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Fond du Lac Tribal and Community College hosted one of the first showings of a new film “Jim Northrup: With Reservations.” The film is a portrait of author Jim Northrup,
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North Dakota Association of Tribal Colleges
The tribal colleges in North Dakota have named Phil Baird (Rosebud Sioux) as the executive director of their organization, the North Dakota Association of Tribal Colleges.
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Northwest Reaches Out with Nutrition
Northwest Indian College has initiated a community-based, culturally relevant nutrition outreach program to provide nutrition education to Native Americans in the western region, including Washington,
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Crownpoint Bridges Gulf
“The relationship of course work with the real world typically eludes many freshmen. At a vocational school, the perceived gulf between theory and practice can be even wider,”
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D-QU Producing Science Curriculum
D-Q University in Davis, Calif., has developed a series of science units to be used locally and by the other 28 tribal colleges in the United States.
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American Indian College Fund Receives Gifts
A trustee of the American Indian College Fund, Richard Black, has donated a set of CD-ROMs containing the entire works of Edward Curtis and a CD-ROM workstation to each of the tribal colleges.
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Cheyenne River Training Operators
The Cheyenne River Community College is affiliating with the South Dakota School of Mines and Technology to train tribal water and wastewater operators in the Missouri River Basin.
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Stone Child Building Center
Stone Child College has broken ground for a community cultural center, which will be named “Sitting Old Woman Center” to honor the Indian name of the late Peggy Nagel.
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NCC Building Science Labs
Navajo Community College has joined with the Department of Energy and the Navajo Nation to provide better access to higher education and professional careers for Native American students.
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LCO Links with Museum
Lac Courte Oreilles Ojibwa Community College has forged a new link with the Cable Natural History Museum near Hayward, Wisconsin. The partnership allows adult basic education students to participate in hands-on environmental science activities.
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NIEA Honors David M. Gipp
The National Indian Education Association selected David M. Gipp (Standing Rock Sioux) as 1995 Educator of the Year at its annual conference in Tucson in November.
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Haskell Foundation Creates Endowed Chair
Haskell Foundation has established the Archie and Mollie Hawkins Endowment for the Distinguished Chair in American Indian Studies at Haskell Indian Nations University in Lawrence,
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Novelist Inspires Spokane Students
Novelist Sandra Scofield spent three days at Spokane Tribal College in Washington last fall as part of “American Voices,” a unique community outreach project designed to promote reading and writing as a means of preserving American Indian culture.
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Bay Mills College Accredited
The North Central Association of Colleges and Schools granted initial accreditation to Bay Mills Community College in August 1995. The college had been granted candidacy in 1992.
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Models for Excellence
The National Science Foundation has awarded a five-year $12.35 million grant to Oglala Lakota College (OLC) as a Model Institution for Excellence. Oglala Lakota College will work in partnership with Sinte Gleska University (SGU) and the three other tribal colleges in South Dakota–Cheyenne River,
