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Looking back on the challenges faced over the past four decades, longtime leaders within the tribal college movement share their memories as well as advice for future leaders.
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‘Accidental’ president helped forge a movement
Growing up on the Fort Peck Reservation in the 1960s, Jim Shanley knew he wanted to go to college, but career options were limited. He majored in education only because his sister was a teacher, and “teaching was just about the only ‘white collar’ profession available to Indians living on the rural Montana reservation,” he says.
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AIHEC Sends Delegates To World Conference
Indigenous people from 18 different countries around the world gathered in Hamilton, New Zealand, Nov. 27-Dec. 1, 2005, to participate in the 7th World Indigenous Peoples’ Conference on Education (WIPCE).
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Heroes of Heroes: Everyone has someone to look up to
Dr. Jim Shanley, Dr. Joe McDonald, Wilma Mankiller, Chris Eyre, and Dr. Janine Pease explain whom they most admire.
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Presidents Look Back, See Challenges Ahead
Tribal college and university presidents continued their celebration of the 30th anniversary of the American Indian Higher Education Consortium (AIHEC) and looked forward to the coming years at a meeting in Blaine,
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Faces Behind The Tribal College Movement
Tribal College Journal salutes some of the many people behind the tribal college movement. In this issue: Dr. James Shanley, Dr. Carty Monette, David Gipp, Dr. Janine Pease-Pretty on Top, Gerald One Feather, Dr. Joe McDonald, Dr. Verna Fowler.
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Bringing Thunder: Tribal colleges presidents explore indigenous New Zealand
A cadre of tribal college presidents, faculty, and staff visited Aotearoa, New Zealand, the home of the Maori, touring their educational facilities, including K-13 language immersion schools and Maori-controlled colleges. Janine Pease-Pretty on Top recounts the experience and describes coming away with a new understanding of what it means to be “indigenous.”
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State of AIHEC and College Fund Presented
Students, faculty and administrators from the 33 tribal colleges in the American Indian Higher Education Consortium (AIHEC) gathered in Rapid City, SD, last March to attend their 21st annual conference.
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Politics and the Presidency: Tribal college presidents share their thoughts
Politics is a human endeavor and while the problems of tribal colleges pale in comparison to many other political entities, tribal colleges do suffer from the same problems that other organizations and colleges suffer from, but they also deal with special problems caused by a unique history of oppression and some of the worst socio-economic conditions in America.
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Fort Peck Honors Long Time President
During the National Indian Education Association 2001 opening pow-wow in Billings, MT, in October, the Fort Peck Community College (FPCC) held a giveaway to honor longtime college president Dr.
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RCCI: Planting the seeds of rural development
When planning for the Rural Community College Initiative (RCCI) began in 1992, the goals were ambitious: nothing less than “transforming rural economies and the prospects of their people.”
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Fort Peck Tackles Economic Development
More than 300 people attended the first economic summit on the Fort Peck Reservation last April. The participants included government, business, education, and tribal officials from throughout the region and Canada.
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Family Matters: Fort Peck Community College tests holistic approach to student success
An expansion of long-established ideas surrounding support for Head Start children shows promise to increase student retention through a blend of social work knowledge and education practices.
