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No one is starving on the Rosebud Reservation in South Dakota, despite high poverty and unemployment rates. But if those rates are going to change,
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Keweenaw Bay College Moves into Post Office
The Keweenaw Bay Ojibwa Indian Community has purchased the old U.S. Post Office in Baraga, Mich., for $50,000 to be used by the tribal college.
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OLC Offers Master’s for Native Principals
The state of South Dakota has approved Oglala Lakota College’s master’s degree program for Native American school principals. This is the first master’s degree program in the nation that offers a Native culturally based curriculum in educational administration,
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White Earth College Creates Foundation
The White Earth Tribal and Community College (WETCC) has formed a non-profit organization to raise funds for the college and its students just two years after the college was chartered.
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LCO Focuses on Work Force Development
Lac Courte Oreilles Ojibwa Community College (LCO) is working with area schools in northern Wisconsin to help develop tomorrow’s workforce. “Many students lack awareness of opportunities,” said LCO Academic Dean Dan Gretz,
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FDL Presents Peacock with Achievement Award
Fond du Lac Tribal & Community College presented Dr. Thomas Peacock a Lifetime Achievement Award at graduation ceremonies May 19. Peacock is a former board member for the tribal college and a tribal member.
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Dull Knife Cuts Ties with Foundation
Dull Knife Memorial College has ended its relationship with its foundation. Dull Knife President Dr. Richard Littlebear announced in March that the board of directors has rescinded authority of the Dull Knife Memorial Foundation and its successor,
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D-Q Graduate Teaches Silversmithing
From the biology lab came the sounds of students hammering, pounding, and sawing as they worked on projects for their silversmithing class. Instructor Victor Gabriel,
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Cultural Centers Rise in Plains, Woodlands
As log cultural learning centers rise at tribal college locations across the country, hopes are also rising that tribal colleges will for the first time have actual campuses.
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Father, Daughter Graduate from Fort Belknap
James “Scott” Snow, IV, was skeptical at first about going to Fort Belknap College with his daughter, Alissa J. Snow. Alissa had her doubts, too.
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AIHEC Honors Tribal College Founders
The American Indian Higher Education Consortium (AIHEC) took time out from a busy meeting with the W.K. Kellogg Foundation in Albuquerque last spring to honor some of the tribal colleges’ founders.
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NWIC Creates Environmental Research Center
On behalf of all the tribal colleges, Northwest Indian College (NWIC) has signed a historic agreement with the U.S. Department of Commerce to create the National Indian Center for Marine and Environmental Research and Education.
