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Going To places where our Grandfathers went
Recently, I took a journey to two cities that thrive with political and social relationships that are so defining to the ways of people in the USA. I went to Washington DC and New York City. In many ways these cities represent this country in ways that are both grounded in the best of intentions […]
<span class="entry-utility-prep entry-utility-prep-cat-links">Posted in</span> Contemporary Native Issues
<span class="entry-utility-prep entry-utility-prep-tag-links">Tagged</span> American Indian college fund, indigenous, Manhattan, Native, travel, tribal colleges, Washington DC
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Idle No More Brings Native Voices Native Education To The Forefront
Like many Natives and our allies across our Grandmother Earth, Unci Maka, I have joined the Idle No More movement, attending round dance gatherings, praying for Chief Theresa Spence and her supporters, sharing the stories I hear and read and perusing news and opinion pieces. Like many indigenous people, I am acutely aware that our […]
<span class="entry-utility-prep entry-utility-prep-cat-links">Posted in</span> Contemporary Native Issues
<span class="entry-utility-prep entry-utility-prep-tag-links">Tagged</span> activism, American Indian college fund, culture, higher education, Idle no more, Native, teaching, tribal, tribal colleges, voices
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First days at AICF – being present and remembering
This was my first week at the American Indian College Fund and I want to celebrate being in this really wonderful place in my life. Alex and I like living in this area – we are fascinated by the Rocky Mountains – they really are rocky and filled with all kinds of interesting trees and […]
<span class="entry-utility-prep entry-utility-prep-cat-links">Posted in</span> Contemporary Native Issues
<span class="entry-utility-prep entry-utility-prep-tag-links">Tagged</span> AICF, Fund, Native, students, tribal colleges
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Supporting Research – Building TCU Intellectual Capacity
I had the opportunity to listen to some of the research and projects of the Sloan and Mellon Fellows and Scholars associated with the American Indian College Fund over the last two days. (Regretably an appointment with an electrician and travel to SD prevented me from hearing all of them, something I will have to […]
<span class="entry-utility-prep entry-utility-prep-cat-links">Posted in</span> Contemporary Native Issues
<span class="entry-utility-prep entry-utility-prep-tag-links">Tagged</span> AICF, college fund, Mellon, Native, research, Sloan, tribal colleges
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Indigenous People and Our Declarations
The last several weeks, I’ve been traveling to Indian conferences and on work-related trips to Port Gamble, Muckleshoot amd Nez Perce. During the National Congress of American Indians convention, I listened to keynote presenters discussing where we are at with the implementation of the U.N. Declaration on Rights of Indigenous People and I wondered how […]
<span class="entry-utility-prep entry-utility-prep-cat-links">Posted in</span> Contemporary Native Issues
<span class="entry-utility-prep entry-utility-prep-tag-links">Tagged</span> identity, tribal colleges, UN Declaration
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