Workforce Development

Features

• Exploring the Food Environment on the Spirit Lake Reservation

  Swaha Pattanaik

  INTRODUCTION

  The purpose of this research project was to understand the food environment of the Fort Totten community on the Spirit Lake reservation in east-central North Dakota,

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• Creating Pathways to a Better Life

  Jerry Worley

  With the tremendous job growth and economic boom on the Northern Plains, tribal colleges are initiating new innovative programs to address the region’s workforce needs.

• Training for Tomorrow: Developing a Native Workforce

  Ahmed Al-Asfour

  Although demographics are shifting, American Indians continue to suffer from a grossly disproportionate unemployment rate. By partnering with business and government, tribal colleges can alter such trends through workforce development.

• Growing Our Own: A Sustainable Approach to Teacher Education at Turtle Mountain Community College

  Carmelita Lamb

  Through its teacher education program, TMCC is meeting the Anishinaabe of North Dakota’s educational needs, strengthening tribal sovereignty and self-determination, and positively affecting people’s lives.

• Best Practices on Creating a Successful Internship Program

  Mi'Jan Celie Tho-Biaz

  When partnering with non-profits, TCUs face challenges that require innovative thinking and program design.

Editor's Essay

• Forging the Future

  Bradley Shreve

  While American Indian communities still experience economic underdevelopment and high unemployment, strides have been made. And tribal colleges and universities are playing an instrumental role in developing a workforce and paving the way to a brighter future.

Current Reflections

• On the Workforce in Tribal America

  David Gipp

  Beginnings

  I recall how we started out in 1972 and 1973 in disparate and humble beginnings as the first six tribally controlled colleges in the United States.

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Voices

• “Being a Fed”

  John Gritts

  John Gritts reflects on the importance of community among the tribal colleges and reflects on his years of experience working for the U.S. Department of Education.

Profile

• A Student for Life: Kevin Red Star

  Daniel Gibson

  A graduate of the Institute of American Indian Arts, Kevin Red Star has helped shape modern Native art.

Talking Circle

• Best Practices on Creating a Successful Internship Program

  Mi'Jan Celie Tho-Biaz

  When partnering with non-profits, TCUs face challenges that require innovative thinking and program design.

Resource Guide

• 26-2 Winter 2014 “Workforce Development” Resource Guide

  Ahmed Al-Asfour

  This resource guide compiles a selection of articles, reports, and websites related to American Indian workforce development. All of the entries here are available online and include hyperlinks.

Research

• Training for Tomorrow: Developing a Native Workforce

  Ahmed Al-Asfour

  Although demographics are shifting, American Indians continue to suffer from a grossly disproportionate unemployment rate. By partnering with business and government, tribal colleges can alter such trends through workforce development.