Volume 18 Winter 2006 Issue No. 2
In This Issue:
Traditional Wisdom Our Strength
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
FEATURES
Should Expediency Always Trump Tradition? AIHEC/ NSF project develops indigenous evaluation methods
by Dr. Paul Boyer Indigenous evaluation will help tribal colleges review how their operations reflect the cultures and traditions of the tribes they serve.
Through an Indigenous Lens: Teacher education program honors Kainai community
by Dr. Larry Emerson (Diné) Red Crow Community College students collaborate to produce teachers grounded in their traditional ways.
Teasing Aside:- LBHC maintains Crow language, culture
by Luella Brien (Crow) Language and kinship classes at Little Big Horn College grow in popularity among students.
Reclaiming Stolen Words: Sinte Gleska instructor teaches evolution of Lakota language
by Mary Hermes (Dakota, Chinese, Irish) Instructors at Sinte Gleska University research and teach the content and context of Lakota language.
DEPARTMENTS
Storymakers
Letters to the Editor
Editor’s Essay Indigenous Evaluation Can Decolonize Us
by Tina Deschenie (Diné /Hopi)
Profile: Rafael Alfonso Garcia Valencia
by Dr. Ofelia Zepeda (Tohono O’odham)
Talking Circle
by Bob Madsen, Ted Hodgson, and Dr. Carol Ward
Resource Guide
by Richard Nichols (Santa Clara Pueblo) and Joan LaFrance (Turtle Mt. Chippewa)
Media Reviews
by Philippina Halstead , Tracey Jilot, Michael Thompson, Kim Pappin, and Anita Scheetz
Voices
by Dr. Gregory Cajete (San Juan Pueblo)
Advertising Index
ON THE COVER:
“Crow Fair Tipis” and “Crow Buffalo” photos by Ken Blackbird, an Assiniboine member of the Fort Belknap Indian Community of Montana. Blackbird can be reached at P.O. Box 2511, Cody, WY 82414. Watch for his future website at www.kenblackbird.com.