American Indian stories of success : new visions of leadership in Indian Country

Gipp, Gerald E., (editor.). Warner, Linda Sue, 1948- (editor.). Pease, Janine, (editor.). Shanley, James, (editor.). Crazy Bull, Cheryl e contributor. (Added Author).

Summary: This collection brings together the autobiographical stories of post-World War II American Indians who were able to succeed in the American education system and become educational leaders.

Record details

ISBN: 1440831408
ISBN: 9781440831409 (cloth : alk. paper)
ISBN: 1440831408 (cloth : alk. paper)
ISBN: 9781440831416 (ebook)
Physical Description: print
xii, 343 pages ; 25 cm
Publisher: Santa Barbara, California : Praeger, an imprint of ABC-CLIO, LLC, [2015]

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Formatted Contents Note:

Visions of educational revolution / Dave Archambault Sr. -- BIA Indian education reform 1979 / Earl J. Barlow -- Perspectives / Robert Keams Chiago -- A community of leaders : American Indian education policy development / David Beaulieu -- The elder link / Rosemary Ackley Christensen -- Leadership and community / Joe McDonald -- Creating sacred places / Sandra J. Fox -- In the spirit of life renewed / David M. Gipp -- May it always be so / Perry Horse -- Visions revisited : leadership in Indian country / Cynthia Lindquist -- Helps the people : the dance of the seasons (Ak bi li kkux she' : Ash he'e lee taa li ssua) : a retrospective on leadership / Janine Pease -- Concrete teepees, faceless bureaucrats, and learned helplessness / Linda Sue Warner -- Leadership / Barbara Bartone -- No mountain too high / Don Day -- The tribal college movement : my observation of leadership in Indian country / John Forkenbrock -- A perspective : Indian education and the federal workplace / Gerald E. Gipp -- Visions revisited : increasing the number of American Indian health professionals / Lois Fister Steele -- Studying exceptional leaders to create a model of effectiveness / Rick St. Germaine -- Leadership and Indian education : a dozen observations / John W. Tippeconnic III -- Cultivating education for cultural sustainability in Alaksa native communities / Ray Barnhardt -- What are characteristics of effective leaders based on 40-plus years of living and learning? / Roger Bordeaux -- Transferring knowledge of the tribal college movement / Cheryl Crazy Bull -- Journey into leadership / Denny Sparr Hurtado -- A tribal college president / Thomas Shortbull -- Leadership model.