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Sam Windy Boy Jr

 

Sam Windy BoySam Windy Boy Jr., Chippewa/Cree

Sam Windy Boy is an enrolled member of the Rocky Boy’s Chippewa Cree Tribe. He has been involved in Indian education for nearly 30 years.

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Maylinn Smith

Maylinn Smith, Director, Indian Law Clinic, UM Law School

Maylinn Smith

Maylinn Smith

[RLP interview 2007]

Maylinn Smith is an associate professor of law at the University of Montana Law School, where she also serves as the clinical supervisor and director of the Indian Law Clinic. She has also been the Chief Judge of the Southern Ute Indian Tribal Court, an Appellate Judge for various Tribal Court of Appeals, as well as a legal advisor for the Salish and Kootenai Tribal Court. Her interview focuses on the history of treaties and the legal basis for them.

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Margaret Petty

Margaret Petty, Educator

Margaret Petty

Margaret Petty

[RLP interview]

Ms. Petty is an award-winning third-grade teacher at Lewis and Clark School in Missoula, Montana. She has taken a lead in integrating Native American culture and history into her curriculum. In her interview, Ms. Petty shares what she and her colleagues have achieved in their classrooms.

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Bettilou Clark

Bettilou Clark, Potawatami, Educator

Bettilou Clark - Potawatami

Bettilou Clark

[RLP interview 2007]

Bettilou Clark is a certified instructor of traditional Indian games based in Great Falls, Montana. In her interview, she imparts her experience with this topic and how it can enhance Indian Education for All.

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Elizabeth Cook-Lynn

Elizabeth Cook-Lynn, Dakota Sioux

Elizabeth Cook-Lynn - Dakota Sioux

Elizabeth Cook-Lynn

[RLP interview 2004]

Ms. Cook-Lynn, M.A., is an author and Professor Emerita of English and Native American Studies at Eastern Washington University in Cheney, WA. She has taught high school in New Mexico and South Dakota and was a fellow for the National Endowment of the Humanities at Stanford University in 1976. Since her retirement from Eastern Washington in 1990, she has served as writer-in-residence at universities throughout the United States.

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Joyce Silverthorne

Joyce Silverthorne, Salish

Joyce Silverthorne - Salish

Joyce Silverthorne

[RLP interview 2007]

A certified teacher and administrator, Joyce Silverthorne retired as the Director of the Tribal Education Department for the Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes of the Flathead Indian Reservation in 2007 and is now a policy advisor at OPI. Over the years, she has made an enormous contribution toward implementing IEFA, working with school systems on and off the reservation and serving as a gubernatorial appointee to the Montana Board of Public Education for 10 years. Ms. Silverthorne’s interview with RLP focuses on the history and development of IEFA, and the challenges and successes of putting the language of the Act into action.

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Julie Cajune

Julie Cajune, Salish

Julie Cajune - Salish

Julie Cajune

[RLP interview 2007]

Julie Cajune, a Milken Education Award recipient, is the coordinator of the tribal history project at the Salish-Kootenai College in Pablo, Montana, and previously served as Indian Education Coordinator for the Ronan Public Schools on the Flathead Indian Reservation. She served as Executive Producer for Heart of The Bitterroot, a DVD focused on the lives of Salish and Pend d’Oreille women. In addition to discussing the goals and accomplishments of the history project, Ms. Cajune sheds light on the 1855 Hellgate Treaty negotiations as well as more contemporary issues related to federal policies and implementing Indian Education for All.

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Louis Adams

Louis Adams, Salish

Louis Adams - Salish

Louis Adams

[RLP interview 2002]

Mr. Adams is a Bitterroot Salish tribal elder and educator who served in the US Navy as a gunner in the Korean Conflict of the 1950s. He is dedicated to preserving Salish language and culture. In his interview, he educates us about the Salish oral tradition and the Salish interpretation of the 1855 Hellgate Treaty.

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Richard Little Bear

Richard Little Bear, Northern Cheyenne

Richard Little Bear - Northern Cheyenne

Richard Little Bear

[RLP interview 2007]

At the time of his interview, Dr. Little Bear, Ph.D., was the President and Dean of Cultural Affairs at Chief Dull Knife College in Lame Deer, Montana. He offers a glimpse into Northern Cheyenne oral history and a tribal perspective on difficult topics, such as Indian Removal and the consequences of the 1887 Dawes Act.

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Bertha Other Bull

Bertha Other Bull, Northern Cheyenne

Bertha Other Bull - Northern Cheyenne

Bertha Other Bull

[RLP interview 2008]

Bertha Other Bull works for the Northern Cheyenne Head Start Program in Lame Deer, Montana, and serves on the MIEA board of directors. In her interview, Ms. Other Bull shares her insight on traditional Northern Cheyenne values and how an understanding of these values is important to the success of education on or near the reservation.

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