Tribal Athletes Fight for Their Place

Features

• Cross Country, Rodeo, Archery: Navajo athletic programs give students running start

  Natasha Kaye Johnson

  Diné College offers rodeo, archery, and champion men’s and women’s cross country teams to the tribal sports world. Rodeo is the hub at Navajo Technical College.

• Counting Coups on the Courts

  Patty Talahongva

  Hoops are the gig for the Salish Kootenai College Bison, Little Big Horn College Rams, and Blackfeet Community College Pikuni, while the Haskell Lady Indians volley balls.

• How One Class Experienced Cultural Immersion in the Twin Cities

  Virginia Allery

  Students from two North Dakota tribal colleges encountered
  Somali and urban cultures on their class trip to
  Minneapolis.

Editor's Essay

• Red Sweat and Guts: Our athletes love to play

  Tina Deschenie

  This issue tells the stories of Native students who play hard. The passion of these tribal college and university (TCU) athletes became all the more evident to me as I read numerous stories about them in other publications.

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Voices

• Dakota Seek Harmony with Universe

  Cynthia Lindquist

  It is our responsibility as Indian educators to provide opportunities for understanding the health issues of our communities. To fulfill this responsibility, we must understand and convey the traditional cultural values of our Indigenous communities – to live in balance and harmony with each other and Mother Earth.

Profile

• Jessie McDonald: Determined Student Leader Lives Life Her Way

  Tina Deschenie

  Multi-tasking young mother Jessie McDonald has big dreams and encourages everyone around her to dream big, too.

Talking Circle

• ‘We Are All Composed Of Stardust’: Haskell experiment empowers learning

  Lorene Williams

  During the spring semester of 2008 four Haskell Indian Nations University faculty members linked their curriculums
  to facilitate an integrated initiative. They decided that Haskell – a university serving diverse American Indian and Alaskan
  Native tribes – was the ideal place for holistic learning.

Resource Guide

• 20-3 “Tribal Athletes Fight for their Place” Resource Guide

  Darryl Monteau

  Games and sports have always been a part of American Indian cultures. Today, traditional games such as hand games and stickball are still played at American Indian celebrations and gatherings across the country.

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