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As dean of student affairs, Dr. Odawa White of Lac Courte Oreilles Ojibwe College incorporates Indigenous culture, language, and ways of knowing into everything he does.
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Creating Pathways to a Better Life
With the tremendous job growth and economic boom on the Northern Plains, tribal colleges are initiating new innovative programs to address the region’s workforce needs.
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Inspired Art in the Bear’s Paw Mountains
Art professor John Murie of Stone Child College discusses how Native art is constantly evolving and integrating new ideas – something he witnesses every class period.
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White Man’s Water: The Politics of Sobriety in a Native American Community
By Erica Prussing
The University of Arizona Press (2011)Review by Dr. Jerry Worley
In this ethnographic contribution to health research,
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To speak in a clear voice
“When I was in elementary school the kids made fun of me because of my long braids. But I said nothing. I waited to speak. Because when I spoke, I knew it must be in a clear voice,” says Sean Chandler. Chandler (A’aniinen) has waited more than 20 years to speak about such struggles, about such thoughts.
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Lessons in Education – and Beauty
Non-Native faculty and students travel seek cultural immersions at Lac Courte Oreilles Ojibwe reservation and community college. “We leave the rigid academic paradigms of our linear non-Indigenous university and enter another universe…”
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Caring, Sharing in the Big Sky: Writer, photographer explore five of Montana’s tribal colleges
The author travels across Montana with a former student and photographer and says that visiting tribal colleges is the best way to really understand them.
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21-4 “Native American Studies” Resource Guide
A collection of articles, books, and audio references encompassing Native American Studies.
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From the Frozen Wind, a Charging Bull Appears
Assiniboine elder Ron Jackson quietly, continuously fights for the kids. “It has taken a hundred years to lose our culture, and it will take that long to bring it back.”
