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Three years Bay Mills Community College (BMCC) decided to start offering courses online. Now, the tribal college on the far shore of the Michigan Upper Peninsula has students in Alaska,
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Department of Commerce Donates Computers
The U.S. Department of Commerce recently awarded computer workstations to 24 tribal colleges nationwide as part of the department’s Minority Serving Institutions (MSI) program serving historically black,
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Maori Visit Tribal Colleges to Trade Ideas
Following up on a historic meeting in Hilo, Hawaii, in 1999, several Maori education leaders from New Zealand traveled to the United States last fall.
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Tribal Colleges Initiate Space Programs
Three members of the American Indian Higher Education Consortium (AIHEC) will be building space programs thanks to a new minority partnership program initiated by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA).
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OLC to Improve Reservation Library Service
The Oglala Lakota College (OLC) Learning Resource Center (LRC) received a one-year grant of $150,000 from the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) in Washington,
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UTTC Takes Lead in Tourism Development
United Tribes Technical College (UTTC) in Bismarck, N.D., has received funding from the U.S. Labor Department to develop a two-year tribal tourism curriculum emphasizing tribal art,
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SWCC Dean Selected for Fellowship
The National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) selected Sisseton Wahpeton Community College Academic Dean Harvey DuMarce last summer for a six week fellowship on the founding of the Jamestown settlement,
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RSI Grants to Improve Math, Science
The National Science Foundation (NSF) has made 13 new awards totaling some $13 million to improve science, mathematics, and technology education in K-12 schools on tribal reservations in Montana,
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Leech Lake Develops Institution
Leech Lake Tribal College in Minnesota received its first Title III grant from the U.S. Department of Education last October. The tribal college will use the five-year,
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BIA Puts $10 Million Into New SIPI Building
The Bureau of Indian Affairs has earmarked $10 million in this year’s federal budget to construct a new Advanced Technical Education Applications Building (ATE) at the Southwestern Indian Polytechnic Institute (SIPI),
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SKC Hosts International Distance Ed Meeting
Salish Kootenai College on the Flathead Indian Reservation in western Montana hosted the first International Indigenous Peoples Distance Education Conference last November. Indigenous People came from as far away as Australia and Canada to participate.
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Prosperity Games to Bridge Digital Divide
For American Indians, the “digital divide” is a canyon. Indians have poverty rates three times higher than the national average, and half of all Indian reservation homes do not even have a telephone.
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Four Groups Form Historic Partnership
Four national American Indian organizations took an historic step last October to join forces for the sake of Indian children. At the National Indian Education Association (NIEA) meeting in Sioux Falls,
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AIHEC Student Congress Develops Leadership
Community development and change were two key themes during the 2000 Leading All People Summer Institutes held in Pablo, Mont., and Santa Fe, NM. At the institute,
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Diné College Stacks Logs for Culture Center at Tuba City
On November 29, Diné College conducted a “log-raising” ceremony at the Tuba City, Ariz., campus. The Diné College Board of Regents, representatives of the Navajo Nation,
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Bison Return to Cankdeska Cikana College
Thanks to the Small Farmer Outreach Training and Technical Assistance Project, bison are making their resurgence on the Spirit Lake Nation Indian Reservation in North Dakota.
