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Central Wyoming College and the Northern Arapaho Business Council have reached an agreement to begin offering college courses on the Wind River Reservation.
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CWC, Northern Arapaho Tribe Partner to Bring College to the Reservation
Initially, courses will be offered at the Wind River Tribal College in Ethete. CWC hopes to expand services to other locations on the Wind River Indian Reservation.
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From Wisconsin to Wyoming and Back Again: The Journey to a Bachelor’s Degree and Teacher Licensure
In an effort to produce homegrown educators, Wind River Tribal College forged an unlikely partnership with the University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh. In this memoir, the program director reminisces about some of the unexpected twists and turns that she and her students encountered.
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350 for the earth
350 FOR THE EARTH. Wind River Tribal College (WRTC, Fort Washakie, WY) and fourth graders from Wyoming Indian Elementary School participated in an Earth Day/350.org project to learn about ways of reducing their carbon footprint.
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Power to the People: Tribal activists transform communities
When everyone told them it couldn’t be done, Joe McDonald, Ed.D., remembers how firmly tribal leaders stuck to their guns and helped draft federal legislation to fund the tribal college system.
When her own husband questioned her efforts to get a college degree, Alvena Oldman ignored his cutting remarks and kept on taking classes.
When people try to treat Indian students as victims and don’t set high standards for them, Cheryl Crazy Bull objects and insists that they can achieve, regardless of their age or circumstances.
And when one state university kicked him out for bad grades, Manley Begay, Jr., went back to his tribal college to seriously start his educational career. It led to a doctorate degree and to him being introduced these days as one of the most successful graduates of Navajo Community College (now known as Diné College).Each of these people exemplifies activism, defined in the dictionary as “the doctrine or practice of vigorous action or involvement as a means of achieving political or other goals.” Through education, these four have transformed themselves and strive to transform their communities.
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Activists Buck Status Quo
What does it mean to be an activist in the context of tribal colleges and universities?
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Wind River Hosts AIHEC Fundraiser
SERVICE WITH A SMILE. Wind River Tribal College Student Marvene Thunder was one of several students who served guests at a fundraising dinner in Lander,
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Heart to Heart, Student to Student: Tribal colleges collaborate with federal agency to tackle AIDS
For too long, federal agencies have imposed their own solutions on tribal colleges – and young people. This peer-to-peer project attempts to change that.
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Libraries Attract Young With Tie-Dying, Movies
Although tribal college libraries are geared toward primarily serving older students, many also have programs for the area’s youngest readers, as well. According to librarian Helen Stamper Windy Boy,
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Lifelong Learning: Libraries promote literacy throughout communities
Libraries exist to support learning and teaching; at the TCUs they must be creative with limited resources to serve entire communities.
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Wind River Writers Read Poetry with Non-Indians
Wind River Tribal College sponsored its first open reading of poetry, fiction, and non-fiction in the reservation border town of Lander,
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Tribal College Offers Elders’ Teaching Class
Wind River Tribal College (WRTC, Ethete, WY) has partnered with the Northern Arapaho Council of Elders to teach the Arapaho language more effectively to all ages on the Wind River Reservation.
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AIHEC Accepts Wyoming College, Elects Officers
The American Indian Higher Education Consortium (AIHEC) grew by another member when the board accepted Wind River Tribal College (WRTC, Ethete,
