Making Connections

Features

• The Power of Tradition: A conversation with Elgin Bad Wound

  Paul Boyer

  Elgin Bad Wound talks about an effort to bring traditional government back to the Pine Ridge reservation.

• Teaching to Empower: Tribal colleges must promote leadership and self determination in their reservations

  Elgin Bad Wound

  Oglala Lakota College President Elgin Bad Wound makes the case for tribal colleges’ promotion of leadership and self-determination on their reservations.

• Sinte Gleska College Celebrates Its Twentieth Anniversary: Beginning with just one broken typewriter, the college now plans to be a university

  Beth Windsor

  A recap of the weeklong celebration marking Sinte Gleska College’s Twentieth Anniversary Founders’ Day Celebration.

• Fond du Lac College Builds a New Campus

  Marjorie Johnson

  With support from the state, the Minnesota tribal college begins construction of a $6.99 million campus.

• Building on Cooperation: By working together, North Dakota’s tribal colleges are creating a new, four-year institution

  Jack Barden

  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.

Editor's Essay

• Colleges Making Connections

  Paul Boyer

  Compared to many other American colleges, Blackfeet Community College is at a disadvantage. Located in western Montana, it is geographically isolated and, like other tribal colleges,

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Research

• Tribal College Student Attitudes Toward Accommodations for Students with Learning Disabilities

  John Dodd

  The purpose of this study was to determine whether students attending a tribal college supported efforts to provide accommodations for students with learning disabilities.

In Memoriam

• Bobby Wright: A remembrance

  We were very saddened to learn that Dr. Bobby Wright, a member of the Tribal College editorial advisory board, died this spring. He was a friend who strengthened both the publication and all of higher education.

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