Volume 32, No. 2 – Winter 2020
Celebrating its silver anniversary, Alaska’s only tribal college has witnessed many changes yet continues to look to the future. From launching its first baccalaureate program to fostering a stronger community voice in college decision making, the gem of Utqiaġvik is unapologetically Iñupiaq.
Writer, artist, musician, United States Poet Laureate, and graduate of the Institute of American Indian Arts, Joy Harjo’s remarkable life is an inspiration to us all.
The accomplishments of students at Nebraska Indian Community College extend well beyond the classroom. Like other tribal college students, they are holistically defining what success is for themselves, their families, and their tribal communities.
The story of Luther Standing Bear, one of the first students to attend the Carlisle Industrial School, underscores how far Native nations have come in transforming and reimagining education.
The president of Little Big Horn College and chair of AIHEC’s board of directors, discusses how being a TCU student changed his life.
San Carlos Apache College may be America’s youngest tribal college, but it is already changing lives and offering new opportunities.
Writer, artist, musician, United States Poet Laureate, and graduate of the Institute of American Indian Arts, Joy Harjo’s remarkable life is an inspiration to us all.
The Diné Culture, Language, and Leadership Master of Arts Degree Program at Navajo Technical University has blazed new trails in Indigenous culture and language preservation.
The American Indian College Fund investigated how tribal colleges provide Native students with the education, skills, and support they need to succeed. Findings also clarified they face much steeper challenges than other students, a datapoint that the pandemic has only exacerbated.
Fostering community and building a home away from home is central at TCUs. This original study demonstrates it’s also critical for the success of Native students at mainstream universities.
“Grumble, Grumble shake, shake!! Up the dirt road. Beep! Beep! Away we go!”
Situated in Southwest Colorado, the Mancos Valley has been home to Indigenous people for millennia. The Ancestral Puebloans built one of their foremost cities there,
Educator, activist, leader—David M. Gipp left an indelible mark on American Indian education. In this TCJ-exclusive photographic retrospective, we pay homage to one of the tribal college movement’s great leaders.
By Ada Deer with Theda Perdue
University of Oklahoma Press (2019)
188 pages
Review by Eric Jurgens
Making a Difference is the long-overdue autobiography of one of the most important contemporary American Indian leaders,
By Gerald Vizenor
University of Nebraska Press (2019)
197 pages
Review by Paul Willeto
Native Provenance: The Betrayal of Cultural Creativity is a collection of essays by Gerald Vizenor who is a Red Lake Ojibwe novelist and scholar of Native American literature.
By David Treuer
Riverhead Books (2019)
512 pages
Review by Bradley Shreve
By Rex Lee Jim
Salina Bookshelf (2019)
74 pages
Review by Thomas Davis
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