TRIBAL COLLEGE JOURNAL

Edited by CMarie Fuhrman and Dean Rader
Tupelo Press (2019)
526 pages
Review by Luri Owen

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By Phillip J. Deloria
University of Washington Press (2019)
336 pages
Review by Margaret MacKichan

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By Kevin Kokomoor
University of Nebraska Press (2018)
493 pages
Review by Mekko Tyner

The post Of One Mind and Of One Government: The Rise and Fall of the Creek Nation in the Early Republic appeared first on Tribal College Journal of American Indian Higher Education.

This year’s conference placed a special emphasis on student success at tribal colleges and universities (TCUs), featuring 12 concurrent sessions on their work and a luncheon for their representatives.

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Lac Courte Oreilles Ojibwe College (LCOOC) was recently approved to join the National Junior College Athletic Association (NJCAA). This critical step brings the college closer to their goal of launching a golf program in the 2020-2021 academic year.

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Fond du Lac Tribal and Community College (FDLTCC) received a $100,000 donation from Beverly and Richard Fink to create an endowed scholarship for students attending the college.

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Cankdeska Cikana Community College (CCCC) will host Ojibwe scholar David Treuer at the amphitheater in Fort Totten,

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UTTC President Dr. Russ McDonald said hosting events like this helps bring awareness to not only students but also the Native American community.

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The workshop was facilitated by instructors and elders from the Indigenous Focusing Orientated Therapy Program, and consisted of three days of experiential training, where participants learned culturally relevant land-based skills and interventions that they could immediately apply to benefit clients, and to prevent and intervene with suicide.

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Colette Keith, Tulalip site manager for the accredited NWIC that is open to everyone, said students researched tribes across the nation. The quilt work reflects those five regions: Coast Salish, Southwest, Plains, Seminole and Northeast.

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The Institutional Actions Council of the Higher Learning Commission (HLC) granted Navajo Technical University’s request to offer a Bachelor of Applied Science degree in hotel and restaurant administration and an Associate of Science in computer science.

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The tribal colleges of the American Indian Higher Education Consortium (AIHEC) gathered in Washington, DC for their annual legislative summit and to present their 2020 priorities to Congress.

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Cankdeska Cikana Community College (CCCC) has been awarded a competitive Native American Agriculture Fund (NAAF) grant for 2020-2021. The grant, which is awarded for two years,

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In this ongoing podcast, longtime TCU leader and educator Tom Davis looks back at the growth and development of the tribal college movement.

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More than 30 employers representing different nursing and healthcare fields participated in the event. Current Fond Du Lac College and area high school students had the chance to explore those fields and learn what jobs are available around the region.

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In 2018, Nueta Hidatsa Sahnish College in New Town had a retention rate close to 30-percent. But as of last spring, the school reached a 72-percent retention rate.

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At a time when Washington is more divided than ever Montana’s senators are working across party lines to honor tribal colleges.

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Fond du Lac Tribal and Community College, in partnership with the Northeast Minnesota Beekeepers Association, is hosting a day-long symposium called “Beekeeping and More!” Feb. 15 for anyone interested in learning about beekeeping as a hobby or as a commercial enterprise.

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“Our goal is to have home-grown programs with access to education and employment in the hospital, schools and government,” President Bird said. “With this approval, now we’re going for national accreditation and developing a partnership with the Indian Health Service.”

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The four-year, $300,000 grant will “help grow the number of Native American women — a group with the lowest representation in the STEM fields,” the Denver-based Fund said in a statement.

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