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American Indian College Fund Earns Four-Star Rating from Charity Navigator
The American Indian College Fund is proud to announce that its strong financial health and ongoing accountability and transparency have earned it a Four-Star Rating from Charity Navigator. This rating designates the College Fund as an official “Give with Confidence” charity, indicating it is using its donations effectively based on Charity Navigator’s criteria.
Our Internal Library: The Importance of Sorting through our Experience
A blog post from Danielle Carley, LCOOU, Associate Dean of Students, a 2023-2024 Indigenous Visionaries Fellow.
Century of Citizenship
American Indian and Alaska Native communities have achieved a great deal in the past century. Here at the American Indian College Fund, we look forward to what successes the future will bring as we encourage Native students, scholars, and communities alike to use the tools of citizenship to make their voices heard and their peoples prosper.
Graduation: A Time to Celebrate Your Achievements and Culture
In 2019, the American Indian College Fund teamed with the Native American Rights Fund to gather content Native American students need to work with school administrations in advance of graduation to ensure they can celebrate their graduations in a traditional way. We have updated this blog for 2024 but many of the principles are still the same.
Why Vote?
Jasmine Neosh (Menominee), University of Michigan law student, College of Menominee Nation alumna, and American Indian College Fund student ambassador says, “I vote so that the people who make the change that our communities need have the best possible partners in that fight. While real change often comes through the work of organizers and boots on the ground, the people that we elect can either be our allies or our opposition. Either way, having some say in that choice seems like our responsibility as future ancestors.”
Red Lake Nation College Celebrates Grand Opening of Minneapolis Site, Pioneering Tribal College Presence in U.S. Cities
Congratulations to Red Lake Nation College as they announce the opening of the first tribal college or university in a major U.S. city. Learn why offering Indigenous culture-based higher education in metropolitan spaces is important.
American Indian College Fund Develops Transfer Data Guidebook for TCUs
The American Indian College Fund (College Fund) has published a “Transfer Data Guidebook for Tribal Colleges and Universities.” The guidebook is the culmination of three years of research conducted under a $625,000 grant from the Educational Credit Management Corporation, which examined the transfer landscape of the seven Montana tribal colleges and universities (TCUs) to improve student achievement by creating a cohesive transfer system.
