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The first in a series of Cultural Learning Centers broke ground this fall at Sinte Gleska University in South Dakota. By the end of next summer,
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Cheyenne River Developing Bison Courses
Fifty people attended last summer’s Tatanka Institute, which is part of Cheyenne River Community College’s animal and range science programs. The participants—double the number who attended last year’s institute—were able to view their subject matter,
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Smoke Signals Film Benefits College Fund
With frequent doses of Native humor, characters in the film “Smoke Signals” overcome challenges of modern Indian reservation life with wit, sadness, and spirituality never seen before on the Hollywood screen.
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Dr. Jasjit Minhas Leaves Legacy at LCOOCO
Dr. Jasjit Minhas retires this year after 12 years as president of Lac Courte Oreilles Ojibwa Community College (LCOOCC) in Hayward, Wis. Under his leadership the college grew from a single donated building to its current size of 60,000 square feet.
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Crownpoint Encouraging New Entrepreneurs
Crownpoint Institute of Technology (CIT) began two new certificate programs this fall, Early Childhood Education and Small Business Management and Entrepreneurship. Both programs address widespread unemployment on the Navajo Nation as well as provide alternatives to diminishing welfare assistance.
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Haskell Hosts Entrepreneurship Conference
The Haskell Indian Nations University Business Department and Center for Tribal Entrepreneurial Studies held a national conference for tribes focused upon “Entrepreneurship: Strategies for Tribal Economic Self-Sufficiency”
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Sinte Gleska Initiates Alumni Association
Sinte Gleska University (SGU) in Rosebud, S.D., has initiated a post-secondary student recruitment program on the Rosebud Reservation. In addition, this project provides support resources to establish a SGU Alumni Association,
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Cankdeska Cikana Searches for Talent
The U.S. Department of Education has funded the Cankdeska Cikana Community College (Fort Totten, N.D.) Talent Search Program $203,000 for another four years. The news came on top of other good news–the North Central Association had accredited the college again,
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IAIA Presents Five Visionary Awards
The Institute of American Indian Arts Foundation hosted a gala evening of art and awards last July at the La Fonda Hotel in Santa Fe.
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DC-Shiprock College Opens Despite Fire
Despite the devastating fire that destroyed the two-story area of the Diné College Shiprock Campus on August 12, college classes and programs began as scheduled August 31.
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Sisseton Recruiting More Nursing Students
Sisseton Wahpeton Community College’s (SWCC) Nursing Program has been awarded a $54,950 grant through the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Indian Health Service Recruitment Program.
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Executive Order to Benefit Indian Students
President William J. Clinton issued an executive order in August that aims to improve the academic performance and reduce dropout rates for American Indian and Alaska Native students at all levels of education.
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Red Crow Uses Impartial Assessment Tool
Red Crow Community College recently celebrated its 10th anniversary as an adult and post- secondary institution serving the Kainai community on the Blood Reserve in Alberta,
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Menominee College Meets NCA Standards
The College of Menominee Nation (CMN) received initial accreditation from the North Central Association (NCA) of Colleges and Schools Commission of Higher Education on August 7,
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SKC Hosts National Education Leaders
Three of the nation’s top educators visited the Salish Kootenai College (SKC) campus in Pablo, Mont., during July. U.S. Secretary of Education Richard Riley, National Aeronautics and Space Administration Administrator Dan Goldin,
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AIHEC’s Youngest Tribal College Accredited
Little Priest Tribal College—the Winnebago Tribe of Nebraska’s institution of higher learning located in Winnebago, Neb.—has received accreditation from the North Central Association of Colleges and Schools.
