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“Many Nations” The Latest American Indian College Fund Student-Designed Pendleton Blanket, Now Available For Purchase

Pendleton Woolen Mills, the acclaimed lifestyle brand of Portland, Oregon, together with the Denver-based American Indian College Fund, has announced that the winning Tribal College Blanket Design for 2022, Many Nations, is now available for purchase in Pendleton’s American Indian College Fund collection. Diné College Student, Dustin Lopez, Creates Winning Design.

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“Many Nations” The Latest American Indian College Fund Student-Designed Pendleton Blanket, Now Available For Purchase

“Many Nations” The Latest American Indian College Fund Student-Designed Pendleton Blanket, Now Available For Purchase

“Many Nations” The Latest American Indian College Fund Student-Designed Pendleton Blanket, Now Available For Purchase Diné College Student, Dustin Lopez, Creates Winning Design Denver, Colo., March 23, 2023 — Pendleton Woolen Mills, the acclaimed lifestyle brand of Portland, Oregon, together with the Denver-based American Indian College Fund, has announced that the winning Tribal College Blanket Design for 2022, Many Nations, is now available for purchase in Pendleton’s American Indian College...

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Building the College of Menominee Nation’s Capacity through Culture, Community, Connections, and Collaboration

Building the College of Menominee Nation’s Capacity through Culture, Community, Connections, and Collaboration

by Kelli Chelberg, Assistant Professor and Project Director for the Ihduwiyayapi Project In the spring of 2022, the American Indian College Fund awarded the College of Menominee Nation (CMN) the Ihduwiyayapi: Advancing Indigenous Early Childhood Education Grant for its teacher education program, which is a community-centered and multi-faceted approach to early childhood education that builds on CMN’s current capacity to teach and train early childhood educators to graduate with the skills to...

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International Women’s Day Should Be Every Day: #Embrace Equity

International Women’s Day Should Be Every Day: #Embrace Equity

By Cheryl Crazy Bull, President and CEO, American Indian College Fund International Women’s Day (March 8) is a day when people around the globe are asked to imagine a world that is diverse, equitable, and inclusive; where difference is valued and celebrated; and where we come together to forge women's equality by working to #EmbraceEquity. As an Indigenous woman and the leader of a national non-profit providing Native people with access to a higher education, I know firsthand how Native women...

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American Indian College Fund Honors 35 Tribal College Students of the Year and Dr. Michael Oltrogge, President, Nebraska Indian Community College, as Tribal College and University Honoree of the Year  

American Indian College Fund Honors 35 Tribal College Students of the Year and Dr. Michael Oltrogge, President, Nebraska Indian Community College, as Tribal College and University Honoree of the Year Awards sponsored by The Adolph Coors Foundation Denver, Colo.—March 7, 2023—The American Indian College Fund honored 35 tribal college and university students with 2022-23 Student of the Year awards and scholarships, and Dr. Michael Oltrogge, President of Nebraska Indian Community College, with...

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Great Reads from Native Women Authors to Celebrate Read Across America Day and Women’s History Month

Great Reads from Native Women Authors to Celebrate Read Across America Day and Women’s History Month

It’s the first day of March! What better way to celebrate the beginning of Women’s History Month and Read Across America Day than to read a book by an Indigenous woman? You can help raise Native women’s voices and support Native writers by choosing a great book from this list; shopping for your great reads at a Native woman-owned bookstore, such as Birchbark Books (owned by Louise Erdrich) or Na Mae Hawai’I Bookstore (owned by Maile Meyer); and discussing your chosen read with friends or...

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Diné College Announces Grants to all Students to Cover Tuition, Meals, Residential and Books

Diné College Announces Grants to all Students to Cover Tuition, Meals, Residential and Books

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE July 28, 2022 TSAILE, Ariz. — In an effort to assist students to earn their degree, continue towards their degree or to enter college for the first time, Diné College will offer grants to all students to fully cover tuition, meals and residential halls as well as books. Starting this fall, Diné College will provide 100% grants to make college more accessible and increase student success. “We live in extraordinary times and we need to take extraordinary steps to help our...

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