Spirituality

Features

• In the Spirit: Tribal colleges must acknowledge that spirituality is inseparable from traditional culture

  Jack Barden

  United Tribes Technical College is working to make spirituality an essential part of its mission.

• Crossing Cultures: A growing number of Christian churches work to support, not destroy Indian spirituality

  Carolyn Casey

  Christian churches were once united in opposition to Indian spirituality. Today, some are apologizing and looking to make amends.

• Don’t Forget Who You Are: For David Risling, Jr, spirituality is a way of life

  Paul Boyer

  David Risling, Jr. has devoted his life to Indian education and Indian rights. At last count, he helped establish seven Indian-run organizations in California and across the country, including D-Q University and the American Indian Higher Education Consortium. In this interview, Risling reflects on the status of Indian spirituality and its importance in his own life.

• The Everyday Walk of Life

  Lydia Whirlwind Soldier

  Albert White Hat and Rita Means began a search for meaning in their lives and both, through different routes, found themselves tapping the deep roots of traditional Lakota spirituality.

Editor's Essay

• Living Spirituality

  Paul Boyer

  Every issue of Tribal College has, in some way, touched the sub­ject of spirituality. When we talk about language, the arts, eco­nomic development or medicine,

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Profile

• Balancing the Books

  Jennifer Gray Reddish

  A mother of five, Rose Atkinson is thriving under the dual responsibilities of motherhood and full-time student.

Research

• Tribal Governance and Economic Development of American Indian Nations

  Paige Baker

  The purpose of this research was to examine the relationship between the degree of political development of a tribe and the economic conditions in that tribe which might be called economic development. The question for this study was: Do American Indian tribes have governmen­tal structures and practices which are related to the stage of economic development of those tribes?