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Marie Smallface Marule (second from right) was elected as the first president of the First Nations Adult Higher Education Consortium at the official founding meeting in Alberta,
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First Nations Leaders Elected
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College Fund Meets Kellogg Challenge
Partly as the result of a Kellogg Scholarship Challenge Grant, the American Indian College Fund nearly doubled the amount of support provided to tribal colleges in 1997.
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Billy Opens Executive Order Office
Carrie L. Billy has been sworn in as the director for the White House Initiative on Tribal Colleges and Universities. Billy was formerly the federal relations counsel for the American Indian higher Education Consortium.
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United Tribes Says Every Child Sacred
United Tribes Technical College in Bismarck, N.D., has begun a five-year demonstration project to implement a strategic mental health plan for Native American children in the state.
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NICC Communities Capturing Their Power
Nebraska Indian Community College has embarked on a program to increase leadership and “capture power” in the communities it serves in Nebraska and South Dakota.
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West Point Introduced to Cheyenne Math
“Do you know how the Cheyenne used to count the buffalo?” asked Dr. Richard Littlebear at a conference on mathematics and cultural integration held at West Point Military Academy last fall.
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College Improves Nutrition, Cooking
Cankdeska Cikana Community College on the Fort Totten Reservation in North Dakota has developed a culturally relevant nutrition and cooking class. Inspired by the necessity to better use commodity foods,
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Student Congress Develops Initiative
Leadership and the power to change are key concepts inherent in a special project being implemented by the American Indian Higher Education Consortium (AIHEC) Student Congress.
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Salish Kootenai College Expands Campus
After a year of working on purchase details, Salish Kootenai College in Pablo, Mont., has expanded its campus with two recent acquisitions. The college bought a two-acre site with a shop and modular home to be used by the college’s heavy equipment training program,
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Sitting Bull Encourages Young Readers
Sitting Bull College (Fort Yates, N.D.) has started a reading program for first grade students on the Standing Rock Reservation. In response to the America Reads Challenge proposed by President Clinton,
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D-Q University Focuses on Environment
Environmental science instructor Maria Kelly has launched three new programs on the D-Q University (Davis, Calif.) campus. She taught the first on-line course as a pilot project for the university.
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LCO Develops Extension Program
Lac Courte Oreilles (LCO) Ojibwa Community College (Hayward, Wis.) is developing an extension program in collaboration with the University of Wisconsin-Extension Office. Under a grant from the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA),
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Oglala Lakota College Building New Facilities
For years, Oglala Lakota College (OLC) students have studied in rundown government surplus buildings or in basement classrooms rented from churches. Now, money from a private foundation is helping put them in new buildings wired for distance learning,
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Bay Mills Strengthens Partnership
Bay Mills Community College in Brimley, Mich. has been awarded two significant grants. The first, three-year grant of $530,000 from the W.K. Kellogg Foundation will be used for curriculum development in collaboration with Northern Michigan University;
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Teacher Program Gets Kellogg Support
The Diné Teacher Education Program was recently awarded a four year grant $855,700 from the W.K. Kellogg Foundation of Battle Creek, Mich. The money will help support the new teacher preparation program partnership between Diné College and Arizona State University.
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AIHEC to Strengthen Core Functions
The American Indian Higher Education Consortium (AIHEC) Central Office has received a major grant from the W.K. Kellogg Foundation under Phase II of Kellogg’s Native American Higher Education Initiative.
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UCLA, Sinte Developing Theater Program
UCLA’s American Indian Studies Center recently received a $500,195 grant from the W.K. Kellogg Foundation to establish Native American theater program in tribal colleges. The three-year grant,
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North Dakota Colleges Sharing Courses
The North Dakota Association of Tribal Colleges received a Part III grant from the W.K. Kellogg Foundation to pursue distance learning. The association is made up of six tribal colleges that are either wholly or in part in North Dakota.
