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Winter 1998 , Volume 13, Number 1
Education
Nations
Within
An interview with Karen Gayton Swisher, professor of education and
chair of the Teacher Education Department at Haskell Indian Nations
University.
by Scott R. Indermaur
Creating
a Path to the Future—The Circle of Learning Project
The Circle of Learning Project in Minnesota successfully bridges
gaps that keep Native students from excelling in higher education.
by Jean E. Ness
Our
Education, Our Future—Look to the Lower Grades
Integrating education and Native American culture in the lower
grades is an important part of maintaining Native identity. Changing
cultural stereotypes in the public school system is an activity
that must happen along the way.
by Midge Dean Stock
You
Must Learn to Use Words Like Bullets
A Pit River Native and recent Ph.D. reflects on his educational
journey. Comparative Culture and Literary Studies is a field that
allows a Native man to be who he is and to give back through teaching.
by Darryl Babe Wilson
Community
School Alliances The Road to Successful Learning
A discussion of how to develop and sustain effective community-school
alliances in order to meet the needs of students within their communities.
by
John J. Hoover
A
Vibrant & Vital Language is Passed Down to a New Generation—The
Punana Leo Immersion Schools
Immersion
schools in Hawai'i have successfully revived the Native language.
by Barbara Sorensen
What
the Tule House Has to Teach Us
California school children explore what it would be like to live
in a traditional tule house
by Malcolm Margolin
Wolakota
Waldorf School
A learning environment, using the Waldorf methods, is created on
the Pine Ridge Reservation.
by Candy Hamilton
Special
Section
Summer Co-ops and Internships
1998 Winds of Change Guide to Summer Internships, Co-op and
Minority School Programs
American
Indians and the Prison System
Visits to the Iron House
The Northern Minnesota Freedom Council works to allow Native inmates
to practice their traditional spirituality.
by
Judy Merritt
Recovery in Prison Culture Assists in Healing
from Alcohol and Drugs
Alcohol
and drugs are still a big problem in Indian Country, as well as
in the rest of North America. Blending the teachings of the Medicine
Wheel with the 12 Steps offers new hope.
by Richard Simonelli
Lessons
in Compassion Literature and Culture at Auburn Correctional
Facility
Two
Cornell students empower Native inmates at Auburn State Prison.
by Barbara Sorensen
Departments
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Editorial
Into the Wind
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