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Most people consider the wild yellow iris a beautiful flower. On the Flathead Reservation in Montana, however, it is turning into a yellow plague. Iris pseudacorus infests canals,
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Grant Offers Research Projects to Undergrads
When Northwest Indian College (NWIC, Bellingham, WA) received the National Science Foundation (NSF) Research Experience for Undergraduates grant in April 2004,
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Rewards of Research Go Beyond Students, FBCC
Fort Berthold Community College (FBCC, New Town, ND) has been conducting research projects focusing on the environment and people for the past 10 years.
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Blackfeet Students Involved in Research
The Blackfeet Reservation in northern Montana has long been infamous for the velocity of its winds. Residents joke of using logging chains instead of wind socks to indicate wind direction.
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New Building at SWC Adds Form to Function
Sisseton Wahpeton College (SWC, Sisseton, SD) has added a unique building to its campus – a 50-foot high, octagon-shaped drum surrounded by a fiberglass structure representing four Dakota singers.
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Leech Lake Studies Student Resiliency
The Leech Lake Community College Center for Career Development has launched a study to determine why some students succeed while others do not.
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BMCC Students Place 2nd In NASA Poster Contest
Earlier this year, seven sophomore and junior teacher education students from Bay Mills Community College (BMCC, Brimley, MI) entered a lesson plan contest at NASA’s Pre-service Teacher’s Conference in Alexandria,
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Title III Funds Help Build New Campuses
Several tribal colleges and universities received grants in August from the U.S. Department of Education Title III program for development and for construction.
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CDKC Research Reaches from Mali to Lame Deer
After months of preparation, an instructor and a student from Chief Dull Knife College (CDKC, Lame Deer, MT) traveled to Mali, Africa, in November 2003 to work with farmers and Peace Corps volunteers there.
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United Tribes Creates Office of Research
United Tribes Technical College (UTTC, Bismarck, ND) has centered all of its research activities into one office, the Office of Research and Development,
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LCO Official Jailed For Misuse of Federal Funds
A federal district court convicted a former official of Lac Courte Oreilles Ojibwa Community College (LCO, Hayward, WI) of three counts of mail fraud for misuse of federal funds.
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Si Tanka, 3 Programs Receive Accreditation
Si Tanka University (STU) received 5-year accreditation from the Higher Learning Commission of the North Central Association of Colleges and Schools (NCA) in June 2004.
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Navajo Pass Landmark Law Supporting Colleges
The Navajo Nation Council passed a historic education bill in July that will allot $7.2 million annually for the next 20 years to Diné College,
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Williams Says Public Relations Important
Former U.S. Congressman Pat Williams focused upon the importance of tribal colleges and universities and the importance of their organization, the American Indian Higher Education Consortium (AIHEC).
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Nighthorse Art to be Displayed at NMAI
Chief Dull Knife College has loaned this skull to be displayed at the National Museum of the American Indian as part of an exhibit of the artistic creations of U.S.
