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The event is to mark the start of the future of the college and usher in the next 25 years for the benefit of local tribal and surrounding communities.
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American Indian College Fund Receives $2.4 Million from The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation
The American Indian College Fund will create pathways to college for Native American youth to improve access to college, thanks to a $2.4 million grant from The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation. The three-year, three-pronged program, called The Native Pathways to College Project, will begin June 1st of this year.
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American Indian College Fund Recieves Grant to Revitalize Lakota Language
The American Indian College Fund has received a $25,000 grant from the Grotto Foundation to work to preserve the Lakota language and culture through an early childhood education project at a tribal college.
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1st Tribal Lending Commits $60K in Scholarships to the American Indian College Fund
1st Tribal Lending, the nation’s leading Section 184 mortgage lender, announced it has committed to funding at least $60,000 in scholarships in 2015 with the American Indian College Fund. The amount will be enough to support scholarships for 16 American Indian students for the 2015-2016 school year.
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Oglala Lakota College Hopes to Expand Greenhouse with STEM Grant
Plans to build a greenhouse and expand sustainable initiatives from a hoop house on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation may be easier now with South Dakota School of Mines & Technology’s recent science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) education grants.
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Leech Lake Tribal College Founder Honored with Library Dedication
Winds of change started blowing 25 years ago when Larry P. Aitken proposed the Leech Lake Band of Ojibwe open a tribal college in Cass Lake. Those winds continued to blow across the land Friday as guest speakers hailed the college founder during a naming ceremony for the new Leech Lake Tribal College library.
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Sisseton Wahpeton College and Oglala Lakota College Partner with Medical School
The University of South Dakota Sanford School of Medicine will use a $14.4 million grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to lead a biomedical research effort that will also fund projects at Sisseton Wahpeton College and Oglala Lakota College.
