Donald Trent Jacobs, also known as "Wahinkpe Topa," a
Lakota
Lakota may refer to:
* Lakota people, a confederation of seven related Native American tribes
*Lakota language, the language of the Lakota peoples
Place names
In the United States:
*Lakota, Iowa
*Lakota, North Dakota, seat of Nelson County
*Lakot ...
term translating as Four Arrows,
["Four Arrows."]
''The Entertainers.'' Retrieved 18 July 2012. (born 1946) is an American college professor, writer and activist for
American Indian rights
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whose work has focused on
Indigenous
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*Indigenous peoples
*Indigenous (ecology), presence in a region as the result of only natural processes, with no human intervention
* Indigenous (band), an American blues-rock band
* Indigenous (horse), a Hong Kong racehor ...
worldviews, wellness and counter-hegemonic education. He lives in
Mexico
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.
Early life and education
Jacobs has a bachelor's degree from
Southwest Missouri State University
Missouri State University (MSU or MO State), formerly Southwest Missouri State University, is a public university in Springfield, Missouri. Founded in 1905 as the Fourth District Normal School, it is the state's second largest university by enr ...
, an Ed.D. from Boise State University, and a Ph.D from
Columbia Pacific University
Columbia Pacific University (CPU) was a non-traditional distance learning school in California. It was founded in 1978 by Richard Crews and Lester Carr, a former president of Lewis University, and operated with state approval. Distance learning ...
.
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Jacobs self-identifies as
Cherokee
The Cherokee (; chr, ᎠᏂᏴᏫᏯᎢ, translit=Aniyvwiyaʔi or Anigiduwagi, or chr, ᏣᎳᎩ, links=no, translit=Tsalagi) are one of the indigenous peoples of the Southeastern Woodlands of the United States. Prior to the 18th century, th ...
, Irish and possibly
reekbased on family stories.
Career
Jacobs is a faculty member in the School of Educational Leadership for Change at
Fielding Graduate University
Fielding Graduate University (previously Fielding Graduate Institute and The Fielding Institute) is a private graduate-level university in Santa Barbara, California. It offers postgraduate and doctoral studies mainly in psychology, education, a ...
.
He was formerly a tenured associate professor at
Northern Arizona University
Northern Arizona University (NAU) is a public research university based in Flagstaff, Arizona. It was founded in 1899 as the final public university established in the Arizona Territory, 13 years before Arizona was admitted as the 48th state.
...
and prior to that Dean of Education at
Oglala Lakota College on the
Pine Ridge Indian Reservation
The Pine Ridge Indian Reservation ( lkt, Wazí Aháŋhaŋ Oyáŋke), also called Pine Ridge Agency, is an Oglala Lakota Indian reservation located entirely within the U.S. state of South Dakota. Originally included within the territory of the G ...
in South Dakota.
In 2014 he was put on the International Fulbright Scholars list. In 2004 he received the Moral Courage Award from the Martin Springer Institute at Northern Arizona University for his activism. In 2009, the American Education Resource Organization selected him as one of "27 visionaries in education" for their text, ''Turning Points''.
Works
Jacobson has written and published 23 books and numerous articles and invited book chapters, including:
# Four Arrows and Darcia Narvaez (2022) Restoring the Kinship Worldview. NAB/Penguin/Random House
# Four Arrows (2020) Sitting Bulls Words for a World in Crises, DIO Press
# Four Arrows (2016) Point of Departure: Returning to Our Authentic Worldview for Education and Survival. Information Age Publishing
# Four Arrows (2013) ''Teaching Truly: A Curriculum to Indigenize Mainstream Education.'' New York: Peter Lang
# Four Arrows (2011) ''Differing Worldviews in Higher Education: Two Disagreeing Scholars Argue Cooperatively about Justice Education.'' Netherlands: Sense Publishers
# Four Arrows (2011). ''Last Song of the Whales''. Maui, Hawaii: Savant Press
# Four Arrows, aka Jacobs, D.T. and Cajete, G. (2010), ''Critical Neurophilosophy and Indigenous Wisdom''. Netherlands: Sense Publishers
# Four Arrows, aka Jacobs, D.T. (2008) ''The Authentic Dissertation: Alternative Ways of Knowing, Research and Representation.'' London: Routledge
# Four Arrows. (2006) ''The Shrimp Habit: How it is Destroying Our World''. Victoria: Trafford.
# Four Arrows, aka Jacobs, D.T. Ed., (2006) ''Unlearning the Language of Conquest: Scholars Challenge Anti-Indianism in America.'' Austin: University of Texas Press.
# Four Arrows and Fetzer, J. (2004) ''American Assassination: The Strange Death of Senator Paul Wellstone.'' New York: Vox Pop.
# Jacobs, D. and Jacobs-Spencer, J. (2001) ''Teaching Virtues: Building Character Across the Curriculum.'' Landham, Md.: Scarecrow Education Press, a division of Rowman and Littlefield.
# Jacobs, D. (1997) ''Primal Awareness: A True Story of Survival, Transformation and Awakening with the Raramuri Shamans of Mexico.'' Rochester, Vt.: Inner Traditions International.
# Jacobs, D. (1994 ) ''The Bum’s Rush: The Selling of Environmental Backlash''. Boise, Id.: Legendary Publishing.
# Jacobs, D. (1988) ''Patient Communication for First Responders: The First Hour of Trauma''. Englewood Cliffs, N.J.: Prentice-Hall.
# Jacobs, D. (1988) ''Physical Fitness Programs for Public Safety Employees'', 2nd edition, Boston: NFPA.
References
External links
Official website
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Living people
1946 births
American people of Cherokee descent
American people of Muscogee descent
American people of Scotch-Irish descent
People from St. Louis
Columbia Pacific University alumni
Southeast Missouri State University alumni
Boise State University alumni