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Turtle Mountain Community College (TMCC) is developing a teacher preparation program that attempts to balance pedagogy, subject matter, and culture in a holistic way.
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Cultural Perspectives and the Nature of Science
Jack Barden describes the challenge of helping children understand Western science in order to take their rightful place in the modern world while at the same time understanding Native ways of handling information.
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In the Spirit: Tribal colleges must acknowledge that spirituality is inseparable from traditional culture
United Tribes Technical College is working to make spirituality an essential part of its mission.
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For Good Measure: Colleges must prove their students are learning. It’s a task easier said than done
What, exactly, do students learn in college? Jack Barden reports that American colleges and universities are now expected to know the answer.
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Tribally Controlled Colleges: Making Good Medicine
By Wayne J. Stein
New York, Peter Lang, 1992Review by Jack Barden
Making History
Leaders of any new movement have little time for reflection;
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Ways of Knowing: Extending the boundaries of scholarship
Native American scholars should expand the definition of research, according to Jack Barden and Paul Boyer.
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Building on Cooperation: By working together, North Dakota’s tribal colleges are creating a new, four-year institution
Intertribal cooperation in North Dakota has a long, successful history and that experience is now being used on an important new project. Working together, the state’s tribal colleges are combining their resources and strengths to establish a four-year college.
