Dr. Cynthia Lindquist, Ta'Sunka Wicahipi Win (Star Horse Woman), president of Cankdeska Cikana Community College on the Spirit Lake Reservation in North Dakota, is a contributing author to Overcoming Educational Racism in the Community College: Creating Pathways to Success for Minority and Impoverished Student Populations, edited by Angela Long. Written by several contributing educators, the book answers why students of color end their time at community colleges twice as often as middle to upper income white students, and whether non-white students are at a disadvantage because of educational racism.

The book is organized by demographics defined by the U.S Census Bureau: American/Black; Native American/American Indian; Hispanic/Latino American; Asian American and Pacific Islander; and Caucasian American students in poverty. For her part in the book, Linquist discusses how tribal colleges and universities are overcoming educational racism by giving Native American students a place to succeed. She examines factors that impact Native students including historic context, treaties, demographics of Native American students, economic and health challenges, college readiness, tribal college and reservation technology and infrastructure issues, and retention.

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