It varies from class to class. I’m finding that students who major in text-based programs and athletes are reading and doing the work. Our coaches make good educational partners, insisting that the students do their work well and on time.

Beautiful!

There are many other ways to give meaningfully, and if you’ve got one close at hand, go for it.

But if you don’t, you’re welcome to join me in this.

So I did the little thing that I could and gave up half a year’s salary to start an endowment. Worth it. Now one or two students a year get half their tuition paid through this.

But of course there’s not a lot of funding for that sort of thing. Lots of kids around here are told that they should go to med school or banking. Which is fine if you’re into that. But I know there’s a need for lawyers, writers, teachers, and artists — who can graduate without debt.

A few of us created that endowment ten years ago because we wanted to create opportunities for indigenous students who will go on to law school, journalism, history, philosophy, education, etc. There are important stories to be told, both old and new.

You’ll need to “Select a Designation” and then select “Other” and then type in “Prairie Sage Endowment”

It’s clunky, but it’s better than nothing.

And if you feel like giving to support Native American storyteller scholarships (for pre-law, history, education, journalism, art, philosophy, and other “storytelling” majors at my university, here’s how:

www.givecampus.com/campaigns/45...

Here is the promised comment about my own reluctant prayers: davoh.org/2012/10/10/r...