TRIBAL COLLEGE JOURNAL

Vernacular Sovereignties: Indigenous Women Challenging World Politics
By Manuela Lavinas Picq
University of Arizona Press (2018)
240 pages

“Indigenous women are rarely accounted for in world politics.

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Weaving Chiapas: Maya Women’s Lives in a Changing World
Edited by Yolanda Castro Apreza, Charlene Woodcock, and K’inal Antsetik, A.C.
University of Oklahoma Press (2018)
288 pages

“In the highlands of Chiapas,

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Native but Foreign: Indigenous Immigrants and Refugees in the North American Borderlands
By Brenden W. Rensink
Texas A&M University Press (2018)
304 pages

“In Native but Foreign,

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Footprints of Hopi History: Hopihiniwtiput Kukveni’at
Edited by Leigh J. Kuwanwisiwma, T. J. Ferguson, and Chip Colwell
University of Arizona Press (2018)
288 pages

“Kukveni—footprints—are a powerful historical metaphor that the Hopi people use to comprehend their tangible heritage.

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Participating entities include Cankdeska Cikana Community College, Minot State University, North Dakota State College of Science, North Dakota State University, Valley City State University, WSC, Bismarck State College, University of Mary, University of North Dakota and Lake Region State College.

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Despite popular perceptions, Indigenous women have always been leaders in the struggle for self-determination and sovereignty. It’s a lesson that should resonate at all tribal colleges.

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This will introduce Native Pathways: A College-Going Guidebook, a new, culturally relevant guidebook for college-going Native students published by the American Indian College Fund.

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A signing ceremony was held Thursday, May 16, at the Lac Courte Oreilles Ojibwa Community College (LCOOCC) cementing a new transfer agreement between the community college and the University of Wisconsin-Madison to enable LCO students to transfer to the Madison campus.

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On Thursday, May 16, students and staff were joined by college administrators at the opening of a new Pejuta Haka College Center in Kyle.

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Several hundred family members and friends packed Diné College’s Piñon Pit recently for the 50th graduation commencement, which consisted of a near record number of bachelor’s degree and certificate recipients.

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Initially, courses will be offered at the Wind River Tribal College in Ethete. CWC hopes to expand services to other locations on the Wind River Indian Reservation.

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Lac Courte Oreilles Ojibwa Community College celebrated their Commencement Ceremony, honoring 41 graduates.

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Jourdain, 34, is set to graduate from Red Lake Nation College on Thursday, then head to the university for a degree in Indigenous Studies with a minor in the Ojibwe language, plus a teaching certificate.

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The College had a total of 31 graduates this spring. Students earned an array of degrees including majors in: Liberal Education- STEM Emphasis, Business, Law Enforcement, Indigenous Leadership, Early Childhood Education, Integrated Residential Building, Residential Carpentry, and Forest Ecology.

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While the school didn’t start offering courses until the fall of 2018, its genesis occurred in 2015, when Theresa Mike began meeting with local tribal leaders and academic leaders in Southern California.

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Diné College’s Navajo Cultural Arts Program (NCAP), which offers classes, workshops and lectures on silversmithing, weaving, basket-making and moccasin-making, has has announced that it will continue its Navajo Cultural Arts Certificate Program.

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The new, accredited medical school campus will be located on the W.W. Hastings campus in Tahlequah, and is the first Tribally-affiliated medical school on Tribal land in the United States.

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The annual SKC Graduation Powwow drew in a hearty round of 15 drums, 120 registered dancer, including nearly 60 nonregistered dancers including tiny tots.

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The four-day event offers free classes to help improve fluency in the Omaha and Ponca languages.

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There were 202 students listed for Fond du Lac Tribal and Community College's Class of 2019 during its commencement Thursday, May 16.

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