Volume 19 Spring 2008 Issue No. 3
In This Issue:
Beyond Our Names: Uncovering Identity
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
FEATURES
What’s in a Name?
Tribal colleges cultivate students’ cultural identity
By Joye Braun (Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe)
The presidents and students from Blackfeet Community College and Chief Dull Knife College discuss the origin of their college names and how their communities are served.
End of What Trail?
Intertribal colleges support thriving cultures
By Dr. Paul Boyer
Providing culturally based education is a creative challenge at IAIA which serves students from over 75 tribes - each with its own history, traditions, values and language.
Language of the People Forever
Bay Mills spins thread tying Ojibwa communities together
By Brenda Austin (Sault Ste. Marie Tribe of Chippewa Indians)
The Ojibwe language program at Bay Mills Community College helps unite all Anishinaabe as one people sharing a common culture.
DEPARTMENTS
Storymakers
Letters to the Editor
Editor’s Essay By Tina Deschenie (Diné /Hopi)
Profiles: Karl Duncan, Elijah Hopkins By Tina Deschenie (Diné/Hopi)
Advertising Index
Media Reviews By James Thull, Antonette McDonald (Spirit Lake Dakota and Sahnish), Gretchen Healy, Larry W. Emerson (Diné), Rachael Marchbanks, and Michael Thompson (Mvskoke Creek)
Voices By David M. Gipp (Hunkpapa Lakota)
On the Web: Resource Guide
Identity and Names: We must define ourselves to escape linguistic imperialism
by Dr. Cornel Pewewardy, (Comanche/Kiowa)
ON THE COVER: Walt Pourier, the cover illustrator, says, “It’s as if we paint their identity. Even before their birth, we parents establish an identity for our children. Next, we give them a name. We use our people’s knowledge to do this.” The images depict Sitting Bull’s daughter, Standing Holy, with Leala Pourier’s (Walt’s daughter) eyes. Photo credit: Denver Historical Society. Illustration by Nakota Designs, Inc.