TCJ Student is an annual publication of Tribal College Journal. Both the journal and this student issue are published by the American Indian Higher Education Consortium, an organization of the 37 tribally controlled colleges and universities in the United States and Canada.
© Copyright 2006 by Tribal College Journal
Student Edition editor: Tina Deschenie (Navajo/Hopi) is a poet currently finalizing her first collection of poems. She was assisted by the faculty of the tribal colleges and universities, who recruited their students to submit their entries to the annual competition.
ON THE COVER: "Flying Head" is a woodblock print by Steven Chrisjohn (Oneida of New York). When he took an introduction to printmaking class at the Institute of American Indian Arts (Santa Fe, NM), he carved this design based on the motif on a water jar. The water jar was made by the Mound Builders, Eastern Woodland people who lived in the northern Ohio Valley. Chrisjohn has been doing a series of art pieces on the history of his tribal identity. For this piece, he carved the design into a block of wood and printed it as three-dimensional embossed paper. "I have been carving for 40 years, but this school has really broadened my media and my outlook on art." He graduated last spring from IAIA at the age of 48 at the same time as his daughter, Julie Chrisjohn Bush. It was the first time that a father and daughter had graduated together there.
Introduction By Chris EyreHonoring My Name By Lois Red Elk
First Navajo Shoe Game By Tacey M. Atsitty
Who Me? By Chris Martinez
ShE By I.M. Antar
The Raid By Daniel Remmenga
Dot Com Indian By Jesse Short Bull
Noel By Carolyn Ann Marie DeGarza Hurdis
Sacrifice By Ronya Joy Hoblit
Twenty-Twenty Vision By Jimmy Lee Beason
A Life Changing Experience By Krista Harada
One Hundred Miles Back In Time By Sandy White Shield
Daddy's Language By Erin Parker
High Alaskan Adventure By H. Jack Dubray
The Fairy Pond By Dan Hawk
