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The Institute of American Indian Arts in New Mexico has been awarded a grant of $1.5 million from the W.K. Kellogg Foundation. The three-year grant will support IAIA Museum’s programs and activities.
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Grants Support Cheyenne Language Instructions
With the help of a Philip Morris grant, Dull Knife Memorial College in Montana was able to offer courses to enhance the teaching skills of teachers of the Cheyenne language.
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UTTC to Administer Bison Education Project
Ten tribal colleges in Nebraska, North Dakota, and South Dakota will soon be offering bison education and management support programs through a regional intercollegiate project based in Bismalck,
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OLC Awarded Kellogg Money
Oglala Lakota College will receive two W. K Kellogg Foundation grants totaling $350,000 under the foundations Native American Higher Education Initiative The first grant is an award of $100,000 for four years to strengthen the OLC Developmeilt Office.
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Teachers Develop Navigation Curriculum
Teachers and tribal elders traveled to California last summer to work on curriculum related to historic navigation as well as space travel. The National Aeronautic and Space Administration (NASA) teamed up with the All Nations Alliance for Minority Participation (ANAMP) for the pilot project.
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Fort Peck Builds History Website
A computer applications instructor at Fort Peck Community College in Montana recently teamed up with a tribal elder to create an innovative web page on tribal history.
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Fort Belknap Researches Culture Sites
Students and faculty at Fort Belknap College in Montana are working with community members to research, document, and inventory the location of important cultural and ethnobotanical sites on the reservation.
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Homepage Receives National Attention
Sisseton Wahpeton Community College (SWCC) is located on the Lake Traverse Reservation in an isolated corner of South Dakota. Its website, however, has been visited by tens of thousands of visitors from around the world,
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Blackfeet Building New Campus
Blackfeet Community College has developed a five-year master plan for building its campus in Browning, Mont. The college now consists of donated and renovated buidings that cannot accomodate the expanding student body.
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Turtle Mountain Starts Research Center
The W.K. Kellogg Foundation recently awarded Turtle Mountain Community College a grant of $553,629 to develop the Center for New Growth and Economic Development on its campus in Belcourt,
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Montana Colleges Launch Learning Lodge
The seven tribal colleges in Montana received a four year grant from the W.K. Kellogg Foundation to establish the Learning Lodge Institute. The institute is designed to strengthen tribal college curriculum in language,
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Canadians Form Own Education Consortium
The First Nations Adult and Higher Education Consortium was formed last June by eight tribal community colleges and adult education programs in Canada. (Canadians use “First Nations”
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Bay Mills Nursing Program Approved
The Michigan State Board of Nursing has granted Bay Mills Community College authority to begin a practical nursing program at its campus in Brimley, Mich.
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NWIC to Offer Bachelor’s in Teaching
In response to the shortage of Native Americans teachers, Northwest Indian College (NWIC) has created a bachelor’s degree program to prepare teachers. The degree is funded with a four-year $819,000 grant from the W.K.
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SIPI Plans Science Building
The Southwestern Indian Polytechnic Institute (SIPI) in New Mexico kicked off its plans for a $5 million science building at a rally in July.
