A team of students from the Institute of American Indian Arts (IAIA, Santa Fe, NM) went to the Kennedy Space Center in Florida for 10 weeks last summer as part of a NASA internship program arranged by the American Indian Higher Education Consortium (AIHEC). “It was a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for them,” according to AIHEC CEO (more)
Non-Native faculty and students travel seek cultural immersions at Lac Courte Oreilles Ojibwe reservation and community college. “We leave the rigid academic paradigms of our linear non-Indigenous university and enter another universe…”
Doctoral and scholarly research fellowship program allows scholars and students the chance to devote themselves to research and educational pursuits with remarkable results.
At the end of June, Fond du Lac Tribal and Community College (FLTCC, Cloquet, MN) helped sponsor the Nagaajiwanaang (Fond du Lac) Ojibwe Language Immersion Camp. More than 300 people attended the four-day gathering, which was held at a Kiwenz Campground on Minnesota’s Big Lake. This was the camp’s second year. Families gathered from all (more)
Farm and ranch experts from Navajo Technical College (NTC, Crownpoint, NM) and Diné College (Tsaile, AZ) recently traveled to Mexico to collaborate with agriculturalists there. The July 6-9 collaboration focused upon recognizing each person’s knowledge – and building upon that knowledge rather than imposing foreign solutions. “They have the same barriers and the same type (more)
By Debby Edwardson For four years, students have participated in Ilisagvik College’s (Barrow, AK) Alaskan/Indigenous Mexican Interchange summer program. They have learned that Indigenous communities worldwide face similar issues regarding resource management, science, and culture. “I used to think that we were the only ones who had to struggle for our way of life,” says (more)
By Mary Anne Hansen In early June 2010, Montana State University Libraries (MSUL, Bozeman, MT) hosted 62 participants and presenters from 15 states and Canadian provinces and representing 37 different institutions. They gathered for a week of professional development programs for the 2010 Tribal College Librarians Institute (TCLI). Unofficially, this was TCLI’s 20th year serving (more)
United Tribes Technical College student Allison Albers gained hands-on experience working with middle school children during summer internship at USDA Agriculture Research Service.
After graduating from Stone Child College (SCC, Box Elder, MT) with an Associate of Science Degree in General Business, Melody Henry (Chippewa Cree) obtained her bachelor’s and master’s degrees from Montana State University-Northern. Then in 2004 she returned to become president of her tribal college alma mater. Obtaining her 2-year degree from SCC gave her (more)
