Posted on February 1, 2008 - Filed Under HONOR INDIANS |
Honor Indians Institute would like to honor Carolyn K. Fiscus or “Big Momma” as she is affectionately known by her students and colleagues at the University of Nebraska-Omaha. She is a member of the Winnebago Tribe of Nebraska and she currently resides on her family farm in rural Iowa near the Omaha reservation. She is the Mom of Kaj 19, and Tiara 16. She has been involved in teaching for 37 years, 27 of which have been in some type of Native American Education.
Big Momma grew up in rural Iowa. She graduated from South Dakota State University with her B.S. and M.S. in Health Physical Education and Recreation and Northwest Missouri State University with an Education Specialist Degree in Educational Administration. She has done doctoral work in Curriculum and Instruction at Northern Arizona University.
Big Momma currently is the director of Community Outreach and Native American Studies at the University of Nebraska at Omaha in Omaha, Nebraska. Her other professional skills and activities include directing the activities of Warrior Heart Women, Inc., an educational consultant firm for Native America. Her interests are in community leadership training, social capacity building, and urban Native identity research. She enjoys family activities such as pow-wows, camping, traveling, ceremony and Native arts and crafts.
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Hi, this is Tiara Fiscus her daughter and I think this is wonderful and my mom looks good, thats my momma!
Ms. Fiscus/Big Mamma was one of my absolute favorite teachers during my Native American Studies course at UNO. She really helped me to learn about the many cultures of the American Indians. Not only was she a great teacher in the classroom, but she welcomed my medical school classmates and I into her home for several days over more than one spring break. She has done so much to help medical professionals gain an appreciation for American Indians and to have a respect for all people. She is such a giving person…and very fun to be around! I am so very thankful to have learned from her!