In the Current Issue
Within this issue of TCJ, writers share stories of how various tribal colleges and universities (TCUs) are addressing climate change with research, sustainability efforts, environmental health and science classes, and renewable energy.
Changing Planet, Common Ground
Western climate scientists have embraced knowledge that natural systems are connected. But differences between Western and Native science still remain.
Leading the Way: Tribal colleges prepare students to address climate change
Tribal colleges are developing the opportunities necessary to produce the next generation of American Indian scientists dedicated to the study of climate change.
Tribal Colleges Address Essential Challenges
Tribal college presidents focus on sustainability — and many are signing on to the American College and University Presidents' Climate Commitment.
Profiles
Homeratha Learned to ‘Always Take Them Water’
Instructor, athletic director, and coach Phil Homeratha credits his grandparents’ influence as paving the way for his success during four decades at Haskell Indian Nations University.
Advice for Educators
Muscogee Students and Elders Learn From One Another
Students and faculty at the College of the Muscogee Nation (CMN, Okmulgee, OK) created a service learning project last school year that linked students with community elders, and they hope the project will provide a model for future projects. 
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Tribal College News
NICC students studying impacts of climate change
The signals of climate change are all around us. An unmistakable sign of long-term change within weather patterns was seen last spring and summer in the flooding along the mighty Missouri River. It was called a 500-year flood. Recently, students of Nebraska Indian Community College (NICC, Macy, NB) participated in learning these signals to better (more)
SBC alumnus Stonefish receives NSF fellowship
Sitting Bull College (SBC, Fort Yates, ND) alumnus Dereck Stonefish is a first-year graduate student in the Department of Biological Sciences at North Dakota State University (NDSU), where he has been awarded a prestigious National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship. In awarding the fellowship, the National Science Foundation (NSF) noted that Stonefish’s selection “was based (more)
CCCC addresses students’ need for childcare center
The Wakanheza Oti (Sacred Children’s Place) child care facility opened in August 2011 at Cankdeska Cikanana Community College (CCCC, Fort Totten, ND). This new center was designed with students and staff in mind. Students can make a single stop before heading off to classes. The facility also provides a resource for early childhood students to make (more)
Opinion
Curiosity Prevails Over Despair
The signs of climate change hung heavy in the skies of New Mexico this summer. As flood waters overtook communities in North Dakota and Montana and tornadoes cut a swath across the South and Midwest, fires raged across the southwestern United States. Allegedly ignited by two careless campers in the Apache- Sitgreaves National Forest, Arizona’s (more)
Remembering a Generation of Warriors
Rebecca Bishop reflects on the sweeping impact of a previous generation, including her mother and uncles, that broke down the barriers to post-secondary education.
Moving Toward Healing
Writing about racism within this issue of Tribal College Journal, all of our writers share intensely personal stories. They do so not to give power to the pain and ugliness of racism but rather to take brave steps toward healing. Consider how gracious author Mary Annette Pember (Red Cliff Tribe of Wisconsin Ojibwe) is to (more)
Resource Guides
23-2 “Climate Commitment” Resource Guide
In researching information for the Resource Guide for Climate Change in Indian Country—as it relates specifically to Indigenous peoples of the United States and Canada—I discovered that there isn’t much information out there yet! This specific body of literature, research, and resources is only beginning to ignite across the country as Indigenous scholars, activists, and (more)
23-1 “Beyond Racism” Resource GuideRace and ethnicity Resource Guide: Can we finally have “The Talk”? We have never really had “The Race Talk” in this country. It is simply too uncomfortable, or too emotional—or, as some claim, no longer necessary in a post-racial, post-colonial world. Of course, that subject looks differently to those who live in the world where (more)
22-4 “Honoring Student Success” Resource GuideResource Guide Related to Retention, Persistence, and Success of American Indian and Alaska Native students Also see Juan A. Avila Hernandez’s article, “Empowering Students for Success—College share best practices for keeping students on track” in Vol. 18, No. 1 of Tribal College Journal. Soon, subscribers can read more of TCJ’s past coverage of retention and (more)
