American Indian stories of success : new visions of leadership in Indian Country /
This book is written primarily for those young leaders who are beginning careers where they work with Indian tribes and organizations. Each of the stories found in the book represent significant challenges and barriers, along with the reflections of having lived these experiences to become a strong...
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Santa Barbara, Calif. :
Praeger, an imprint of ABC-CLIO, LLC,
2015
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Table of Contents:
- ""Cover""; ""Half Title""; ""Title Page""; ""Copyright""; ""Contents""; ""Preface""; ""Introduction""; ""Notes on Usage""; ""Section 1: Wisdomkeeper""; ""Chapter One: Visions of Educational Revolution""; ""Chapter Two: BIA Indian Education Reform 1979""; ""Chapter Three: Perspectives""; ""Chapter Four: A Community of Leaders: American Indian Education Policy Development""; ""Chapter Five: The Elder Link""; ""Chapter Six: Leadership and Community""; ""Chapter Seven: Creating Sacred Places""; ""Section 2: Storyteller""; ""Chapter Eight: In the Spirit of Life Renewed""
- ""Chapter Nine: May It Always Be So""""Chapter Ten: Visions Revisited: Leadership in Indian Country""; ""Chapter Eleven: Helps the People: The Dance of the Seasons (Ak bi li kkux she�: Ash he�e lee taa li ssua): A Retrospective on Leadership""; ""Chapter Twelve: Concrete Teepees, Faceless Bureaucrats, and Learned Helplessness""; ""Section 3: Role Model""; ""Chapter Thirteen: Leadership""; ""Chapter Fourteen: No Mountain Too High""; ""Chapter Fifteen: The Tribal College Movement: My Observation of Leadership in Indian Country""
- ""Chapter Sixteen: A Perspective: Indian Education and the Federal Workplace""""Chapter Seventeen: Visions Revisited: Increasing the Number of American Indian Health Professionals""; ""Chapter Eighteen: Studying Exceptional Leaders to Create a Model of Effectiveness""; ""Chapter Nineteen: Leadership and Indian Education: A Dozen Observations""; ""Section 4: Observer""; ""Chapter Twenty: Cultivating Education for Cultural Sustainability in Alaska Native Communities""; ""Chapter Twenty-One: What Are Characteristics of Effective Leaders Based on 40-Plus Years of Living and Learning?""
- ""Chapter Twenty-Two: Transferring Knowledge of the Tribal College Movement""""Chapter Twenty-Three: Journey into Leadership""; ""Chapter Twenty-Four: A Tribal College President""; ""Leadership Model""; ""Index""; ""About the Editors and Contributors""