pendley辩称,美国联邦政府资助的印度教师队,旨在吸引土著美国人进入教学,违反了第14修正案平等保护条款和标题六世1964年的民权法案。在一封给四所大学那所房子这样的项目,Pendley先生解释说该基金会是激怒了他们看到的种族歧视和解释说,他们相信“[e] ducators未来不应该告诉他们错误的种族竞争奖学金或教他们的同胞。”Since the American Indian Teacher Corps was created in 2000, the federal government has provided $33 million in grants to Native American tribes, states, and districts, which have in turn produced 850 teachers and 250 administrators for predominantly Native American communities. Rennard Strickland, a law professor at the University of Oregon, one of four universities that the Legal Foundation is challenging, didn't think Mr. Pendley had much of a leg to stand on: "It strikes me as strange, given congressional action and case law that [they] would suggest this."