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| | | 13(2) | Wintr 2001 | 46-7 | Job Training | Keweenaw Bay Ojibwa Community College | | Ojibwa |
KBOCC has received a grant to $33,000 to provide skills training to low-income families. The program will provide computer-training, business program,
student services program, and identify employment opportunities.
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| | | 18(2) | Winter, 2006 | 41,43 | Northern Great Plains, Inc. | United Tribes Technical College | Swagger, Russell (St. Croix Chippewa) | |
Russell Swagger, dean of student and campus services at UTTC, is one of 26 leaders invited to participate in the Northern Great Plains project , an intensive 18-month social change effort designed to find new ways to address long-standing, systemic prob
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| | Morris, Sheila M | 12(2) | Winter, 2000 | 16-17 | Domestic abuse | Nebraska Indian Community College | Morris, Sheila M | Omaha and Winnebago |
Sheila M. Morris started school in 1992 at the age of 37. She had seven children and an abusive husband but she endured and graduated with an AA in 1995. As a survivor she knows she has a reason to live and a right to live. Now she is a site coordinato
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| | Price, Michael Wassegijig | 12(2) | Winter, 2000 | 20-21 | Canoes | Leech Lake Tribal College | | Anishinaabe |
The ecological knowledge required to build a canoe is extensive and very intricate. Knowing the exact
characteristics of each tree and how these materials correlate to form a remarkable lightweight watercraft exemplifies Anishinaabe cultural knowledge.
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| | | 12(2) | Winter, 2000 | 27 | Cooperation | | Phillips, John | |
The US Department of Agriculture has appointed John Phillips as the USDA tribal college liaison - a new
position in the department. Previously John Phillips was with Si Tanka College and was a Peace Corps volunteer in Swaziland, Africa.
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| | Deschenie, Tina | 20(2) | Winter 2009 | 57 | Book review | | Hogan, Linda | |
Hogan writes about people who honor relations with one another. Hogan presents women who overcome extreme adversity.
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| | Billy, Carrie | 20(2) | Winter 2008 | 3 | Tribal College Journal | | Billy, Carrie (Dine) | |
The president and CEO of AIHEC introduces this issue of the journal. The green activities at the TCUs described in this issue should provide ideas and inspiration to communities everywhere. The TCUs' core mission is to sustain tribal cultures, tradition
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| | Gagnon, Greg | 20(2) | Winter 2008 | 6-7 | Educational accountability | | Gagnon, Greg | |
Greg Gagnon, Department of Indian Studies at the University of North Dakota, was invited to respond to the issue of the Tribal College Journal concerning Success by Accreditation and Assessment. He says an exuberant confidence flows from each article.
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| | Patterson, Lotsee | 20(2) | Winter 2008 | 6 | Tribal College libraries | | Patterson, Lotsee | |
Lotsee Patterson, Professor Emerita, School of Library and Information Science at the University of Oklahoma, makes several comments concerning an article in TCJ, 20(1), Fall 2008, on libraries.
James Thull responds to the comments with further explanat
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| | | 20(2) | Winter 2008 | 10 | Writers | | Pember, Mary Annette (Red Cliff Tribe of Wisconsin Ojibwe) | |
Short biographical statements concern the various writers in this issue of the Tribal College Journal.
Writers recognized on this page are Mary Annette Pember, Tina Deschenie, Daniel Wildcat, Larry Emerson, Barbara Leigh Smith, Winona LaDuke, and Beau Mi
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| | Deschenie, Tina | 20(2) | Winter 2008 | 12-13 | Sustainable development | | LaDuke, Winona (Anishinaabe) | |
In her editor's essay, Tina Deschenie, highlights the information to be found in this issue of the Tribal College Journal. She says that in the long run, this work is all about sustainability -- ensuring others can live into future generations. It's als
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| | Deschenie, Tina | 20(2) | Winter 2008 | 12-13 | Sustainable development | | LaDuke, Winona (Anishinaabe) | |
In her editor's essay, Tina Deschenie, highlights the information to be found in this issue of the Tribal College Journal. She says that in the long run, this work is all about sustainability -- ensuring others can live into future generations. It's als
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| | Pember, Mary Annette | 20(2) | Winter 2008 | 16-21 | Sustainable development | College of Menominee Nation | Fowler, Verna (Menominee) | Menominee |
Responsible stewardship of Mother Earth is a natural outgrowth of the TCUs' missions and speaks to the worldview of most tribal peoples: recognizing and valuing the inter-relationship of all living things on earth. The new CMN library was certified to t
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| | Pember, Mary Annette | 20(2) | Winter 2008 | 21 | Sustainable agriculture | Cankdeska Cikana Community College | Martin, Kathleen | |
Eight CAL Poly students and eight CCCC students worked together to create a native garden in the shape of an 80-foot medicine wheel. Kathleen Martin taught the class "Ethnicity and the Land from an Indigenous Perspective" and Jim Garrett, vice-president
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| | Wildcat, Daniel | 20(2) | Winter 2008 | 24-27 | Sustainable development | Haskell Indian Nations University | | |
In 2006, Haskell partners with UK and four other university to develop a national Center for the Remote Sensing of Ice Sheets (CReSIS). In June 2006, a symposium was held on "The Impact of Changing Environment on Indigenous Peoples" or ICE. The ICE symp
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| | Emerson, Larry | 20(2) | Winter 2008 | 30-32 | Sustainable development | | Emerson, Larry (Dine) | |
Emerson claims that the "green" Movement need not be an adjective that simply serves to modify all-powerful nouns such as economics and technology. Indigenous environmental efficacy is rooted in principles of harmony, beauty, balance, and restoration. I
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| | Deschenie, Tina | 20(2) | Winter 2008 | 34-35 | Tribal college student | | Silva, Leroy (Laguna) | Laguna |
From Laguna Pueblo to Haskell Indian Nations University to teaching at Native American Community Academy (NACA) -an urban Charter school in Albuquerque - Leroy Silva has been a strong role model. He knows his own culture and language, he practices pers
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| | Deschenie, Tina | 20(2) | Winter 2008 | 34-35 | Tribal college student | | Silva, Leroy (Laguna) | Laguna |
From Laguna Pueblo to Haskell Indian Nations University to teaching at Native American Community Academy (NACA) -an urban Charter school in Albuquerque - Leroy Silva has been a strong role model. He knows his own culture and language, he practices pers
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| | Smith, Barbara Leigh | 20(2) | Winter 2008 | 38-41 | Education | Northwest Indian College | | |
In 2005, Lumina Foundation for Education supported five colleges to work together to develop Native teaching cases as a culturally relevant and engaging resource for Native students. In addition to conveying important information, cases deepen student un
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| | | 20(2) | Winter 2008 | 44 | Accreditation | Ilisagvik College | Grinage, Beverly Patkotak (Inupiaq Eskimo) | Inupiat |
Ilisagvik College in Barrow, Alaska, was notified in July, 2008, that the accreditation has been re-affirmed following an 18-month comprehensive review. The college was first accredited in 2003.
"Gaining accreditation has been a long journey for the Inu
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| | | 20(2) | Winter 2008 | 44-45 | Ethnobotany | Little Priest Tribal College | Davis, Natalie | HoChunk |
Natalie Davis is the USDA-CSREES coordinator at LPTC. For two years the ethnobotany staff have had a display at the Annual Veterans Powwow. People can enjoy sips of spearmint tea and learn practical uses of some plants. They have flyers to describe and
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| | | 20(2) | Winter 2008 | 45 | U.S. Congress | Ilisagvik College | Goetz, Meg | |
the U.S. Congress reauthorized the Higher Education Act (HEA) of 1965 with the passage of the College Opportunity and Affordability Act. Meg Goetz of AIHEC indicated tat the development grants under the TCU HEA Title III program will now be formula fu
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| | | 20(2) | Winter 2008 | 45, 47 | Higher education | Institute of American Indian Arts | Dasenbrock, Reed | |
The NM Higher Education Department (NMHED) met with four tribal colleges in June 2008 to discuss how to better partner with the state. NMHED Secretary Reed Dasenbrock said that NM's record on equity in educational attainment is the best in the nation,
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| | | 20(2) | Winter 2008 | 47-48 | Languages | Chief Dull Knife College | Littlebear, Richard | Northern Cheyenne |
Dr. Richard Littlebear (president of CDKC) spoke at an International Conference on Language Development, Language Revitalization, and Multilingual Education in Ethnolinguistic Communities in Thailand. More than 300 language specialists from 33 countries
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| | | 20(2) | Winter 2008 | 48 | United Nations, National Model | College of Menominee Nation | Peters, Meleah | Menominee |
Five students from the College of Menominee Nation were selected as delegates to the National Model United Nations in NYC in April, 2008. The delegates debated issues and participated in UN procedures. Together with 2,000 students from five continents r
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| | | 20(2) | Winter 2008 | 48-49 | Art | College of the Muscogee Nation | Townsend, Dan | Muscogee Creek |
A member of the Muscogee Creek Nation in Florida spent one month with students at the College of the Muscogee Nation in Okmulgee, OK. Dan Townsend, an internationally known artist, brought the art of shell carving to the students at CMN. The designs a
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| | | 20(2) | Winter 2008 | 49 | Tribal college students | Northwest Indian College | Crazy Bull, Cheryl (Sicangu Lakota) | |
President of several northwestern colleges and universities signed an MOU to increase recruitment and retention of American Indian students. Cheryl Crazy Bull, president of NWIC, participated as did presidents from North Idaho College, Lewis-Clark State
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| | | 20(2) | Winter 2008 | 49, 51 | Curriculum | Sitting Bull College | | |
The Higher Learning Commission of North Central Association of Colleges and Schools has approved a plan by Sitting Bull College to offer four new BS degrees. They are in areas of Special Education, Early Childhood Education, Secondary Science Education,
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| | | 20(2) | Winter 2008 | 51 | Tribal college buildings | Institute of American Indian Art | | |
IAIA is building a Foundry and Sculpture Center and a new Science and Technology Building which includes three major areas: 1) a New Media Arts Center (digital technologies), 2) a Museum Conservation Center to house IAIA's National Collection of contempo
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| | | 20(2) | Winter 2008 | 51-52 | Tribal college students | Cankdeska Cikana Community College | Hoksina, Steven (Spirit Lake Dakota) | Spirit Lake Dakota |
Student outreach to the community involved tilling over 100 gardens for Spirit Lake residents. CCCC Cultural Advisory Board Member Steven Hoksina was honored on his 92nd birthday with cakes and good wishes. A summer camps at CCCC for high school studen
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| | | 20(2) | Winter 2008 | 52 | | | Yarlott, David (Crow/Korean) | |
David Yarlott (president of LBHC) and Leah Carpenter (president of LLTC) received awards from TRIO. Jamie Merisotis (president of the Lumina Foundation) received an award at AIHEC Board's summer retreat. Dr. Lanny Real Bird has developed new Crown and
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| | | 20(2) | Winter 2008 | 53 | Science education | Southwestern Indian Polytechnic Institute | | |
SIPI hosted its second annual Research Opportunity Program for Excellence (ROPE) during the summer of 2008. The renewable energy workshop explored alternative energy. Other workshops covered engineering, microcontrollers, and field programmable gate ar
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| | | 20(2) | Winter 2008 | 53-54 | Librarians | | Roy, Loriene (Ojibwe) | |
35 tribal college library staff from across the United States and Canada came together at the 15th annual Tribal College Librarians Institute hosted by Montana State University. This year the theme was Indigenous Languages. Dr. Loriene Roy, the first A
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| | | 20(2) | Winter 2008 | 54-55 | American Indian College Fund | | Williams, Richard B. | |
Cargill has granted $100,000 to the American Indian College Fund. The gift will benefit 25 student scholarships and a professional development initiative called "Backpacks to Briefcase." Richard B. Williams, president and CEO of the fund, said "Cargill
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| | | 20(2) | Winter 2008 | 55 | National Science Foundation | Dine College | Clark, Ferlin (Dine) | |
Ferlin Clark (president of Dine College) was one of six scholars to participate in the 2008 Student to Academic Professoriate for American Indians (SAPAI) Writing Retreat. Ferlin Clark is currently a Ph.D. candidate at the University of Arizona and is w
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| | Simpson, Michael W. | 20(2) | Winter 2008 | 57 | Book review | | Harris, Fred | |
Insight into the politics of 1950s through the 1970s
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| | Simpson, Michael W. | 20(2) | Winter 2008 | 57 | Book review | | Pilate, Victoria | |
This is a guide for college graduates transitioning to life after college.
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| | Simpson, Michael W. | 20(2) | Winter 2008 | 57 | Libraries | | Peterson, Elizabeth | |
Directory lists 237 libraries.
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| | Thompson, Michael | 20(2) | Winter 2008 | 57 | Public Education | | Glass, Gene V. | |
The author explains the social conservatives' two-part agenda - to cut costs of public education while simultaneously seeking to quasi-privatize education of the middle class at public expense.
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| | LaDuke, Winona | 20(2) | Winter 2008 | 60-61 | Sovereignty | | LaDuke, Winona (Anishinaabe) | |
LaDuke says that by re-localizing our food and energy economies, we create models of tribal energy and food sovereignty. We also save money. At present almost half of our incomes goes off the reservation.
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| | LaDuke, Winona | 20(2) | Winter 2008 | 60-61 | Sovereignty | | LaDuke, Winona (Anishinaabe) | |
LaDuke says that by re-localizing our food and energy economies, we create models of tribal energy and food sovereignty. We also save money. At present almost half of our incomes goes off the reservation.
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| | Gipp, Gerald E. | 19(2) | Winter 2007 | 3 | Traditional knowledge | | Gipp, Gerald E. (Hunkpapa Lakota) | Hunkpapa Lakota |
The director of the American Indian Higher Education Consortium (AIHEC) explains that Native people hold differing worldviews and values than the dominant society.
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| | | 19(2) | Winter 2007 | 5 | Tribal College Journal | | Horse, Michael (Yaqui, Mescalero Apache, Zuni, European, Hispanic) | Yaqui, Mescalero Apache, Zuni |
The artist for the cover of this issue is Michael Horse. He is a jeweler, actor, stunt man, sculptor, painter, and activist. The cover art work is titled: Blue Dress. More information on the artist at his website:
michaelhorse.com
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| | | 19(2) | Winter 2007 | 6 | Writers | | Johnson, Natasha Kaye (Navajo) | |
Five of the writers in this issue of the Tribal College Journal are introduced with a short biographical paragraph. They are Natasha Kaye Johnson, Matt Herman, D. J. Eagle Bear Vanas, Michael Thompson, and Thelma Nayquonabe.
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| | Litz, Ruby K. | 19(2) | Winter 2007 | 7 | Tribal College Journal | Lac Courte Oreilles Ojibwa Community College | Litz, Ruby K. | St. Croix Band of Wisconsin/ Mille Lacs Band of Ojibwe |
A 2007 "Student of the Year" writes to thank the Tribal College Journal for the acknowledgment that she received in the Fall 2007 issue. Ruby K. Litz is now employed by the St. Croix Chippewa Indians of Wisconsin in their Land and Planning Department.
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| | Hall, Donna | 19(2) | Winter 2007 | 7 | American Indian Higher Education Consortium (AIHEC) | Forth Berthold Community College | Hall, Donna (Arikara, Hidatsa, Gros Ventre) | Arikara, Hidatsa, Gros Ventre |
Donna Hall, a student at Fort Berthold Community College write to share that the AIHEC conference in Rapid City was a positively amazing and life-altering experience. She gives special recognition to her mentor Delvin Driver and his son D. J. Driver who
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| | Francisco, Damascus | 19(2) | Winter 2007 | 7 | Tribal College Journal | Tohono O'odham Community College | Francisco, Damascus (Tohono O'odham) | Tohono O'odham |
A 2007 Student of the Year from Tohono O'odham Community College writes to express his appreciation of the Fall 2007 issue. He writes to encourage other students by saying: "If I could do it, anybody can." He is currently a full time student at the Uni
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| | Deschenie, Tina | 19(2) | Winter 2007 | 8-9 | Storytelling | | Deschenie (Dine/Hopi) | Dine/Hopi |
The editor of the Tribal College Journal tells of her rich upbringing in the oral traditions with her father tell Coyote stories in the winter and her mother telling stories of her own childhood as well as stories like The Little Red Hen, The Gingerbread
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| | Deschenie, Tina | 19(2) | Winter 2007 | 8-9 | Storytelling | | Deschenie (Dine/Hopi) | Dine/Hopi |
The editor of the Tribal College Journal tells of her rich upbringing in the oral traditions with her father telling Coyote stories in the winter and her mother telling stories of her own childhood as well as stories like The Little Red Hen, The Gingerbr
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| | Thompson, Michael | 19(2) | Winter 2007 | 12-16 | Oral tradition | Haskell Indian Nations University | Thompson, Michael (Mvskoke Creek) | Mvskoke Creek |
30 years ago, Michael Thompson started teaching composition and literature at Haskell. A lot has changed in 30 years and Thompson believes now that there is a uniquely Indigenous world view. He says oral tradition could be superior to written literature
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| | Nayquonabe, Thelma | 19(2) | Winter 2007 | 20-24 | Native American history | Lac Courte Oreille Ojibwa Community College | Wise, Tony | Lac Courte Oreilles Ojibwe |
Historic films and audio tapes from the 1950s and 1960s have created some excitement amongst the Lac Courte Oreilles Ojibwa people. The "Audio Visual Production Project" has been started to preserve the recordings. The process is seen as a "way of hono
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| | Nayquonabe, Thelma | 19(2) | Winter 2007 | 23 | Native American history | | Wise, Tony | |
Anthony "Tony" Wise, a Hayward, WI, businessman and entrepreneur used his resources to create events and public attractions to celebrate his own Scandinavia heritage and his friend's Ojibwe culture.
In his Historyland and Telemark Resort, he made it pos
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| | Johnson, Natasha Kaye | 19(2) | Winter 2007 | 26-27 | | Dine College | Walters, Harry (Dine) | Dine |
A young Navajo weaver want to learn more about the traditions. Harry Walters, director of the Dine College museum says: "Just learning to weave is the aesthetic part of it, but learning the songs and words that go with it, would be the whole. It would
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| | Johnson, Natasha Kaye | 19(2) | Winter 2007 | 26-27 | | Dine College | Walters, Harry (Dine) | Dine |
A young Navajo weaver want to learn more about the traditions. Harry Walters, director of the Dine College museum says: "Just learning to weave is the aesthetic part of it, but learning the songs and words that go with it, would be the whole. It would
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| | Herman,Matt | 19(2) | Winter 2007 | 29-31 | Rocky Boy Tribal History Project | Stone Child College | Vandeberg, Gerard | Chippewa- Cree |
The 2005 Montana State Legislature approved an appropriation to enable Montana's seven tribal colleges to produce materials to help public school teachers deliver a more tribally-specific curriculum.
Gerard Vandeberg, lead researcher at Stone Child Colle
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| | Herman,Matt | 19(2) | Winter 2007 | 29-31 | Rocky Boy Tribal History Project | Stone Child College | Vandeberg, Gerard | Chippewa- Cree |
The 2005 Montana State Legislature approved an appropriation to enable Montana's seven tribal colleges to produce materials to help public school teachers deliver a more tribally-specific curriculum.
Gerard Vandeberg, lead researcher at Stone Child Colle
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| | | 19(2) | Winter 2007 | 34 | Tribal college-History | Fond du Lac Tribal College | Day, Donald | Fond du Lac Band of Lake Superior Chippewa |
The federal legislation that the BIA operates under requires that 51% of the students in a tribal college must be American Indian. In order to ensure that federal funding will continue, Fond du Lac Tribal and Community College is reorganizing as two col
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| | | 19(2) | Winter 2007 | 34 | Research | Fort Belknap College | Stiffarm, Pete | |
Two student interns on Fort Belknap College, Pete Stiffarm and Maxbiya Yat Gan, are involved in collecting mosquitos one day a week from June until September to determine the extent of the progress of the West Nile Virus. FBC student interns first found
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| | Winn, Ryan | 19(2) | Winter 2007 | 34-35 | Theatre | College of Menominee Nation | Will, Ryan | Menominee |
The Theatre Production class at CMN produced two short plays by decorated Assiniboine playwright William S. Yellow Robe, Jr. during the last week of summer semester. Ryan Winn is an English and Theatre faculty member at CMN and he comments that this pro
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| | McCombs, Ed | 19(2) | Winter 2007 | 35 | Research | Dine College | Bauer, Mark C. | Dine |
Students at Dine College were able to participate in "Summer Research Enhancement Program" (SREP) in public health research. Because of a
collaborative project with the Mayo Clinic funded by the National Cancer Institute, the students could do research
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| | | 19(2) | Winter 2007 | 35-36 | Institute of Museum and Library Services | Fort Belknap College | English, Eva | |
A "Wild About Harry" event was held at the Fort Belknap College Library. The event was sponsored by Girl Scout Troop 102 of the Huron Valley Council of Ann Arbor, MI and by a grant from the federal Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS). The fi
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| | | 19(2) | Winter 2007 | 36 | Archery-Tournaments | Dine College | Cly, Elbert | Dine |
The Dine College Archery Team (the Warriors) have been ranked in the top ten since 1974. This year, a rookie sensation, Elbert Cly, received four separate awards at the awards ceremony of the United States Inter-collegiate Archery Championship (USIAC) i
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| | | 19(2) | Winter 2007 | 36, 38 | Government aid to higher education | Turtle Mountain Community College | | |
Tribal colleges in North Dakota received nearly $2.1 million in federal grants. Turtle Mountain Community College received $195,176 to develop a computer science program. HUD is providing grants for expansion and renovation of facilities at Sitting Bull
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| | | 19(2) | Winter 2007 | 38 | Curriculum | Northwest Indian College | Crazy Bull, Cheryl | Puyallup |
NWIC has been granted candidacy status for its new 4-year BS degree in Native Environmental Science. In May, 2007, the college hosted the Revitalization Salish and Neighboring Language Conference. The conference was funded by grants from five tribes: Puy
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| | Pourier, Marilyn E. | 19(2) | Winter 2007 | 38-41 | Veterans | Oglala Lakota College | Rexroat, Ola Millie (Oglala Lakota) | Oglala Lakota |
During the summer of 2007, Oglala Lakota College featured Oglala Lakota artists and dedicated a Veterans Monument with over 1,800 names of
Oglala Lakota veterans from World War I and II, the Korean War, and the Vietnam War. Special honoring was made fo
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| | | 19(2) | Winter 2007 | 41 | Tribal college students | | | |
A study commissioned by the American Indian College Fund surveyed 247 graduates of TCUs and found that the majority were satisfied with their educational opportunities and 91% were non-traditional students - older than 24, had not been enrolled continuo
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| | | 19(2) | Winter 2007 | 41 | Government aid to higher education | Little Big Horn College | | |
Grants totaling nearly 12 million dollars went to tribally controlled colleges in Montana, New Mexico, North Dakotas, South Dakota, and Wisconsin from the U.S. Department of Education. The colleges receiving grants to improve or expand their capacity t
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| | | 19(2) | Winter 2007 | 41-42 | American Indian Higher Education Consortium (AIHEC) | | | |
AIHEC has launched the first comprehensive attempt to define and measure American Indian college student success. The project started in 2003 and was funded with a grant from the Lumina Foundation for Education which is dedicated to expanding access and
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| | Neumann, Dennis J. | 19(2) | Winter 2007 | 42-43 | Community health services | United Tribes Technical College | Baird, Phil | |
Phil Baird, vice president of Career and Technical Education, said that the new program in the field of Community Health will provide the knowledge and skill sets needed for graduates to serve in the field.
A one day trip organized by the United Tribes S
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| | | 19(2) | Winter 2007 | 43, 45 | Entrepreneurship | Sitting Bull College | | Standing Rock Sioux Tribe |
SBC started a $40 million capital campaign to build a new campus in 1999. In September, 2007, another new building was started: a $3.4 million Entrepreneurial Center. The college is working with the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe (SRST) to spur economic gro
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| | | 19(2) | Winter 2007 | 45 | U.S. Department of Agriculture | College of Menominee Nation | | |
The USDA has announced awards to 14 tribal colleges totaling nearly $4 million. The USDA Rural Development 's mission is to increase economic opportunity and improve the quality of life for rural residents. More information on the USDA programs:
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| | | 19(2) | Winter 2007 | 45-46 | Government aid to higher education | Southwestern Indian Polytechnic Institute | | |
SIPI has constructed a 7,000 square foot Early Childhood Education Center on its campus to help meet the need in New Mexico for highly qualified early childhood teachers. The project received funds from the U.S. Dept. of Education, U.S. Department of Hou
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| | | 19(2) | Winter 2007 | 46, 48 | Leadership | Little Big Horn College | Old Bull, Elvis, Jr. (Crow) | Crow |
Elvis Old Bull, Jr., a graduate of LBHC, was named a 2007 Arthur Ashe, Jr. Sports Scholar for Men's Basketball. Richard Williams (CEO of the American Indian College Fund) was awarded a Doctor of Humane Letters by Roger Williams University. Denise Low-We
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| | | 19(2) | Winter 2007 | 8 | Librarians | | Weasel Fat, Mary | |
8 librarians from 27 different tribal colleges met at
Montana State University campus is Bozeman, MT for the thirteenth annual Tribal College Librarians Professional Development Institute. Four tribal college librarians made presentations at the institu
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| | Monteau, Darryl | 19(2) | Winter 2007 | 49 | Grasses | Haskell Indian Nations University | Cross, Phil (Caddo) | Caddo |
Researchers at Haskell have switched the focus of their Native Grass Project. Previously they were testing to see if the U.S. Army could use switchgrass to restore training grounds torn up by heavy machinery. The new focus is to revitalize and establi
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| | Simpson, Michael W. | 19(2) | Winter 2007 | 52 | Decolonization | | Wilson, Waziyatawin Angela | |
The topics covered in the book include decolonizing tribal governments, tribal enrollments, historical trauma and truth commissions, critical thinking centers, stereotypes, education, language, storytelling, and diet. Book reviewer Michael Simpson highl
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| | Marchbanks, Rachael | 19(2) | Winter 2007 | 52 | Achievement motivation | | Vanas, D. J. Eagle Bear | |
The author explains that being on the "warrior path" is about developing one's own unique talents and using them for the benefit of others. The real warrior lessons are revealed in conversations between a wise grandfather and the grandson Justin.
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| | Deschenie, Tina | 19(2) | Winter 2007 | 52-53 | Language acquisition | | Thompson, Sally | Blackfoot |
The 27 minute film answers the question as to why we should save the tribal languages. The film is produced by the Regional Learning Project at the
Center for Continuing Education at the University of Montana. The film includes members of the Kainai, P
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| | Lee, Tiffany S. | 19(2) | Winter 2007 | 53 | | | Alexie, Sherman (Spokane/Coeur d'Alene) | |
Alexie reaches into the complexities of people's lives and experiences, making those moments in time funny but often tragic. This novel is a fast-paced story of a self-deprecating teenage boy named Zits, who is both Native and Irish.
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| | Thompson, Michael | 19(2) | Winter 2007 | 53 | Adolescents | | Hartle, Mia Bocella | Dine |
The message of the young Native Americans in this film is that it is possible to honor tradition and still express oneself as a modern young person. The youth are Pueblo, Dine, and Apache teens from the Southwest
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| | Vanas, D. J. Eagle Bear | 19(2) | Winter 2007 | 56-57 | Success | | Vanas, D. J. Eagle Bear (Ottawa) | Ottawa |
The author is inspired by the resilience of Indian people throughout history to adapt and succeed.
In this short article he challenges young people to become the best that they can be and become a success.
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| | Vanas, D. J. Eagle Bear | 19(2) | Winter 2007 | 56-57 | Success | | Vanas, D. J. Eagle Bear (Ottawa) | Ottawa |
The author is inspired by the resilience of Indian people throughout history to adapt and succeed.
In this short article he challenges young people to become the best that they can be and become a success.
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| | | 18(2) | Winter 2006 | 5 | | | Blackbird, Ken (Assiniboine) | Assiniboine |
Two photos by Ken Blackbird are merged to create the cover of the Tribal College Journal. Blackbird can be reached at PO Box 2511, Cody, WY 82414
The two photos are "Crow Fair Tipis" and "Crow Buffalo".
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| | | 18(2) | Winter 2006 | 6 | Writers | | Boyer, Paul | |
The writers for this issue of the Tribal College Journal are listed with a biographical paragraph on each one.
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| | Gokee, Andrew | 18(2) | Winter 2006 | 7 | Tribal College Journal | | | |
A letter to the editor questions the inclusion of certain advertisements in the Tribal College Journal such as NSA and the CIA. He also questions the "brain drain" that is reflected in the job announcements on the TCJ website. He wants the young people
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| | Deschenie, Tina | 18(2) | Winter 2006 | 8-9 | | | Deschenie, Tina (Dine/Hopi) | Dine/Hopi |
The new editor of the Tribal College Journal shares her excitement with AIHEC's new initiative on indigenous evaluation. She feels that indigenous evaluation can be useful to entire colleges and to each of us as individuals. The process entails identify
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| | Boyer, Paul | 18(2) | Winter 2006 | 12-15 | Educational evaluation | | Nichols, Richard (Santa Clara Pueblo) | |
Through support from the National Science Foundation to AIHEC, tribal colleges are now systematically developing strategies for culturally based assessment of programs and services managed by tribal colleges. The goal of the project is to look at evaluat
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| | Emerson, Larry | 18(2) | Winter 2006 | 18-21 | Culture | Red Crow Community College | Weasel Fat, Roy | Kainai |
Historically, education has forced Native youth to enter a non-Native mainstream society through a one-way process that has generally excluded Native culture and language. In 2002, Red Crow Community College created a 3 year teacher training effort calle
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| | Hermes, Mary | 18(2) | Winter 2006 | 20-21 | Language revival | Sinte Gleska University | White Hat, Sr., Albert (Sicangu Lakota) | Lakota |
The tribal college founders were all Lakota speakers and their boarding school experiences convinces them to create something grounded in Lakota philosophy. Sinte Gleska Community College opened in 1971 and became the first tribal-based university in the
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| | Brien, Luella | 18(2) | Winter 2006 | 23 | Language revival | Little Big Horn College | Yarlott, David (Crow) | Crow |
Chartered in 1980, Little Big Horn College is dedicated to the preservation of the Crow language and culture. One Crow language class and two Crow culture classes are part of the general requirements for graduation. Nearly 3/4 of the students speak Crow
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| | Zepeda, Ofelia | 18(2) | Winter 2006 | 24-25 | Culture | Tohono O'odham Community College | | Tohono O'odham |
An O'odham scholar from Mexico was brought to Tohono O'odham Community College in Sells, AZ through the Fulbright program. Rafael Garcia's visit has confirmed that the O'odham in Mexico and the U.S. are the same people with the same culture, same histor
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| | Zepeda, Ofelia | 18(2) | Winter 2006 | 24-25 | Culture | Tohono O'odham Community College | | Tohono O'odham |
An O'odham scholar from Mexico was brought to Tohono O'odham Community College in Sells, AZ through the Fulbright program. Rafael Garcia's visit has confirmed that the O'odham in Mexico and the U.S. are the same people with the same culture, same histor
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| | Madsen, Bob | 18(2) | Winter 2006 | 28-30 | Mathematics | Chief Dull Knife College | Madsen, Bob | Northern Cheyenne |
A revision of the curriculum at Chief Dull Knife College has been created to address the problems with students lacking college-level skills
(typically 60-70% of the incoming students failed or withdrew from the pre-college math classes). With the revise
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| | Madsen, Bob | 18(2) | Winter 2006 | 28-30 | Mathematics | Chief Dull Knife College | Madsen, Bob | Northern Cheyenne |
A revision of the curriculum at Chief Dull Knife College has been created to address the problems with students lacking college-level skills
(typically 60-70% of the incoming students failed or withdrew from the pre-college math classes). With the revise
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| | Nichols, Richard | 18(2) | Winter 2006 | 32-35 | Indigenous evaluation | | Nichols, Richard (Santa Clara Pueblo) | Santa Clara Pueblo |
The resource guide presents evaluation resources and an overview of indigenous evaluation as an emergent field. Each writer has their own company that specializes in evaluation; one in New Mexico and one in Seattle, Washington.
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| | Nichols, Richard | 18(2) | Winter 2006 | 32-35 | Indigenous evaluation | | Nichols, Richard (Santa Clara Pueblo) | Santa Clara Pueblo |
The resource guide presents evaluation resources and an overview of indigenous evaluation as an emergent field. Each writer has their own company that specializes in evaluation; one in New Mexico and one in Seattle, Washington.
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| | | 18(2) | Winter 2006 | 38 | Diabetes Education in Tribal Schools (DETS) | Keweenaw Bay Ojibwa Community College | | Ojibwa |
KBOCC summer camp involved approximately 70 elementary students, as well as high school and college-level students, who used the diabetes curriculum developed by DETS (Diabetes Education in Tribal Schools), a project involving eight tribal colleges funde
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| | | 18(2) | Winter 2006 | 38 | | Cankdeska Cikana Community College | Esser, Thalia | |
CCCC Talent Search program selected 8 high school students to attend the United National Indian Tribal Youth conference in Buffalo, NY, in July 2006.
Thalia Esser was named CCCC Faculty Member of the Year and was praised for her efforts in the college be
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| | | 18(2) | Winter 2006 | 39 | Athletic ability | Haskell Indian Nations University | Peters, Sr., Emmitt | Athabascan |
Emmitt Peters, Sr. was honored in April 2006 as the first sled dog driver to be inducted into the American Indian Athletic Hall of Fame at Haskell Indian Nations University in Lawrence, KS. In 1975, Peters' first place Iditarod finish set a speed record.
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| | | 18(2) | Winter 2006 | 39-40 | AT&T Foundation | College of Menominee Nation | Tourtillot, Starlynn (Menominee) | Menominee |
Two tribal college students were among 11 Native Americans in the first AT&T Native American Political Leadership Program at George Washington University funded by the AT&T Foundation. Starlynn Tourtillott of the College of Menominee Nation and Marjeann
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