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

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

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