December 10, 2019 | American Indian College Fund

Portrait of a Desert Tribal College

by Dina Horwedel | Apr 27, 2009 | Blog, Uncategorized

This past weekend the board of directors of the American Indian College Fund had the opportunity to travel to Sells, Arizona, where we met with students and teachers at Tohono O’oodham Community College (TOCC). We toured the eastern campus and heard...

Dissertation – In becoming Sa’ah Naaghai Bike’eh Hozhoon: The historical challenges and triumphs of Diné College

by Dina Horwedel | Apr 16, 2009 | Dissertation, Faculty Impact, Research

This qualitative study seeks to determine the critical elements and activities that comprise the cultural history of Diné College as the first tribally controlled college in the United States. An oral history methodology utilizing a narrative Diné “story-telling”...

How Do You “Think Indian”?

by Dina Horwedel | Apr 6, 2009 | Blog, Uncategorized

I received a letter over the weekend asking me how “To think Indian is to cure diabetes with sacred food and hoops.” The writer said surely “Indian thinking” doesn’t believe that Type I Diabetes, where the person has no or little insulin,...