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Arthur L. McDonald

Education

  • Attended school in a one-room reservation classroom on the Pine Ridge reservation in South Dakota
  • Attended to Bennett County High School in South Dakota
  • Attended the University of South Dakota on the GI Bill
  • Attended Central College for graduate school and completed it in two years and three summers

Major Contributions and Achievements

  • Member of the Oglala Lakota Tribe
  • Served in Marines during Korean War
  • Largely responsible for promoting the passage of the Quentin N. Burdick Indian Health Programs Initiative
  • Taught at Central College
  • Received an NDEA fellowship at the University of South Dakota
  • Moved to Montana State University and became an Assistant Professor
  • Became the Department Head and developed a graduate program in applied psychology
  • Awarded a five year federal grant for training Community Mental Health Workers on the Northern Cheyenne reservation in Montana
  • Decided to stay on at the Northern Cheyenne Reservation and resigned the Department Head position
  • Was a prime mover to bring into existence Indians Into Psychology programs
  • Decided to be a voice in regional national rural mental health boards and associations
  • Travels the country often as a one-person lobby for his programs
  • Trains interns and externs who come to the community
  • Worked at the federal grant funded Asland Community Health Clinic
  • Collaborated with the Black Hills Veterans Health Care Systems’ Rural Geropsych Grant Program in the training of Psychology Inters
  • 1992 became involved in the APA late in his career 

Honors and Awards

  • 1996 Honored by APA’s Division 45 with their Lifetime Achievement Award and by APA’s Education Directorate for his work on promoting graduate educational opportunities for Indians and Natives interested in pursuing graduate degrees in psychology
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