Volume 19 Fall 2007 Issue No. 1
In This Issue:
Tribal College Students Today
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
FEATURES
A Day in Our Lives
Students of the Year reveal determination, heart, and spirit
By Patty Talahongva (Hopi/Tewa)
From the Southwest to the Upper Midwest, Rockies to the Northwest, students share glimpses into their life-shaping journeys.
Humility, Persistence, Dedication
Three tribal college presidents’ paths began as TCU students
By Mary Annette Pember (Red Cliff Tribe of Wisconsin Ojibwe)
The presidents of Nebraska Indian Community College, Sitting Bull College, and Little Big Horn College reveal how they chose to come back as leaders.
Introduction
by Joy Harjo notes that every generation of stories, poems and songs are born from deep roots and are influenced by social, political, and personal shifts. Harjo lauds Native writers who tell their own stories and write their own poetry. This is how we continue, she says.
DEPARTMENTS
Storymakers
Letters to the Editor
It Takes the Tribal Colleges: Honoring Native Intellect and Talent
By Tina Deschenie (Diné/Hopi)
Research
By Tiffany S. Lee (Lakota/Diné)
ON THE COVER: Photographer Mary Annette Pember (Red Cliff Tribe of Wisconsin Ojibwe) took the handgame picture at the 2007 AIHEC conference in Rapid City, SD, on March 24-28, 2007. Handgames are highly popular traditional competitions involving teams of players facing each other, passing an object from hand to hand while singing. Team members take turns guessing whose hand is hiding the object. A stick is awarded for each correct guess. The winning team succeeds by distracting the other team and by collecting the most sticks.
Pember is an independent writer and photographer. She has worked with several publications and has won major photography awards. Read more about her on pages 6 and 27 of this issue. Visit her website at www.mapember.com.