Author Archives: Cheryl

About Cheryl

Sicangu Lakota, mother, grandmother, partner, good relative, tribal educator, writer, quilter

Making 2012 a Food Resolution Year

Posted on January 10, 2012 by Cheryl

With the popularity of New Year’s resolutions, it is irresistible to write about their meaning and usefulness. In past years I did elaborate and long lists in the human hopefulness that writing it down would help them come true, Last year I did a self care resolution that was fun and I acquired lots of […]

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Our Native calendar – Our own passage of time

Posted on December 30, 2011 by Cheryl

As the new calendar year starts, I am reminded of all the ways that people keep track of the passing of time and when we look hopefully toward what the future brings. The calendars for indigenous people are as varied as we are, some mark the passing of each day, some are based on the […]

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Celebrating Christ and Being Native

Posted on December 24, 2011 by Cheryl

Each year during the time surrounding the Christian days of the birth and resurrection of Jesus Christ, I find myself thinking about how I became a person who still goes to church. My father’s family is deeply immersed in Lakota religion and his grandparents became Episcopalians who had baptisms at their home. My great grandfather […]

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Another Step: Accreditation as an Indigenous Process

Posted on December 17, 2011 by Cheryl

On the 16th day of December, a working group of the American Indian Higher Education Consortium (AIHEC) took a leap forward in the development of our own independent accrediting agency. In the U.S. higher education institutions generally participate with what is known as regional accreditation, with agencies that are federally recognized and which are comprised […]

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Native languages and TCU technologies

Posted on December 16, 2011 by Cheryl

On Thursday, December 15, the anniversary of the tragic and untimely death of Hunkpapa leader, Tatanka Iyotake, Sitting Bull and several of his tribal people in a confrontation with tribal police, the citizens of many Plains tribes gathered in the sacred He Sapa, Black Hills. The night we arrived from the Northwest the cold north […]

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In appreciation of the Spirit

Posted on December 5, 2011 by Cheryl

Today is my birthday. I celebrate being a Sagittarian because we are known for our optimism, we are sure everything is going to be all right, and that others are deserving of our trust and support. I celebrate having a good family and a successful career. I feel like the mother and grandmother I always […]

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Collecting Indian stories about DC

Posted on December 4, 2011 by Cheryl

Our elected tribal leaders and many of our community and traditional leaders spent last week in Washington, DC visiting the Great White Father and the Halls of Congress. President Obama is generously in support of us – perhaps tied to his own experiences as a mixed race African/European American, perhaps because he really believes in […]

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