International Indigenous Education

Features

• Southern Wisdom: Tribal college faculty revaluating traditional ways of knowing

  Cheryl Des Jarlais

  In Peru and Guatemala, faculty found a rich intellectual history and vibrant cultural traditions suppressed by the Western education system.

• Why Support an Intercultural Interchange?

  Dario Moran

  In my country, Guatemala, we have 24 ethnic groups. We have been separated, united, and then separated again by the Spanish conquest, two revolutions, and a civil war. But even though we have suffered much, we are trying to work together and succeed.

• Embracing the World: Indigenous educators join hands to share gifts

  Marjane Ambler

  In its first 3 years, WINHEC achieved an objective of global proportions – accreditation standards based upon indigenous culture and language.

Editor's Essay

• While Globalizing Their Movement, Tribal Colleges Import Ideas

  Marjane Ambler

  Thirty-seven years ago, the Navajo people in Arizona created the first tribally-controlled college in the world. This birth fired the imagination of educators and community activists across the United States,

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Voices

• What’s a Prairie Girl Like You Doing in a Rainforest Like This?

  Ruth Short Bull

  A Fort Berthold instructor shares her scientific and personal journey during a two-month research experience in Costa Rica.

Profile

• Naomi Tucson-Martin: 23 years of changing lives, one student at a time

  Tina Deschenie

  Longtime educator (and counselor, midwife, and “mom” to thousands of students) describes her biggest joy as giving people tools to change their lives for the better.

Resource Guide

• 16-4 “International Indigenous Education” Resource Guide

  Over the past 5 years, the American Indian Higher Education Consortium (AIHEC) has helped organize and sponsor two international conferences where tribal colleges and universities (TCUs) met potential partners for international projects.

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Land Grant

• International Partnerships Bring Benefits Home

  John Phillips

  When students from Haskell Indian Nations University set foot in Siberia, they anticipated a new experience. They did not expect something comfortably familiar.

In Memoriam

• Internationally Respected Leader Risling, Jr. Passes

  Gerald Gipp

  
  Gerald E. Gipp

  We were saddened to hear of the passing of David Risling, Jr., on March 13. David was born April 10,

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• Stewart Remembered as Life-long Teacher

  One of the American Indian Higher Education Consortium’s (AIHEC’s) first employees, Wilhelmina “Buddine” Fredericks Stewart, died Jan. 29, 2005. Stewart (Mandan/Hidatsa) began work as the curriculum director when the organization opened its doors in Denver in October 1973.

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