The former Cankdeska Cikana Community College president brings nearly a quarter century of experience in tribal higher education to the position.
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Tribal College Leader Featured in New Book about Overcoming Racism in Community Colleges


Cankdeska Cikana Community College president Dr. Cynthia Lindquist, whose Dakota name is Ta’Sunka Wicahipi Win (Star Horse Woman), is a contributing author in a new book titled Overcoming Educational Racism in the Community College: Creating Pathways to Success for Minority and Impoverished Student Populations.
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Cankdeska Cikana Community College to Open New Head Start Facility
Spirit Lake Nation tribal leaders met today with U.S. Senator Heidi Heitkamp (D-ND) and USDA Rural Development Under Secretary Lisa Mensah to discuss the development of a new Head Start building that will be situated at Cankdeska Cikana Community College (CCCC).
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Education Leaders Promote Tribal Colleges
TCU leaders spoke about Obama’s plan and other ways to promote tribal colleges alongside panelists at the United Tribes Technical College Tribal Leaders Summit.
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The Red Road to Green: Tribal peoples’ worldviews preceded ‘green’ trend
Green practices in the tribal college community demonstrate
the potential, challenges, and approaches unique to Native
communities.
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Indigenous Women of the World, Resplendent in Regalia and Rich in Culture

Left to right: Mae Britt Utsi and Ellen Haetta (Salmii of Norway), Lin Chun Feng and her daughter (Taiwanese),
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Lindquist Will Advise NIH Director Zerhouni
The National Institutes of Health (NIH) has appointed Cynthia Lindquist as one of seven new members of the director’s Council of Public Representatives.





