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Dorothy LeBeau and nine other women earned the first graduate degrees at Sinte Gleska University (SGU, Mission, SD) 17 years ago in 1989.
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White Earth Radio Show Provides Opportunities
The seed for a unique tribal college radio program was planted when White Earth Tribal and Community College (WETCC, Mahnomen, MN) needed an advertising campaign to promote its academic programs and services.
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Research Grant Partners Include Tribes and TCUs
Oglala Lakota College (OLC, Kyle, SD) and Sinte Gleska University (SGU, Mission, SD), among several other partners, will benefit from a new $7.4 million grant awarded to The University of South Dakota (USD) School of Medicine and Health Sciences,
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Janine Pease Appointed to MT Board of Regents
Montana Governor Brian Schweitzer has appointed Dr. Janine Pease (Crow) to the Board of Regents for Montana’s University System.
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OLC Increases Endowments To Mark 35th Anniversary
Oglala Lakota College (OLC, Kyle, SD) celebrates 35 years of service in 2006. OLC, a 4-year tribal college with nine college centers on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation and a learning center in the Black Hills,
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Instructors Get High In the Bolivian Andes
While earning their doctorates, several students visited Bolivia for 10 days last year. The graduate students represented the following tribal colleges: Sisseton Wahpeton College,
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Stone Child Recoups Chippewa-Cree History
Putting the “tribal” into tribal history is the focus of current efforts at Stone Child College (SCC, Box Elder, MT). With a one-time-only appropriation from the Montana Legislature,
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Lannan Institutes Give Instructors Inspiration
The Newberry Library’s D’Arcy McNickle Center for American Indian History enrolled 16 individuals in its 2006 Lannan Summer Institutes for teachers in tribal colleges.
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Jones Gets Distinguished Person of Color Award
Dan Jones, Anishinaabe Language and American Indian Studies instructor at Fond du Lac Tribal and Community College (FDLTCC, Cloquet, MN),
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Brazilians and Africans Learn from CMN Visits
During the summer of 2006, the College of Menominee Nation’s (CMN, Keshena, WI) Sustainable Development Institute (SDI) hosted two indigenous groups,
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SKC Provides Online IT Classes at Crownpoint
Jared Ribble and Chris Yazzie, both Navajo, are information technology technicians who work at their alma mater, Crownpoint Institute of Technology (CIT,
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LPTC Students, Alumni Awarded Opportunities
Little Priest Tribal College (LPTC, Winnebago, NE) honored 15 graduates, its largest class yet, on June 3, 2006. Some transferred to the University of Nebraska Lincoln (UNL) or Wayne State College.
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Athabascan Musher Hailed by Haskell
Thirty years ago, a brash Athabascan villager came out of nowhere to win the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race. That man was Emmitt Peters,
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Keweenaw Camp Anishinaabe Focused
Many students explored traditional wisdom about healthy lifestyles at Keweenaw Bay Ojibwa Community College’s (KBOCC, Baraga, MI) Summer Science Day Camp.
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Indigenous Women of the World, Resplendent in Regalia and Rich in Culture
Left to right: Mae Britt Utsi and Ellen Haetta (Salmii of Norway), Lin Chun Feng and her daughter (Taiwanese),
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LLTC Trains Law Officers, Lauds Goodwin Sculpture
Leech Lake Tribal College (LLTC, Cass Lake, MN) is expanding its Law Enforcement Program (LEP), and a faculty member’s reputation is expanding in Minnesota art circles.
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CCCC Highlights Talent In Students and Faculty
Cankdeska Cikana Community College (CCCC, Fort Totten, ND) recently expanded its Talent Search program and recognized an outstanding faculty member.
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NWIC Offers College Prep And Indigenous Studies
Summer education opportunities abounded on the campus of Northwest Indian College (NWIC, Bellingham, WA) with a college prep program and a tutorial collaboration for high schoolers and the annual Indigenous Studies Symposium.
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Students, Administrator Explore Prairie, Plains
An administrator at United Tribes Technical College (UTTC, Bismarck, ND) is contributing to a Northern Plains leadership initiative, and elementary students at the college’s on-campus elementary school found prairie treats in a camp there.
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AT&T Program Develops 2 TCU Student Leaders
Two tribal college students were among 11 Native Americans in the inaugural AT&T Native American Political Leadership Program at George Washington University (GW) in Washington,
