Volume 15 Winter 2003 Issue No. 2

In This Issue
Reclaiming Native Health

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Features

10 Small, Rural, Close, But Not Safer Community-based educational programs are breaking rules
by Dr. Paul Boyer
Could AIDS be the next smallpox epidemic? Tribal colleges are turning to culture and elders to make sure that it won't.

15 Leaders on the Path: Federal researcher learns from Lummi how to tackle diabetes
by Rob McDonald
Dr. Bill Freeman left the Indian Health Service to work for a tribal college, transforming the teacher/pupil relationship.

18 Keeping it Alive: Centers contribute to cultural renaissance on college campuses
by Richard Simonelli
AIHEC's Cultural Learning Centers share the people's stories through photos, artwork, Native languages, exhibits, and gardens.

23 Summer Diabetes Programs a Healthy Hit
"I am buying less pop." Is this an indicator that AIHEC and the tribal colleges might reverse the trends and decrease diabetes rates?

26 Contact With Native America: Tribal colleges can help mobilize Native American vote
by David M. Gipp, Phil Baird, Dr. Janine Pease, and Tom Katus
In the past, most politicians ignored Native issues. With new-found political capital, educators hope to change that.

28 Campaign of Hope: Research finds scholarships, new facilities enhance learning experience
Sometimes considered "Mickey Mouse" colleges in the past, tribal colleges' new facilities changed their status in their communities.

Departments

6 Letters to the Editor

8 Editor's Essay: Reclaiming Native Health
by Marjane Ambler

31 Land Grant
by Cheyanne Erickson

32 Tribal College Profile
by Michael McDonald

34 Resource Guide
by Peggy Hiestand, M.Ed.

38 On Campus

52 Research
by Michael Kim Zapf; William Pelech; Betty Bastien; Ralph Bodor; Jeannine Carriere; Gail Zuk

60 Media Reviews
by Sara Wiles, Dr. Tim Begaye, Sammie Bordeaux, and Gwynne Spencer

62 Voices
by Tom Shortbull (Oglala Lakota)

On the cover: Photograph by Michael McClure, freelance photographer, Lander, WY. Layout by Walt Pourier of Nakota Designs, Inc.