University of Hawai’i senior administrator blends Indigenous philosophy of responsibility and collective leadership.

At the Tumitchiat Summit, participants recognized that the success of any member leads to the success of all. But when any fail, all fail.

The Tribal College Movement is just over 40 years old. It is often said that the birth and survival of tribal colleges is just short of miraculous. After the miracle comment, leadership is mentioned as a key factor in the birth and survival of tribal colleges. If that is so, what characteristics of tribal colleges’
leaders are so unusual?

Students from disparate tribes share a common thread of family support as they leave their cultural comfort zones.