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Native American students entering college often experience a dramatic confrontation of cultures. As one of the writers in this remarkable collective memoir remarks, "When I was a child, I was taught certain things: don't stand up to your elders; don't question authority; life is precious; the earth is precious; take it slowly; enjoy it. And then you go to college and you learn all these other things that never fit." Making things fit, finding that elusive balance between tribal values and the demands of campus life is a recurring theme in this landmark collection of personal essays. Navajo or Choctaw, Tlingit or Sioux, each of the essayists (all graduates of Dartmouth College) gives a heartfelt account of struggle and adjustment. The result is a compelling portrait of the anguish Native American students feel justifying the existence of their own cultures not only to other students but also throughout the predominantly white institutions they have joined. Among the contributors are a tribal court judge and a professional baseball player, the first Navajo woman surgeon, and the former executive director of a Native American preparatory school. Their memories and insights are unparalleled. ... Read more

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a great view
There is not much literature that exists about Native American students in Higher Education. I have used this book in three of my Master's projects. This book has ignited my passion to serve this identity. While this is only a few voices it helps us get a view into their college experiences.

A great snapshot of a unique Native American experience
Garrod & Larimore's First Person, First Peoples is a fine collection of personal accounts of leaving home.The stories are at once unique and universal.They are expressive of an experience to which Native Americanscan truly relate, and yet, set on the campus of one of America's mostselective colleges, the stories are from a elite few who may be speaking ofan experience that is virtually impossible to share.This is valuable asan oral history, and perhaps more importantly, as a voice of the NativeAmerican which remains too infrequently captured.Still, we must findthose voices which are seldom heard, rather than continuing the habit ofletting the elite culture speak for us all.

Stellar, a first class work on Native education
This was a truly wonderful and accessible book about Native American educational achievment. The story of Dartmouth College and its relationship to Native American education is captivating. The honesty of the students isat time heartbreaking and yet is continually inspiring. ... Read more

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This is a how-to guide for Native American college students who wish to transfer from a Tribal College to a four-year university in pursuit of a degree. Included in this guide is a list of Tribal Colleges in the US as well as the Transfer Student's Bill of Rights.With this book, students learn: The seven steps to a successful transfer on the way to a Bachelor's Degree.Ten Solutions to an Easy TransferSpecial Needs of Special StudentsFrequently Asked Questions about TransferringLife After TransferA must have for Native Americans in the educational system. ... Read more

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Presently, fewer than 12% of Native Americans nationwide hold a degree beyond high school (Ting & Bryant, 2001). This percentage is the lowest among minority groups. The graduation rates of Native American students were the primary motivation for conducting this study. Previous research addressed success or failure among Native students from the researchers¿ perspective, not the students¿ perspective. This study focused on exploring success factors of Native college students and connections among these factors. This study described these factors and experiences through the qualitative methodology of grounded theory. The theory built from this study connected these factors and explored those connections. This study described the experiences of successful Native American college students who were persisters at a largely white, upper Midwestern, degree-granting institution. A goal of this research was to explain and better understand the linkages between experiences and events, which were related to Native American college success at a largely white, upper Midwestern, degree-granting institution. ... Read more

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Nice, older catalogue, but no color photos. 3.4 stars
This is the catalog of an exhibition held at Claremont College in 1979-80. They have some nice stuff, and the photos are crisply reproduced, but in black and white only (which was typical for small-museum catalogs then). The college's holdings are strong in Western basketry, prehistoric and historic Southwestern pottery, and Plains textiles and bead/quillwork. There's a nice selection of historic photographs to supplement the artifact photos.

Looks like it was a nice exhibit, but the catalog will be of interest mainly to completists, unless you come across an inexpensive used copy (as I did). The pottery and baskets were the attractions for me.

Happy reading--
Peter D. Tillman ... Read more

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Purchase includes free access to book updates online and a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Chapters: Aboriginal Universities and Colleges, American Indian Movement, Anishinaabe Tribal Treaty Administrants, Native American Schools, Leonard Peltier, American Indian Higher Education Consortium, Ward Churchill, Pan-Indianism, Anna Mae Aquash, First Nations University of Canada, American Indian Library Association, Anishinaabe Nation in Treaty No. 3, Native American Boarding Schools, Original Keetoowah Society, Russell Means, Association on American Indian Affairs, National Indian Youth Council, Inter-Tribal Environmental Council, Keetoowah Nighthawk Society, Wounded Knee Incident, Indian Health Service, United Indians of All Tribes, Pura Fé, Floyd Red Crow Westerman, National Congress of American Indians, Northern Cherokee Nation of the Old Louisiana Territory, Diné College, Dennis Banks, Cherokee Heritage Groups, Heart of the Earth Survival School, First Nations Technical Institute, Tribal Council, Tribal Colleges and Universities, Akitsiraq Law School, Trail of Broken Treaties, Tribal College Librarians Institute, Jimmie Durham, Cheyenne Military Societies, Native American Rights Fund, Haskell Indian Nations University, Native American Journalists Association, Vernon Bellecourt, Santa Fe Indian School, Chief Dull Knife College, Robert Robideau, D-q University, Nishnawbe Aski Nation, Cherokee Male Seminary, American Indian College Fund, Red Power Movement, National Indian Education Association, American Indian Defense Association, Society of American Indians, John Trudell, Institute of American Indian Arts, Beatrice Long Visitor Holy Dance, Native American Bible College, Dick Wilson, New Age Frauds and Plastic Shamans, Clyde Bellecourt, Rita Long Visitor Holy Dance, Koitsenko, Aim Song, Nebraska Indian Community College, Glenn T. Morris, Literacy Is Empowering Project, Grand Cou... ... Read more

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This digital document is an article from Community College Week, published by Cox, Matthews & Associates on November 27, 2000. The length of the article is 893 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Title: Music Makes a Difference in N.M.(Native American music band of a community college in New Mexico)(Brief Article)
Author: Jan Jonas
Publication: Community College Week (Newspaper)
Date: November 27, 2000
Publisher: Cox, Matthews & Associates
Volume: 13Issue: 8Page: 17

Article Type: Brief Article

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This digital document is an article from Community College Week, published by Cox, Matthews & Associates on May 9, 2005. The length of the article is 845 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Title: New wellness center to serve N.D. Native American community.
Author: Kathleen Kennedy Manzo
Publication: Community College Week (Newspaper)
Date: May 9, 2005
Publisher: Cox, Matthews & Associates
Volume: 17Issue: 20Page: 14(2)

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Dartmouth College began life as an Indian school, a pretense that has since been abandoned. Still, the institution has a unique, if complicated, relationship with Native Americans and their history. Beginning with Samson Occom's role as the first "development officer" of the college, Colin G. Calloway tells the entire, complex story of Dartmouth's historical and ongoing relationship with Native Americans. Calloway recounts the struggles and achievements of Indian attendees and the history of Dartmouth alumni's involvements with American Indian affairs. He also covers more recent developments, such as the mascot controversies, the emergence of an active Native American student organization, and the partial fulfillment of a promise deferred. This is a fascinating picture of an elite American institution and its troubled relationship-- at times compassionate, at times conflicted--with Indians and Native American culture. ... Read more

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A good storyteller and a good historian
STRONG recommendation. If you're interested in Dartmouth history or Native history, this is the book to buy. Everything I've read by Colin Galloway has been engaging and rich; he makes history read like a good story. At the same time, he documents scrupulously. For example, he has the name, tribal affiliation, year of arrival, year of departure, and (where available) the story of every Indian student to attend Dartmouth or Moor's Charity School. If you're Cherokee and looking for family members, here's your list of students entering between 1770-1969: James Ward, Jeremiah E. Foreman, DeWitt Clinton Duncan, Albert Barnes, Rollin K. Adair, Walter Howard Luckadoe, Harvey Wirt Courtland Shelton, Cornelius (Ellis) Alberty, Alonzo Mitchell, David Hogan Markham, Simon Ralph Walkingstick, Frell McDonald Owl, & Russell O. Ayers. For Choctaw, here's your list for the same period: Simon B. James, Joseph Pitchlynn Folsom, Charles J. Stewart, Albert Carney, Zachariah T. Carnell, George H. Hughes, and Michael Hanitchak (Choctaw-Chickasaw). ... Read more