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When visiting the Lac Courte Oreilles Ojibwa Community College (LCOOCC) in Hayward, Wisconsin, one will notice how sandy the soil is there. The last glacier shaped the rolling hills and open meadows,
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Opportunity and Transition: Veterans Find Growth and Healing at College of Menominee Nation
CMN is a place where students can prepare for life off the reservation—and where returning veterans can find answers, reconnect with their roots, prepare for successful careers, and transform their lives.
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Lighting the Way: Keweenaw Bay Ojibwa Community College Serves as a Beacon Light for Tribal Members
Following the ravages of colonization and territorial loss, the Keweenaw Bay Indian Community has striven to develop an institution that serves as a gathering place and as a bastion of culture and language—a role which their tribal college has fulfilled for students and community members alike.
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Educating Students, Transforming Communities: Tribal colleges bridge gap from poverty to prosperity
Tribal colleges not only educate individual students, but also promote positive economic impact across reservations and regions.
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Crossing the Digital Divide: College of Menominee Nation uses technology to restore language
At the College of Menominee Nation, instructors, students, and elders are using technology to restore language.
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Oneida Lives: Long-Lost Voice of the Wisconsin Oneidas
Edited by Herbert S. Lewis
With the Assistance of L. Gordon McLester III
University of Nebraska Press (2005), 425 pages
ISBN 0-8032-8043-2,
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Menominee and Maya: Indigenous cultures and their forests inspire and support each other
The Mayan people of Belize came to Wisconsin to learn about “forest gardening” from some of the world’s best teachers – the Menominee.
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Grand Entry: A New Ceremony Derived From the Old West
The author traces the history of the Grant Entry tradition and reflects on her own evolving support for it as deserving “a respectable place in our history and culture.”
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The Pow-Wow: Going Home
Pow-wows have always been important to me. Native American students who are grounded in their traditional culture see the pow-wow as a way to find inner balance after spending a long stretch of time in mainstream culture.
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Building Dreams on the High Ground
Although the buffalo no longer roam freely and gardening is much more difficult since the Garrison Dam project flooded prime farming land, the Three Affiliated Tribes recently found new hope for self-sufficiency thanks to the tribal college and a cattle relending program.
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Pocahontas as a Traitor: For one child, the story of Pocahontas inspired pride — and anger
The author recounts her introduction to Pocahontas and further study later. “As I read the many historical documents, dissertations, literary analyses and essays about Pocahontas and her life story, I began to understand the mythical qualities European authors attributed to her. I also began to see the comical misinterpretations European writers had of some Indian traditions, adoption ceremonies, and especially women’s ceremonies.”
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Searching for a Free Press in Indian Country: Are tribally controlled media watchdogs or lap dogs?
Too many tribal governments do not support a free press, argues Sherrole Benton. The Corporation for Public Broadcasting can be a model for tribes seeking publicly funded, yet editorially independent media.
