Tribal Colleges - MT

The Fort Belknap Community Council chartered Fort Belknap College in 1984. Located on the Fort Belknap Reservation in north central Montana, the college’s mission is to provide quality post-secondary education for residents of the reservation and surrounding communities. The educational philosophy is to value the abiding relevance of the Gros Ventre and Assiniboine cultures. The college offers eight associate of arts degrees and two associate of science degrees. In the fall of 2002, the college had an enrollment of 158 students who represented seventeen tribes. The college’s radio station provides training to area students and is the only local news source serving the area. The college also directly serves community residents through its water quality program. With two abandoned gold mines adjacent to the reservation, the college is monitoring the water to ensure that waste from the mines is not polluting the drinking water.