Volume 22, No. 4 – Summer 2011
In a corner office at Salish Kootenai College, students meet with Student Success Specialist Jason Heavy Runner to talk about the results of their college placement tests.
A crucial part of the Environments Science Program’s recruitment and retention tool is the opportunity for students to conduct individual research.
Sam Wiggins began pursuing a second career after getting laid off from his job as a welder. Attending college was a new and unfamiliar experience for him.
Within the pages of the summer issue of Tribal College Journal, our writers explore a daunting topic: the recruitment and retention of Native students at tribal colleges and universities (TCUs).
Instructor’s experience at a larger university strengthens his belief that for some students a small college close to home is the best choice.
A great-grandmother embodies the purest purpose of education – learning for the sake of learning – a pursuit she began at age 66.
Dissertation research on non-native faculty at tribal colleges identifies ways administrators can offer support.
Resource Guide Related to Retention, Persistence, and Success of American Indian and Alaska Native students
Also see Juan A. Avila Hernandez’s article, “Empowering Students for Success—College share best practices for keeping students on track” in Vol.
By Jeffrey P. Shepherd
University of Arizona Press (2010)
Review by Bradley Shreve
After more than 10 years of research and writing,
Edited By Jose Barreiro
Fulcrum Press (2010)
Review by Michael W. Simpson
If you could obtain only two books to start an American Indian Studies section for your library,
By Kim Cary Warren
University of North Carolina Press (2010)
Review by Michael W. Simpson
The basic premise of the book is that the attempts by White “reformers” to define citizenship roles for African Americans and American Indians through schooling failed because students used that very schooling to develop skills and knowledge that allowed them to define and determine citizenship on their own terms.
Directed by: Ron Meyer
Ambrose DVD (2008); Four Discs, 240 Minutes
Review by Ryan Winn
Hosted by actor Tyler Christopher (Choctaw/Seneca),
By Scott Richard Lyons
University of Minnesota Press: Minneapolis (2010)
Review by Ryan Winn
Blending personal narrative,
Edited by Gordon D. Henry Jr., Nieves Pascual Soler, and Silvia Martínez-Falquina
Michigan State University Press: East Lansing (2009)
Review by Ryan Winn
Stories Through Theories/Theories Through Stories is an invaluable text for scholars and courses that examine the relationship between American Indian writing and literary theory.
By Denise K. Lajimodiere
Michigan State University Press (2010)
Review by Ryan Winn
Denise Lajimodiere’s debut poetry collection,
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