 "Fond du Lac Follies" was named "Best Column" at the 1999 Native American Journalists Association convention.In 1990-1992, Jim worked as a roster artist for the "COMPAS Writer in the Schools Program".He was a Mentor in the "Loft Inroads Program", a Judge for the "Lake Superior Contemporary Writers Series" and "The Jerome Fellowship", and a Member of the "Minnesota State Arts Board Prose Panel".