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Indigenous people all over the world have faced similar historical traumas due to colonization. It is impossible, for example, to read the history of the New Zealand Maoris and not see a parallel to Native tribes in the United States and Canada.
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The Fine Line: Negotiating Natural Resource Development and Environmental Protection at TCUs
How should tribal colleges approach natural resource development and potential degradation of the environment? This is a thorny, complicated question. In the best of all possible worlds we should look for natural harmonious relationships with the Earth. However,
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In the Shadow of Sequestration
With the current sequestration crisis, tribal colleges and universities (TCUs) are facing some basic immediate and long-range financial problems that will require astute planning, analysis,
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We Rely on Old Traditions, Modern Vision
The Tribal College Movement is just over 40 years old. It is often said that the birth and survival of tribal colleges is just short of miraculous. After the miracle comment, leadership is mentioned as a key factor in the birth and survival of tribal colleges. If that is so, what characteristics of tribal colleges’
leaders are so unusual?
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Assessing Community Resources & Critical Mass: Do you have what it takes to start a college?
James Shanley, Ed.D., outlines some of the complex calculations tribal communities must consider before trying to start a college.
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Traditional Assiniboine Family Values: Let us bring back something beautiful
Kenneth Ryan, Native American Studies curriculum developer at Fort Peck Community College, discusses traditional Assiniboine views of the family with James Shanley. This is an edited transcript of that interview.
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Welfare Reform Will Create More Misery
Some federal officials decry tribal people who question welfare reform. Reasonable tribal people support the idea of ending dependency and welfare. However, tribes cannot support an inadequate program destined to create more misery on many reservations.
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Welfare Reform and the Tribal Colleges: Who’s Left Holding the Bag?
Tribal colleges are not mentioned in the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996, but the colleges will be crucial players as the reform scenario unfolds on the reservations with tribal colleges.
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Wise Men and Elegant Speakers: Reflecting on traditional Assiniboine leadership
As reservations work to strengthen their communities, they are learning to draw inspiration from traditional conceptions of leadership.
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Whose College is It Anyway?: Growing government oversight in higher education threatens the unique vision of tribal colleges
Proposed amendments to the structure of the accreditation process raise serious jurisdictional concerns and would place additional burdens on accreditation agencies and colleges.
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Reauthorization of the Higher Education Act: Priorities for tribal colleges
College President James Shanley analyzes the Higher Education Act and its implications for the tribal colleges.
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Budgeting and Fund Accounting in the Tribal College
College President James Shanley explains how conservative accounting allows for progressive education.
