Four Arrows
Don T. Jacobs | |
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Born |
Donald Jacobs 1946 (age 69–70) St. Louis, Missouri, United States |
Residence | Mexico |
Nationality | American |
Other names | Four Arrows |
Alma mater | Boise State University |
Occupation | Online (distance education) college professor |
Donald ("Don") Trent Jacobs, also known as Four Arrows,[1] (born 1946 in St. Louis, Missouri) is an American college professor, writer and activist for American Indian rights whose work has focused on indigenous worldviews, wellness and counter-hegemonic education. He currently lives in Mexico.[2]
Early life and education
He has a bachelor's degree from Southwest Missouri State University, an Ed.D. from Boise State University, and a Ph.D from Columbia Pacific University.[3][4][5]
Jacobs is of Cherokee and Scots-Irish ancestry.[6][7]
Career
Jacobs is a faculty member in the School of Educational Leadership for Change at Fielding Graduate University.
He was formerly a tenured associate professor at Northern Arizona University and prior to that Dean of Education at Oglala Lakota College on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation in South Dakota.[8][9] In 2014 he was put on the International Fulbright Scholars list.
He is author of 21 published books and numerous articles and invited book chapters, including:
- 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 Roman 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.
Honors and awards
In 1996 he was named first alternate for the US Equestrian Team's 100 -mile Endurance Event. He was selected in 2009 by the AERO (Alternative Education Resource Organization) for one of the contributors to the text, Turning Points: 27 Visionaries in Education Tell Their Own Stories. In 2004, he received the Moral Courage Award from Northern Arizona University's Martin-Springer Institute. He placed 4th in the world in the 38th Annual World Champion Old-TIme Piano Playing Contest. See "The Entertainers."
References
- ↑ "Four Arrows." The Entertainers. Retrieved 18 July 2012.
- ↑ Four arrows (2013) teaching truly. new york: peter lang
- ↑ http://www.fielding.edu/whyFielding/about/facultyBio.aspx?Channel=%2FChannels%2FAdmissions&WorkflowItemID=86129da5-9bb3-4a93-8802-3fd5bd72f130
- ↑ Four Arrows (Don Trent Jacobs), PhD , EdD, Fielding Graduate University website
- ↑ NETNOTES: Columbia Pacific University Alumni Info
- ↑ He is the author of a number of books including 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 Roman 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.
- ↑ "Unlearning the Language of Conquest." University of Texas Press. Retrieved 18 July 2012.
- ↑ http://www.academicleadership.org/authors/Four_Arrows.shtml
- ↑ http://www.educationrevolution.org/fourarrows.html