by Dina Horwedel | Aug 31, 2012 | Institutional Impact, Publication, Research, Video
In February 2007 the American Indian College Fund announced a historic grant from Lilly Endowment Inc. The five-year, $17.5 million grant initiative, named Woksape Oyate, Lakota for “Wisdom of the People,” built the intellectual capital of TCUs. The initiative allowed...
by Dina Horwedel | Aug 29, 2012 | Blog, Inside the College Fund, Our Programs
After five years of building intellectual capital across Indian Country, the American Indian College Fund’s Woksape Oyate $17.5 million dollar project, meaning Wisdom of the People and funded by the Lilly Endowment, is drawing to a close. From developing staff and...
by Dina Horwedel | Aug 21, 2012 | Blog, Uncategorized
Expressing gratitude is a sometimes daily, sometimes bi-weekly ritual I practice. I am mindful to do this, especially when I am feeling rant-rant-rant. Rant-rant-rant is an expression of my developmentally- disabled- half- sister that she coined when she witnessed me...
by Dina Horwedel | Aug 15, 2012 | Blog, Uncategorized
During my summer season I have created some heart-fluttering, wake-up-smiling, indefinable memories with my friends, some of which have been accompanied with acquaintances. Friendship is among life’s sacred gifts. I have a small circle of friends, with an outer...
by Dina Horwedel | Aug 9, 2012 | Blog, Uncategorized
For the past month or so, I kept hearing rumors about bears walking around on the beach within city limits and by houses in town. I haven’t actually seen them myself, but I believed them because it’s not uncommon for wildlife to sometimes pop into town out of nowhere....
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