The Arts and Humanities

Features

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  Cultural Memory, Resistance, and Identity: Arts and Humanities in Tribal College Settings

  Karla Cavarra Britton

  The arts and humanities can enable us to resist the outcomes-driven criteria and technological preoccupation that dominate today’s educational arena.

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  To Strengthen Our Humanity: Indigenous Liberal Studies at the Institute of American Indian Arts

  Stephen Wall

  The founding of IAIA’s Liberal Studies Department utilized a distinctly Indigenous approach to mediate what is often an inhumane world.

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  “Each of Us Is a Story”: A Conversation with Joy Harjo

  Edison Cassadore

  The three-time U.S. Poet Laureate reflects on her personal journey, elucidating how in these uncertain times the arts and humanities can help us heal, dream, and share our varied human experiences.

Editor's Essay

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  Sharing Our Human Experience

  Bradley Shreve

  Dizzying changes in federal Indian policy have plagued tribes’ nation-to-nation relationship with the United States. The arts and humanities offer a means to share stories and make sense of a chaotic world.

Current Reflections

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  Jim Shanley on Trump 2.0

  Bradley Shreve

  The TCU legend looks back on four decades of interfacing with multiple administrations, offering historical insights into the current state of federal Indian policy. Play Audio

Voices

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  Between the Loom and the Laptop: A Tribal College Faculty Sabbatical

  Christine Ami

  A National Endowment for the Humanities grant enabled one TCU professor to take a sabbatical to reconnect with her loom and complete a book manuscript.

Profile

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  Leading Edge: Robert Martin of the Institute of American Indian Arts

  Jason Ordaz

  Recipient of the National Humanities Medal, Dr. Robert Martin wraps up a distinguished career and a life of service to the Tribal College Movement.

Talking Circle

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  Coming Home: The Nits’áá dóó ídahwiil’aah Fellowship Program at Diné College

  Wendy S. Greyeyes

  A new fellowship program at Diné College aims to bring Navajo scholars home so they can research, write, and share their knowledge with the community.

TCJ Student

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  Stronger Through Courage

  Tara Perez

  “All I could think about was saving the life of my children as I could hear the kitchen knife drawer opening…”

Dear Readers

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  Building Strength Through the Arts and Humanities

  Justina Wilhelm

  The Iḷisaġvik College president and TCJ advisory board member discusses the importance of arts and humanities curriculum at tribal colleges and beyond.

In Memoriam

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  Moving Mountains: Charles “Monty” Roessel

  Miranda J. Haskie

  Charles “Monty” Roessel came from the “first family” of the Tribal College Movement, but he also forged a wide-ranging career that left an indelible mark on American Indian education.