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At the end of June, Fond du Lac Tribal and Community College (FLTCC, Cloquet, MN) helped sponsor the Nagaajiwanaang (Fond du Lac) Ojibwe Language Immersion Camp.
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Faculty Dispelled Myths Across Waters, Cultures
In November 2009, Institute of American Indian Arts (IAIA, Santa Fe, NM) creative writing faculty member Evelina Zuni Lucero (Isleta/Ohkay Owingeh Pueblo) participated in a three-week lecture tour of Turkey.
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Teachers Can Access Free Climate Digital Videos
Several tribal college student filmmakers are contributing to a national digital video resource on climate change for teachers, “Where Words Touch the Earth.” The materials by the tribal colleges and other institutions are available free to teachers on the “Teachers’ Domain” website.
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Navajo Tech Takes Trip to Space Center
DISTANT GALAXY. Marthiano (Marty) Yazzie, a student from Navajo Technical College, seems entranced as he studies a light anomaly in a distant galaxy while visiting the Goddard Space Center on April 19,
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IAIA Graduates Receive Honors
Several graduates of the Institute of American Indian Arts (IAIA) were honored in June 2010 by the Southwestern Association for Indian Arts (SWAIA).
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Diné President Receives SACNAS Award
Diné College President Ferlin Clark, Ph.D., was selected by SACNAS to receive one of five Distinguished Awards at the group’s dinner Sept.
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Navajo Trade Ideas With Mexican Agriculturalists
Farm and ranch experts from Navajo Technical College (NTC, Crownpoint, NM) and Diné College (Tsaile, AZ) recently traveled to Mexico to collaborate with agriculturalists there.
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College Fund Supported By Some for Two Decades
The American Indian College Fund received several significant grants in the past several months, many of them continuations of grants that certain foundations and companies have been giving for many years.
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Navajo Tech Students Look At Lava Tubes with NASA
By Tina Deschenie
“To be one of the first – we Native students doing a project like this, our college being one of a few to use this laser technology that is still in its infancy – that’s what stands out in my mind,” says Oga John,
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Sitting Bull Extension Offers Tanning Workshops
TANNING HIDES. The Sitting Bull College Extension Education program provides two workshops each year on bison hide tanning. Pictured are Amaryllis (daughter) and mother Floris Eagle fleshing a bison hide,
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S-K Confederated Tribes Honor Flathead Veterans
The Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes (CSKT) of the Flathead Nation dedicated a new memorial to veterans on July 14, 2010.
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Haskell Business Profs Study Trade in Turkey
Two faculty members from the School of Business at Haskell Indian Nations University (Lawrence, KS), Ken Metzger,
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HLC Downgrades SIPI’s Accreditation to Candidate
The Higher Learning Commission (HLC) Board of Trustees has withdrawn accreditation from the Southwestern Indian Polytechnic Institute (SIPI, Albuquerque,
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Ilisagvik College Links People in Alaska, Mexico
By Debby Edwardson
For four years, students have participated in Ilisagvik College’s (Barrow, AK) Alaskan/Indigenous Mexican Interchange summer program.
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Commission Grants NWIC Four-year Accreditation
The Northwest Commission on Colleges and Universities (NWCCU) has granted accreditation at the baccalaureate degree level to Northwest Indian College (NWIC,
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Sisseton Graduate Learns Form Travels to AIHEC
By Pam Wynia
Lee Ann Eastman, a 2010 graduate of Sisseton Wahpeton College (SWC, Sisseton, S.D.),
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White Earth Provides Photo Camps for Area
Twenty-nine middle school students participated in the Nature of Technology Camps. The camps were sponsored by the Extension Office of the White Earth Tribal and Community College (WETCC,
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Little Big Horn Makes Way For Health and Wellness
Little Big Horn College (LBHC, Crow Agency, MT) broke ground in July 2010 for an $8 million health and wellness center. The new center is designed to meet Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) Silver environmental guidelines and improve health education on the Crow Reservation.
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Tribal College Librarians Learn from Colleagues
By Mary Anne Hansen
In early June 2010, Montana State University Libraries (MSUL, Bozeman, MT) hosted 62 participants and presenters from 15 states and Canadian provinces and representing 37 different institutions.
