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Soldier, fisherman, educator, lawman, webmaster, politician. If anyone can say, “Been there; done that,” it is Wade Teeple. Currently employed as off-campus coordinator at Bay Mills Community College (BMCC) in Michigan,
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SGU Hosts Summer Writing Institute
Fourteen teachers completed a three-week intensive course in culturally responsive, culturally relevant writing instruction as part of Sinte Gleska University’s Sicangu Writing and Action Project Summer Institute in June.
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Three-Year Grant to Strengthen Language at OLC
“If we’re serious about improving the quality of life among American Indians, we have to provide the resources necessary for them to sustain their sense of identity,” said U.S.
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Symposium Focuses on Oral Traditions
The National Book Foundation presented a symposium in May entitled “Oral Tradition Meets the Written Word: the Role of Writing and Writers in Contemporary Native Communities.” This event held in New York City was funded through the Ford Foundation and was hosted by the National Museum of the American Indian.
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No Fear of the Big Bad Wolf
The winds of the Great Plains won’t stop two Montana tribes from making their newest buildings out of straw. The two-week building blitz began July 14 on the Northern Cheyenne and Crow reservations with 60 architecture and engineering students from both coasts among the volunteers.
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Diné College Recognizes Code Talkers
Diné College hosted a reception following the premiere of the movie Windtalkers in Gallup, NM, on June 13, 2002. President Cassandra Manuelito-Kerkvliet also presented Diné College jackets and silver and turquoise bolo ties to Roger Willie and Adam Beach,
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Fort Belknap Tells its Creation Story
Each tribal college has its own “creation story.” Stone Child College boasts of being a “commune a versity,” (a quote from the founder, Peggy Nagel) as the college was located all over the community,
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SIPI Runners Capture National Honors
Brent Reiter finished his brilliant running career by leading Southwestern Indian Polytechnic Institute (SIPI) to a second place overall team finish at the National Junior College Athletic Association (NJCAA) Marathon Championships in Levelland,
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Tribal Colleges Receive Harvard Training
Last June, five tribal college administrators participated in Harvard’s Management Development Program in Cambridge, MA. The participants represented United Tribes Technical College (UTTC), the Institute of American Indian Arts,
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LBHC Launches Construction of New Campus
With construction of its Cultural Learning Center, Little Big Horn College has begun Phase I of developing its new campus on the Crow Reservation in Montana.
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Project DESTINY Targets Youth
Kindergarten through seventh-graders found fun, science, a healthier lifestyle, and the seeds for a potential career in science or health care at Keweenaw Bay Ojibwa Community College’s (KBOCC) science program last summer in Upper Peninsula,
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Smith Retires after 30 Years at Haskell
A good-natured joke often circulated on the Haskell Indian Nations University campus in Lawrence, KS, “At five o’clock, Benny Smith goes home to start his real job.” The comment would bring smiles to the faces of staff and students alike as Smith jumped into his pickup and headed down the road.
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IAIA Developing Lifelong Learning Center
The W.K. Kellogg Foundation has awarded a $2 million planning grant to the Institute of American Indian Arts (IAIA) to develop a Lifelong Learning Center.
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President Bush Signs Executive Order For TCUs
President George W. Bush signed the new Executive Order on Tribal Colleges and Universities on July 3 and named his new advisory board. Executive Order No.
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Native Educators Form Worldwide Consortium
Native educators signed a landmark agreement August 5 in Stoney Park, Alberta, creating the World Indigenous Nations Higher Education Consortium (WINHEC). The educators who founded the organization came from New Zealand,
