TCJ wins SNAP awards in 2008: Gold and Bronze
Tribal College Journal (TCJ), a national quarterly magazine focusing on higher education issues affecting Native Americans has won awards from the Society of National Association Publications (SNAP) in 2007 and in 2008. In 2007, the publication also won an award from the Native American Journalists’ Association (NAJA).
Tina Deschenie (Diné/ Hopi) and Michael Thompson (Mvskoke Creek) of Farmington, NM were honored in June 2008 in Washington, D.C., by the Society of National Association Publications (SNAP). Their awards were for articles published in Vol. 19, No. 2 of Tribal College Journal.
Deschenie’s editor’s essay (“Why We are Sticking to Our Stories”) won the Bronze EXCEL Award in the editorial award category. Thompson’s article (“Honoring the Word: Classroom instructors find that students respond best to oral tradition”) won the Gold EXCEL Award in the feature article category.
The EXCEL awards program judges over 1,000 magazines, newsletters, scholarly journals, electronic publications, and websites each year. SNAP said, “With a record-breaking number of entries, it was more difficult than ever to win an award. Your submissions displayed superior quality and truly represent The Best and The Brightest in the association community.”
Thompson is the English department chair and teaches English at Bloomfield High School in Bloomfield, NM. He is a frequent contributor to TCJ.
Deschenie is the first Native editor at TCJ, a position she has held since 2006.
TCJ wins SNAP and NAJA awards in 2007
In 2007, the Tribal College Journal won the Gold award for best column and the Silver award for cover photo illustration from SNAP. Additionally, TCJ won 2nd place for General Excellence in the magazine category from NAJA.
The award-winning guest column, titled “Real Genius: We could become the best educated people in America,” was contributed by Richard “Rick” B. Williams, a member of the Oglala Lakota Tribe and president of the American Indian College Fund. Williams’ article appeared in the Summer 2006 edition of TCJ.
The winning cover photo illustration, titled “Crow Fair Composite,” was created by Walt Pourier, Oglala Lakota, creative director and co-owner of Nakota Designs, Inc. The photos for the cover design were contributed by Ken Blackbird, a freelance photographer and Assiniboine member of the Ft. Belknap Indian Community of Montana. The photo illustration appeared on the cover of the Winter 2006 edition of TCJ.
SNAP is a non-profit professional society serving association publishers. NAJA is a non-profit organization that serves Native journalists through programs and actions designed to enrich journalism and promote Native cultures.