Volume 22 Fall 2010 Issue No. 1
In This Issue:
Native Activism
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
FEATURES
Power to the People – Tribal activists transform communities
By Patty Talahongva
Over the past four decades, students, graduates, faculty, and administrators have found education a powerful weapon for overcoming inequities.
It’s Time to Talk – Tribal colleges tackle culture of silence about suicide
By Janet Freeman
Effective programs integrate cultural traditions,
connect students with healthy mentors, and erase the stigma of seeking treatment.
Culture of Sharing – North Slope leaders forge trail into future
By Elise Sereni Patkotak
At the Tumitchiat Summit, participants
recognized that the success of any member leads to the success of all. But when any fail, all fail.
AIHEC Climate Change Supplement
Native leaders joined with NASA and other Western scientists to address both the spiritual and the tangible aspects of climate change.
TCJ Student Edition
In the introduction, Gloria J. Emerson (Navajo) addresses student writers, saying, “Those of us who live in isolation on reservations eagerly await your gifts of creative expression
as they bridge time spans between generations.”
2010 AIHEC Conference Highlights
Photographers Jaime Aguilar and Kurt Umbhau captured the students’ enthusiasm as they participated in the annual powwow and various competitions.
DEPARTMENTS
Dear Readers by Rachael Marchbanks
Letters to the Editor
Storymakers
Editor’s Essay By Marjane Ambler
Talking Circle By Pam Tambornino (Cherokee)
On Campus
Advertising Index
ON THE WEB: Resource Guide
By Cheryl Redhorse Bennett (Dine/Comanche)
ON THE COVER: “China Basin” from the series “Entering Zig’s Indian Reservation” made in 1997, San Francisco, by Zig Jackson, colorized by Nakota Designs. Zig Jackson was raised on the Fort Berthold Indian Reservation in western North Dakota and is an enrolled member of the Three Affiliated Tribes of North Dakota -- Mandan, Hidatsa, and Arikara. His Indian name is Rising Buffalo. He was the first Native American to get a Master’s of Fine Arts in Photography, which he received from the San Francisco Art Institute. “Mr. Zig” is currently a professor of photography at the Savannah College of Art and Design in Savannah, GA. You can reach Zig at rbuffalo @ earthlink.net