Author: An TranVu
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Centering Indigenous Knowledge: Stone Child College
In this episode of the Centering Indigenous Knowledge webinar series, we are thrilled to have Robert Murie, a respected member of the Cree community and Professor of Art at Stone Child College, as our guest panelist. Robert shares his insights and perspectives on the fascinating Cree origin story, passed down through generations and is a…
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Centering Indigenous Knowledge: Chief Dull Knife College.
Dr. Karla Bird talks with Burt Medicine Bull from Chief Dull Knife College.
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Centering Indigenous Knowledge: Fort Peck Community College
Elijah Hopkins and Tommy Christian from Fort Peck Community College share their approaches to teaching Lakota and Nakoda lifeways using technology.
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Peeling Back The Layers Of Culture Shock by Raymond Knight
While conducting my research for this assignment, I remember thinking that acclimating to this new environment would be a breeze – that I would hit the ground running and adjust with a quickness, from the giddyup. After all, I have lived all over these united states, and through the years visited over a dozen nations.…
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Centering Indigenous Knowledge: Blackfeet Community College
Today we hear from Blackfeet Community College’s Angel Little Plume, Jesse DesRosier, Marvin Weatherwax Sr. and John Gilham.
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Looking Back On My First Half Of AmeriCorps Service
On August 10th, 2022, I packed my car to begin a 5 day solo journey from Boston, MA to Missoula, MT for pre-service orientation with Montana Campus Compact. Though I had never been to Montana, I eagerly accepted a position as a VISTA with Park County Environmental Council in Livingston. After a tumultuous college experience…
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On Community by Amelia Huba
Reading through the archives of MTCC blog posts, there is a stark theme of loneliness/lack of community/feeling unmoored. While AmeriCorps advertises that its programs are community-based and discusses providing opportunities for members to serve in their own communities, every VISTA I know got a relocation stipend, and half of us are from the East Coast.…
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Talk, Talk, Talk by Olivia Holstine
When starting in an AmeriCorps position, and as we do our service, we get a lot of really good advice. It’s usually putting it into practice that can be hard – weather, location, resources, time, etc. All manner of things can work against us. And the projects are going to be frustrating. There are moments…
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Centering Indigenous Knowledge: Aaniiih Nakoda College
Dr. Sean Chandler discusses Aaniiih Nakoda College’s history and present, and their work to support the lifeways of the Aaniiih and Nakoda peoples.
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Centering Indigenous Knowledge: Founding and Retired TCU President and CAO Roundtable
Dr. Karla Bird speaks w. Drs. Janine Pease, Joe McDonald, Donald Pepion, Deborah His Horse Is Thunder, Carol Murray and Carole Falcon-Chandler about the history of the tribal college movement both nationally and locally.
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When Entrepreneurship Is Necessary by Anya Smith
“Men start businesses because they have an idea or an opportunity, women start businesses because they have to.” This (or something close) was said at the first full staff meeting I attended for the Women’s Entrepreneurship and Leadership Lab. It’s a phrase that has stuck with me ever since. I’ve lived in Montana most of…
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My Experience With Service by Francine Tageant
I was first introduced to AmeriCorps when a friend of mine decided to serve in Bellingham, Washington. She was serving at a middle school helping tutor students who had fallen behind in school. I can remember how excited she was when one or more of her students would begin to understand their coursework.
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Embracing Your Fear by Allie Nawrocki
Let me set the scene for you. It is August 2022, and I was about to leave my Midwest home. With it, I would be leaving everything I knew behind. At first, I was thinking I was crazy, flying to a place I had never been before. I had so much anxiety doing it by…
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Reflection on My Journey by Anna Waller
It has been more than six weeks now since I started my service term as a Montana Campus Compact AmeriCorps College Coach, and I have learned a lot, although I have only just begun. It is my pleasure to be serving the community through Salish Kootenai College’s Upward Bound program, a nationwide initiative with the…
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Finding My Way In Service
My time as a VISTA has been, overall, an extremely rewarding experience that has taught me a lot about both my local community and myself. I am serving with the Rural Institute of Inclusive Communities, which promotes equal opportunity for people with disabilities. As someone who has a disability, is dating someone with a disability,…
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Finding My Way in Service by Emily Montalvo
My time as a VISTA has been, overall, an extremely rewarding experience that has taught me a lot about both my local community and myself. I am serving with the Rural Institute of Inclusive Communities, which promotes equal opportunity for people with disabilities. As someone who has a disability, is dating someone with a disability,…
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Supporting Entrepreneurship in Montana by Sarah Grissom
Serving with Accelerate Montana’s Rural Innovation Initiative (AMRII) has exposed me to the importance of supporting local businesses and entrepreneurship throughout Montana. Stimulating the local economy through business by providing support is important but not the only component that helps businesses and entrepreneurs to succeed. The purpose of economic development is to alleviate poverty by…
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Rollercoaster of Service by Rylie Yaeger
This service year has had its ups and downs, but resulted in unexpected victories. When I first began my term, my supervisor told me, “You will have ups and downs during service. It is normal and everyone goes through it.” As a former AmeriCorps member, she really knew what doing a service year means mentally.…
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On Belonging by Amber Peretz
Tomorrow will be my 29th birthday. September 14th. This time last year I was moving out of my apartment in St. Petersburg, Florida and preparing to move to Montana where an AmeriCorps VISTA position was waiting for me at the MSU Billings Native American Achievement Center.
