Volume 15 Summer 2004 Issue No. 4

In This Issue
Ancient Cultures
Modern Technology

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Features

10 Portal to the World: AIHEC Virtual Library opens doors for Native research
by Jane Kirby
Tribal college librarians designed their virtual library to offer both access and protection. It has also impressed accreditation teams.

14 Invisible Bridges: Wireless technology links minds over space and time
by Dr. Lori Lambert (Abenaki/Mi'kmaq)
Yesterday, some tribal colleges had only one computer link to the Internet. Today, some of the country's most isolated places have cutting-edge access.

Departments

6 Letters to the Editor

8 Editor's Essay: Distance education comes home
by Marjane Ambler

18 Tribal College Profile: Tommy Merino
by Juan A. Avila Hernandez

20 Land Grant
by Dr. John Phillips

22 Resource Guide
by Mark Trebian (Tlingit)

26 Voices
by Dr. Gerald "Carty" Monette (Ojibwa)

28 On Campus

42 Media Reviews
by Natalie Davis, David Hurley, Gretchen Healy, Mark Holman, Rachel Lindvall

On the cover: Art Bigcrane uses a wireless computer at Salish Kootenai College. Photo by Frank Tyro. Tyro has been at SKC for over 20 years. He can be reached at tyro@skc.edu.