Founders

Founders

Duration 9:00 min.
Country United States

Lionel R. Bordeaux’s world was forever altered when, as a doctoral student at the University of Minnesota, he received an unexpected phone call from a Sicangu Lakota elder who informed him, “We’ve changed your plans for you.” Thus started Bordeaux’s tenure as head of Sinte Gleska University, one of the first Tribal Colleges and Universities in the United States, where he has presided for over 50 years. Now close to the end of his journey, Dr. Bordeaux looks back through the decades at his role in bringing autonomy to Indian education and preserving the wolakota, the tribal way of life. He is the last of Sinte Gleska’s great founders, but his vision for the university will endure.

Cast
Featuring Dr. Lionel R. Bordeaux
Crew
Director Scott Faris
Producer Meg Griffiths
Executive Producer Debra Bordeaux, Tara Seibel