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This is the 23nd chapter of the 32-part video series “The Montana Ethic Project.” This chapter features James Shanley, the retired president of Fort Peck Community College and a former president of the American Indian Higher Education Consortium, discussing the subject of “Education Reform.” You can watch the whole video below. Here is an edited transcript of how it begins:
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Lawrence Wetsit is a man with a sense of history. An administrator at the Fort Peck Community College in Poplar, he’s also the cultural leader for the Assiniboine tribe. His great grandfather, I Ax Ba, also called Chief Wets It, was known for his antelope horn bonnet and his ability to steal horses at night from a neighboring tribe. Wetsit speaks with a sense of great fondness for the land of his people. (more…) Continue Reading →
