Indigenous Colleges & Universities

This file contains a transcript of a sitting of the Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples at The Citadel Inn, Ottawa, Ontario. This is a presentation on model of an Aboriginal Education Initiative: Arctic College by Don Couch, Director of the Nunatta Campus, Arctic College.

Briefly discusses some of the causes of Native Americans' poor health, and the ways that tribal colleges and their graduates are addressing these problems.

Comments on the enrollment and funding of tribal colleges in the United States. Presented at the Tenth Native American Symposium, November 14-15, 2013. Chapter from Native Ground: Protecting and Preserving History, Culture, and Customs edited by Mark B. Spencer.

Discusses a film produced by the student television station at Salish Kootenai College (SKC), Sacred Salmon: A Gift to Sustain Life, that has received national acclaim. The film is about the health of the Columbia River salmon and the Yakama Nation.

Discusses the creation of an on-line newspaper at Salish Kootenai College in Pablo, Montana and how one journalism instructor, David Spear, explained the importance of community centered storytelling.

Author articulates the problematic roots of anthropology as salvage ethnography. Discusses the discipline's contemporary relationships with Indigenous peoples in the context of a tribal college library.

Ten students interviewed youth about their views on Saskatchewan, documented the event and interaction by camera, on time and on budget, to a paying client.

Entire issue on one pdf. To access article scroll to p.23.

Reports that Sitting Bull College in Fort Yates, North Dakota, has received approval to offer Bachelor of Science Degrees in Special Education, Early Childhood Education, Secondary Science Education and General Studies.

Describes the growth of the Sitting Bull College in Fort Yates, North Dakota including the teacher education program and the No Child Left Behind Act.

Reports the dedication of two buildings, the Science and Technology Center and the Family Support Center, at Sitting Bull College, North Dakota.

Panel discussion on Native sovereignty with emphasis on education, particularly the Native studies curriculum in tribal colleges and universities.

Looks at the Sisseton Wahpeton Community College and the integration of the Dakota language and tribal cultural values into the programs offered at the institution.

Educational Leadership Thesis (Ph.D.)--Miami University, 1999.

History Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Houston, 2016.

Discusses ways culturally relevant education models have been Incorporated into tribal colleges and strategies for American Indian retention at mainstream colleges and universities.

Brief look at veterans and tribal colleges' ways of honouring them.

Comments on the educational leadership journey of Sherry Red Owl to advance tribal sovereignty in education.

Presents the authors views on developing strategies for a culturally based approach to teaching, learning and research.

Discusses the accreditation for the Si Tanka University from the Higher Learning Commission of the North Central Association of Colleges and Schools.

Saskatchewan Indian Federated College develops a new two-year program with the University of Regina School of Journalism.

New building planned for Saskatchewan Indian Federated College in Saskatoon.

Saskatchewan Indian Federated College accepted to full membership by the Association of Universities and Colleges of Canada.

Discusses the Saskatchewan Instiitute of Technologies (SIIT) plan to use funding received from the Saskatchewan government to improve its facility and develop a space for video conferencing. Article located by scrolling down to page 17.

Discussion of program at Sinte Gleska University (Rosebud, S.D.) which hoped to award diplomas to the first group of management graduates in 2008.

Designed by the Southwestern Indian Polytechnic Institute (Albuquerque, NM), "CD Business Tool" covers business basics, planning, marketing and financial and legal matters.

Comments on the success of the Vision Care Technology program at Southwestern Indian Polytechnic Institute in Albuquerque, New Mexico.

Discusses the disproportionate number of Native Americans in the fields of science, technology, engineering and mathematics and the commitment by Salish Kootenai College to ready students for mainstream graduate science programs.

Comments on new technology and the contribution technology has had on offering online classes to students in remote areas.

Looks at the online information technology classes offered to American Indian students in the United States and to Indigenous students in Alberta, British Columbia, and Australia.

Looks at the research projects underway, at Salish Kootenai College in Montana, due to the new modern molecular biology laboratory.

Discusses the courses offered by the Salish Kootenai College (SKC), the job prospects (including a potential partnership with Disney Studios in California), and the hope that graduates will be able to find work in their own community.

Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Missouri-Columbia, 2003.

Discusses how the American Indian Higher Education Consortium is preparing students for jobs in the energy sector.

Story on Andrethia Bia, a Navajo weaver and workshop instructor.

Looks at the foundations of Native education, specialized instructional methodologies and curriculum required to teach students.

Reports that American tribal colleges and universities not only provide education but also promote cross cultural communication through art.

Outlines the college’s strategic plan to incorporate Cheyenne cultural, language, and spiritual teachings into all courses offered by the institution; briefly discusses associated issues including the protection of sacred knowledge, and the preservation or oral tradition and knowledge systems.

A series of slides and info-graphics that provide an overview of some of the statistics pertaining to tribal colleges and universities (TCUs).

Sociology Thesis (Ph.D.)--South Dakota State University, 2001.

Introduces the efforts of the Rocky Boy Tribal History Project to produce materials that help teach Chippewa-Cree history to Montana's public school children.

Educational Leadership & Policy Studies (Ph.D.)--University of Kansas, 2006.

Author reflects on his years as editor of Tribal College Journal.

Discusses a unique veterinary technology course that combines traditional Navajo values, Western scientific knowledge and the management of an Elk herd.

Brief profile of five authors who contribute to the Tribal College Journal: Mary Henson, LaVinia Pauline Snowball, Patty Talahongva, Kurt Umbhau, David W. Bland.

Author discusses her experience attending the American Indian Higher Education Consortium Winter Meeting in Washington, D.C.

Urban Leadership & Policy Studies in Education Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Missouri-Kansas City, 2002.

Education Thesis (M.A.)--University of British Columbia, 2014.

Briefly discusses challenges such as declining enrolment, funding, accreditation, licensure exams, and pre-service placements.

Argues that process involves more than just tracking the movement of students into and through institutions, and should also focus on the unique characteristics that affect attendance and achievement, and attainment of a diverse sets of goals.

Discusses the journey of Native American painter Kevin Red Star.