The isolated Ft. Belknap Reservation of northern Montana will soon be served by a public radio station now under construction at Fort Belknap College.
Radio station KGBA is scheduled to go on the air this coming September,
The isolated Ft. Belknap Reservation of northern Montana will soon be served by a public radio station now under construction at Fort Belknap College.
Radio station KGBA is scheduled to go on the air this coming September,
It is well known that tourism supports economies. When people visit, money is spent and businesses are supported.
But at Little Big Horn Community College,
Tribal colleges will soon be linked together with satellite technology, thanks to a grant from the National Telecommunications and Information Administration.
The $447,615 grant will allow the colleges to purchase equipment needed to receive programming sent through satellites and construct classrooms where telecourses can be viewed.
Children as young as ten will benefit from a grant awarded to Fond du Lac Community College for a new computer science and engineering curriculum.
After three years of work, the nation’s network of tribal colleges are now officially land grant colleges. In late October, the tribal college land-grant initiative went through its final legislative stages and was signed into law by President Clinton on October 20.