Firing up White Clay
Nov 15th, 2009 | By kumbhau | No Comments »To save the White Clay language, Fort Belknap College has created an immersion school for the tibe’s young students.
To save the White Clay language, Fort Belknap College has created an immersion school for the tibe’s young students.
A tribal college wants to prove that charter schools can address the cross-generational trauma caused by the country’s educational system. 
Summertime turns many tribal college campuses into a haven for high school students eager to be a part of campus life and take part in a variety of summer camp programs. Some camps are even designed for elementary and middle school students. 
For 20 years, the Tribal College Journal has been the sole public space where students, staff, faculty, administrators, and families across the tribal college system can communicate with one another. 
For 11 years, editor Marjane Ambler operated under tight budgets but grew the magazine with visionaries and editorial direction that encouraged tackling difficult issues. 
A year-by-year look at the themes explored throughout the first 80 issues of the Tribal College Journal. 
Current TCJ staff brings variety of talents, enthusiasm for their work Far from the glitzy streets of New York or Los Angeles… where many of this nation’s magazines are published… and on the edge of the famed Four Corners Region in the town of Mancos, CO …is the home of the Tribal College Journal (TCJ). (more)
FROM THE TCJ ADVISORY BOARD: I enjoy reading the Student Issue of TCJ because it gives me an insight into some of the current thinking of this generation of students and youth. I also use the TCJ as a research tool because the articles are well-researched, timely, and Indigenous-based. The issues are wide-ranging, and that (more)
Sky Houser made a career in American Indian higher education, gaining the respect of many along
the way. 
A fundraising powerhouse, the Fund has raised millions in scholarships to fund the education dreams of thousands of tribal college and university students. 