The following is the most comprehensive list of resources available for those interested in learning more about Native leadership as practice, study, or research. This resource guide will introduce readers to the breadth and scope of scholarship on leadership and the extent to which it is applicable to Indian communities or organizations. While my search (more)
The United Nations has defined sustainable development as “development that meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs.” While this has confused the industrialized nations of the world, this statement has been much clearer to indigenous nations, who have always looked to the future and (more)
Little information is targeted specifically at tribal college collaboration. However, organizations, publications, and research materials focusing on the more broadly defined concept of collaboration exist and can be valuable when adapted and applied to the tribal college setting. Collectively, the resources below provide background information, strategies, and insights that may be helpful to those seeking (more)
Historically, in the United States and Canada the purpose of Indian education has been to detribalize American Indian children and to assimilate them into the mainstream English-speaking culture. Native cultures were seen as “savage,” and boarding schools were built to remove Native children from what white government officials saw as the bad influence of their (more)
The following materials are intended to assist tribes or indigenous communities that wish to start post-secondary institutions. They are also intended to help existing tribal colleges to go to the next level of service and quality. The subject areas are community colleges, accreditation, technology, culture, financial management, boards, administration, and organizational change. WEBSITES AND ELECTRONIC (more)
Culturally relevant resources for environmental science instructors As noted in previous Resource Guides in the Tribal College Journal, it has always been difficult to find resource materials with cultural content for teaching environmental sciences in the tribal college setting. Although limited, we are just rounding the corner and finding more of these materials. Most of (more)
Do some students appear “disabled” because of the way classrooms and tests are set up? The social construction of disability phrase refers to the fact that our cultural and social environment affects how we act. Think of a child who comes from a home where they don’t ask a lot of direct questions. What might (more)
According to Michael Krauss of the Alaska Native Language Center, there are 210 different indigenous languages still spoken by American Indians and Alaska Natives in the United States and Canada out of the over 300 spoken before the arrival of Columbus. These languages have survived suppression in boarding schools and catastrophic population declines. The question (more)
There is a growing collection of good materials on teaching American Indian students, as well as materials useful for teachers integrating American Indian content into the curriculum. This guide presents a sampling of those resources (both written and those available on the World Wide Web) for prospective and practicing teachers of American Indian students, as (more)
There are growing concerns among Native American communities today regarding chronic diseases such as cardiovascular disease and diabetes and their causes. Research indicates that changing lifestyles have led to an increase in heart disease and type 2 diabetes in Indian people. Many advocate returning to a traditional diet and increasing exercise to live a healthier (more)
