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Sorensen, Barbara Ellen – Tribal College Journal of American Indian Higher Education, 2017
American Indian Higher Education (AIHEC) Student Congress president Chris Sindone (Pawnee of Oklahoma) was headed down a rough road, until Haskell Indian Nations University helped turn his life around. This profile describes Sindone's path to Haskell, highlights his successes and influences, as well as his plans for the future.
Descriptors: American Indian Education, Higher Education, Tribally Controlled Education, Profiles
Sorensen, Barbara Ellen – Tribal College Journal of American Indian Higher Education, 2015
American Indian women account for over half of tribal college and university (TCU) presidents. They are no strangers to positions of authority and respect. Indeed, many tribes follow matrilineal lines when establishing clan membership and participation. Today's Native women are carving out new public roles for themselves, providing leadership to…
Descriptors: College Presidents, Women Administrators, American Indians, Females
Sorensen, Barbara Ellen – Tribal College Journal of American Indian Higher Education, 2012
According to Simon Ortiz (Acoma Pueblo), storytelling is as much about education as entertainment. It is through storytelling that each tribe's history, moral precepts, and spirituality are passed down from one generation to the next. This attention to the holistic value of storytelling and its link to community is understood by Kevin "Hoch"…
Descriptors: Tribally Controlled Education, Story Telling, American Indian Culture, Tribes
Sorensen, Barbara Ellen – Tribal College Journal of American Indian Higher Education, 2011
Across the United States, tribal people are noticing adverse changes in the natural world due to climate change--and these changes affect their cultures. Today, tribal colleges and universities (TCUs) are developing and delivering the education and research opportunities needed to produce the next generation of American Indian science,…
Descriptors: American Indian Studies, American Indians, American Indian Education, Climate
Sorensen, Barbara Ellen – Tribal College Journal of American Indian Higher Education, 2010
Traveling outside one's comfort zone can plant the seeds for a collaborative, positive exchange of ideas, information, and perspectives. And that's just what happened when two groups of tribal college students, representing many nations, embraced traveling far from their families and communities. These two groups of students and faculty--one from…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Tribally Controlled Education, Student Experience, American Indians