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The Winnebago Tribe’s Whirling Thunder Wellness Program has received a national award from the Harvard Project on American Indian Economic Development. The Winnebago Tribal Health Department in Nebraska has created an exemplary program that addresses both diabetes and substance abuse.
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Ilisagvik College Given Initial Accreditation
The Northwest Commission on Colleges and Universities has officially notified Ilisagvik College in Barrow, AK, that it was granted initial accreditation at the associate level at the commission’s June 2003 meeting.
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Educators Offer First Nations U Mixed Review
Saskatchewan Indian Federated College unveiled spectacular new facilities last summer and renamed itself “First Nations University” (FNU). The decision was hailed in Indian Country Today as “North America’s first all-aboriginal university.” However,
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SIPI Researches Methods To Remove Contaminants
Southwestern Indian Polytechnic Institute (SIPI) is researching wind and other solar energy applications on its campus in Albuquerque, NM. In the greenhouse there, students are also helping with bioremediation research,
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Defense Grant Enhances Dental Assisting Degree
The Salish Kootenai College Dental Assisting Technology Program is upgrading and adding new equipment, thanks to a $150,000 grant from the Department of Defense. Prior to the grant,
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College Makes Diabetes Research Seem Relevant
Diné College’s summer research enhancement program, now in its fourth year, sends students into their home communities for six weeks of diabetes-related data collection. The students begin the summer with three weeks of intensive study at the tribal college’s campus in Tsaile,
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College Librarians Gain Skills at MSU Institute
Early in June 2003, tribal college librarians attended the annual, week-long Professional Development Institute in Bozeman, MT. They had the opportunity to make important contacts,
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Gift Will Help Complete Sisseton Voc-ed Building
Sisseton Wahpeton College (SWC) President Dr. William Harjo Lone Fight received a check for $10,000 from Dean Marske of the architectural firm Herges, Kirchgasler, Geisler &
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White Earth Exploring Natural Farming Methods
White Earth Tribal and Community College (Mahnomen, MN) is developing alternative natural farming methods. The college received a grant from the U.S. Department of Agriculture Cooperative State Research,
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Fond du Lac Now Offers 4-Year Teaching Degree
Fond du Lac Tribal and Community College (FDL, Cloquet, MN) has become the only two-year college in the state that can offer a four-year degree.
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Leadership Fellows Are Learning from Mentors
An innovative new program brought some of the nation’s most promising educational leaders to Washington, DC, for a week last summer to enhance their capability.
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Students Help Identify Mosquitoes with Virus
From a watery, brown drop of concentrated mosquito genes, Montana state scientists identified the first batch of mosquitoes known for sure to carry the sometimes-deadly West Nile virus in Montana.
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Presidents Look Back, See Challenges Ahead
Tribal college and university presidents continued their celebration of the 30th anniversary of the American Indian Higher Education Consortium (AIHEC) and looked forward to the coming years at a meeting in Blaine,
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NPS Makes Agreement With AIHEC Students
As part of an ongoing effort to expand relationships with tribes and further diversify its workforce, the National Park Service (NPS) has signed an historic memorandum of understanding with the American Indian Higher Education Consortium’s Student Congress.
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Leech Lake Benefits From Mdewakanton Sioux Gift
The Shakopee Mdewakanton Sioux Community has given a $1 million grant to the Leech Lake Band of Ojibwe, part of which the tribe has given to the Leech Lake Tribal College.
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Administration Applauds Bay Mills Charter School
U.S. Under Secretary of Education Eugene W. Hickok recently traveled to a charter school in Michigan to call national attention to the efforts of Bay Mills Community College (BMCC,
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SGU Using Earth Data to Improve Land Management
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) has launched a five-year, $5 million project to improve land management policies and practices for tribal reservations and other rural communities.
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Harvard Presents Alumni Award to Helen Klassen
The Harvard Graduate School of Education has recognized Dr. Helen Klassen’ s devotion to helping individuals from impoverished communities access opportunity through education. Harvard awarded the 2003 Alumni Council Award for Outstanding Contribution to Education at a ceremony in June in Cambridge,
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OLC to Pay New Faculty With Endowment Returns
Oglala Lakota College (OLC) has succeeded in raising the $1.5 million in donations necessary to secure $500,000 in matching funds from the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH).
