Moving home to the Rosebud in July 2013 has brought so much of what I have learned about leadership to fruition. My experiences have largely been working and living off-reservation for the past 16 years, with a couple of years mixed in on-reservation as well. Some issues are the same, including the prevalent fear that many on the reservation have of returning Urban Indians like myself. My assumption is that with outside education and experience, we bring about some type of "invisible threat" to the institutions and establishments on the reservation. This breeds itself into rejection in many ways, shapes, and forms. For example, I am very interested to find out soon if I will make it onto the Tribal Education Committee. I applied two weeks ago. Clearly, I am qualified to serve in a leadership role in my Tribe, with a bachelors and masters in education, teaching experience, and over twenty years of experience in the education field. However, wit...
Native American author, fictional and academic. Thoughts, philosophies, and interpretations from a Native Lakota Sioux Woman's Perspective.