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At its annual convention in November, the National Indian Education Association named Dr. Karen Gayton Swisher as Indian Educator of the Year. NIEA gives its highest award annually to recognize commitment to excellence in learning and outstanding service to Indian education.
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Fort Belknap Addresses Water Quality
Residents of the Fort Belknap Reservation can now look forward to a healthier level of water quality monitoring, thanks to a grant received by Fort Belknap College (Harlem,
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Sitting Bull Starts Construction
Last July Sitting Bull College launched a non-profit construction company. While some colleges help graduates find jobs, SBC is actually employing students. It was intended to provide an incentive for students to stay in school.
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D-Q Welcomes Rev. Jesse Jackson
Civil rights leader Rev. Jesse Jackson brought his “Save the Dream” campaign to D-Q University (Davis, Calif.) last October. Jackson’s visit was part of a 10-day swing through California to speak out against Proposition 209,
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AIHEC, College Fund Create Database
The American Indian Higher Education Consortium (AIHEC) and the American Indian College Fund have launched a joint project to create a national database on tribal colleges.
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Bay Mills Creating Virtual College
Bay Mills Community College (BMCC) has created a virtual college design based upon an Asynchronous Learning Environment (ALE) model first suggested by the Sloan Center for Asynchronous Learning at the University of Illinois at Champaign-Urbana.
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Cankdeska Helps Welfare Recipients
Cankdeska Cikana Community College (Fort Totten, N.D.) is creating a program to help welfare recipients in Spirit Lake Nation communities. Using an equity grant from the U.S.
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Nebraska Colleges Team Up with UNO
The NASA Nebraska Space Grant and Experimental Program to Stimulate Research (EPSCoR) has initiated the Nebraska Native American Outreach Program (NNAOP). The NNAOP focuses on the use of aeronautics to improve the math,
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NWIC Initiates Environmental Degree
Northwest Indian College (Bellingham, Wash.) will be offering an associate degree in tribal environmental and natural resource management next fall. Funded through an Advanced Technology Education (ATE) grant from the National Science Foundation,
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Fond du Lac Launches Collaborations
Fond du Lac Tribal and Community College (Cloquet, Minn.) has announced two far-reaching collaborative efforts with other colleges. One collaboration is with Hibbing Community College (Hibbing,
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Sisseton Wahpeton to Administer Welfare
The Sisseton Wahpeton Sioux Tribe has enlisted the help of its tribal college in its response to the new federal welfare reform mandates. The tribe is one of a very few tribes in the country that has chosen to administer the program on its reservation in northern South Dakota on its own terms rather than allowing the state of South Dakota to administer the program to tribal members.
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Menominee Initiates 2 New Programs
Building on a century and a half of Menominee expertise in forest management, the College of the Menominee Nation (Keshena, Wis.) is continuing to develop its Sustainable Development Institute.
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New Fund to Honor Lionel Bordeaux
Sinte Gleska University (Rosebud, S.D.) has created a special fund to honor Lionel Bordeaux, who has served as president for 25 years. The Wakinyan Wanbli (Eagle Thunder) Fund will be used to develop and operate a buffalo education program at Sinte.
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SIPI’s First Satellite Uplink Conference a Success
Southwest Indian Polytechnic Institute (Albuquerque, NM) staged the college’s first satellite uplink video conference on Careers in Science and Technology last September. Facilitated by SIPI Distance Learning Technician Gary Garrison,
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TEACH Project Benefits Tribal Colleges
In a momentous show of support for education in Wisconsin, Governor Tommy G. Thompson signed into law the state’s 1997-99 biennial budget. For the first time,
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Kellogg Grant to Build Family Model
A group of tribal colleges in Montana received a grant last summer from the W.K. Kellogg Foundation to develop a family-centered educational strategy. The project assumes that tribal college student success depends upon family success.
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SKC Honors Gerald Slater with New Center
Students at Salish Kootenai College (Pablo, Mont.) now have a central meeting and eating place, the QaTsa Ka.kin (“Three Wolves”) Student Center. The center is named for SKC Vice President Gerald “Three Wolves”
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Crownpoint Trains Welfare Recipients
The New Mexico Human Services Department has awarded a $680,000, one-year grant to Crownpoint Institute of Technology (CIT) to provide employment and training services to 800 residents of the Navajo Nation.
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Fort Berthold Producing Radio Program
Fort Berthold Community College (New Town, N.D.) staff and students are producing an hour-long radio program to promote activities at the college, offer updates on college events and classes,
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LBHC Focuses Upon Building Dreams
Little Big Horn College (LBHC) in Montana has been awarded two major grants to encourage children to build career dreams and to encourage community service.
