Capturing Education : Envisioning and Building the First Tribal Colleges /
"Capturing Education examines the emergence and growth of the first tribal colleges. Based on extended interviews with more than a dozen founders, long-serving presidents, and non-Indian advocates, it explores the motivations of early leaders. It also describes how they overcame widespread assu...
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Pablo, Montana :
Salish Kootenai College Press,
[2015]
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Table of Contents:
- Setting the stage: the roots of tribally controlled higher education
- The visionaries: six people who helped invent the tribal college movement
- Planning: building support for Indian-controlled higher education
- Founding: securing charters and looking for funding
- Building a college: facilities, faculty, students, and early academic programs
- Working together: creating a shared identity
- Reaching out: finding friends within foundations, mainstream universities, and the federal government
- Deepening the mission: integrating culture into the curriculum
- The future: presidents reflect on accomplishments and emerging challenges.
