Volume 16 Winter 2004 Issue No. 2
In This Issue
Tribal College Research
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Features
10 Blood,
Lies, and Indian Rights
TCUs becoming gatekeepers for research
by Juan A. Avila Hernandez (Yoeme/Yoi)
A medical research scandal in Arizona helped persuade more tribal colleges
to develop their own Institutional Review Boards.
14 Decolonizing Research - Indigenous scholars can take over the research
process
by Cheryl Crazy Bull (Sicangu Lakota)
Research that revitalizes our cultural traditions and ways of living is sacred
work, essential to our survival.
17 Preserving Old Ways the Modern Way - Red Crow uses GIS, GPS to document
traditional knowledge
by Mary Weasel Fat (Blackfoot)
What do global positioning and buffalo jumps have in common? Innovative land
use research program provides model for First Nations.
18 'Preserve at all Costs' - AIHEC Program Prepares New Generation of
Leaders
by Ron Selden
A new cohort of leadership fellows prepares to take over the reins from college
presidents who are planning to retire.
Departments
6 Letters to the Editor
8 Editor's Essay: Pursuing
Their Potential: TCUs Turn from Being Researched to Being Researchers
by Dr. Karen Gayton Swisher (Hunkpapa Lakota); guest editor
22 Profile
by Tina Deschenie (Diné)
24 Resource
Guide
by Dr. Susan C. Faircloth (Coharie) and Dr. John W. Tippeconnic, III (Comanche)
30 On Campus
40 Land Grant
by Dr. John Phillips
44 Media Reviews
by Dr. Marilyn Russell, Roxanne Gould, Dr. Paul Boyer, Holly Ristau, and Natalie
Davis
50 AIHEC Directory
54 Voices: How to Defuse a Public Relations Crisis
by Joye LeBeau (Cheyenne River Sioux)
On the cover:
- Southwestern Indian Polytechnic Institute students research germination rates on tree species used for reforestation. Left to right: Kyle Massey (White Mountain Apache), Derek James (Menominee) and Irene Martinez (Prairie Band of Potowatomi). Photo by Mike Frank
- Northwest Indian College biology student Mari Lawrence (Lummi) examines Dungeness crab larvae. Photo by Dick Poole
- Salish Kootenai College Extension Service is helping eradicate the yellow iris, which has become a noxious weed in Montana. Photo by Rene Kittle
- Serene ThinElk (Lakota) has researched to learn how to play the traditional flute. Photo by M.A. Pember