This original study at United Tribes Technical College shows how neuromarketing testing can improve our understanding of vaccine hesitancy in tribal communities and help in creating a culturally sensitive vaccine campaign.
Enrollment and completion data reveal that tribal college teacher education programs are producing graduates who are deeply rooted in their communities and well equipped to serve future generations.
NHSC’s groundbreaking Seed Sovereignty Project is working to rematriate and safeguard traditional Mandan, Hidatsa, and Arikara heirloom seeds for future generations.
Traditional Dakota stories about Spirit Lake, Devil’s Tooth, and Heart Hill showcase how certain places are embodied with wakan.
Internship programs that support Native students can provide short-term, practical experience for future jobs that align with their career goals. This new study illuminates student views on one such program.
A new, in-depth study investigates and compares Native students’ sense of belonging at predominantly white institutions of higher learning and tribal colleges and universities.
Today, most language revitalization programs focus on children. Sitting Bull College’s Lakota Language Capacity Building Initiative, however, takes a novel approach, targeting adult learners.
Oral traditions, winter counts, and the pictographic record offer insights into Lakota and Dakota history and sacred sites. This original study highlights and preserves place-based, ancient stories of emergence.
Faculty evaluation is a critical component at all institutions of higher education, as it improves pedagogy, curriculum, and ultimately student success. This original study investigates faculty’s experience with the evaluation process.
The U.S. Department of Education’s reporting on higher education data missed the mark when it came to Native students and tribal colleges. To address these limitations, AIHEC developed its own reporting system.
Tribal college students can and should play an important role in shared governance. However, findings from this original qualitative study found that there are myriad challenges that must be overcome first.
Indigenous researchers and faculty at the Ohio State University interviewed tribal leaders to uncover their perspectives on the Morrill Act and its long-term effects on Native peoples.
Decolonizing research means collaborating with Native peoples, not merely studying them. Faculty at one tribal college explain how this is their guiding principle, advancing knowledge and benefiting the community.
This quantitative study investigates the intersection of teachers’ cultural awareness and educational outcomes on the Standing Rock reservation. Findings underscore the importance of teacher training in Native communities.
Respect, relationship, representation, relevance, responsibility, and reciprocity are the cornerstone principles in a new conceptual framework that offers a powerful guideline for those conducting research in Native communities.
Rooted in core Indigenous values, the Native American Leadership Model offers direction for servant leaders working for the prosperity of their communities and future generations.
Students from United Tribes Technical College and North Dakota State University seek to address historical imbalances by incorporating Indigenous values into mainstream educational paradigms—and storytelling is at the heart of their partnership.
The American Indian College Fund investigated how tribal colleges provide Native students with the education, skills, and support they need to succeed. Findings also clarified they face much steeper challenges than other students, a datapoint that the pandemic has only exacerbated.
Fostering community and building a home away from home is central at TCUs. This original study demonstrates it’s also critical for the success of Native students at mainstream universities.
American Indian communities are impacted disproportionately by compounding chronic health conditions. The development of this new course explores such health inequities and seeks ways to mitigate them.
Scholars from Diné College’s policy institute illuminate how the COVID-19 pandemic has dramatically altered and impacted community, ceremony, and traditional medicine in Navajo society.
The application of appropriate forms of Native science, culturally responsive education, and creative strategizing enhances the participation of Native American students in STEM courses.
One of the “Original Six” tribal colleges, D-Q University was an experiment in intertribal higher education and California’s first TCU.
Navajo Technical University strives to build community capacity, improve food sovereignty, and promote local horticulture. This original case study examines the efficacy of those efforts.
In this original study, researchers from SIPI discuss how they made STEM education accessible and effective through NASA robotics education programs.
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