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Sinte Gleska University and Oglala Lakota College GED Programs Complete Site Visits
The GED programs at Sinte Gleska University (SGU) and Oglala Lakota College (OLC) have much in common. Both programs date back to the early 1970s, operate multiple classroom locations, and serve vast Indian reservations in South Dakota. And both GED programs are also recipients of the American Indian College Fund’s Dollar General GED grant.
Relationships: Children Discovering STEM with the World Around Them
Children are natural scientists and learn through exploring and creating props for play within their environment. Salish Kootenai College (SKC) Early Learning Center extends its learning community from inside walls to the outdoors, allowing children to discover the changes occurring in each season and to be immersed in nature.
With Few Role Models, Native Americans Struggle To Access Higher Education
American Indian College Fund President Cheryl Crazy Bull is interviewed for this California Public Radio story in which reporter Adolfo Guzman-Lopez reports that of the 280,000 students enrolled at University of California campuses, only about 1,100 of them are Native Americans — only about 100 more than 20 years ago.
College Fund Scholar Joins Supporter Diet Coke to Promote Conversation About Labels
Labels are tricky. They can mean different things to different people – and there’s no one-size-fits-all perspective. Some fight for and embrace labels as a means of connectivity, self-expression and, even, protection. Others reject the divisive labels that are imposed on them by others.
RX FOR HEALING IN INDIAN COUNTRY: CULTURAL COMPETENCY
Participants learned about the importance of culturally competent representation in health care, preparing for their careers, and improving health care in the communities they plan to serve.
GED Program: Successful. Empowering. Needed.
These are the words that Kateri Montileaux uses to describe the Community Continuing Education/GED (General Educational Development) program she coordinates at Oglala Lakota College (OLC).
Tribe’s First Master’s Degree Recipient, Historian, and War Chief Dies at Age 102
Joseph Medicine Crow, the last living war chief of the Crow Tribe of Montana who was a renowned Native American historian and anthropologist, has died at age 102. He was the last living person to have heard direct testimony from people present before the Battle of the Little Bighorn in 1876.
Spring Is Here and So Are We: NWIC Preschoolers Learn to Explore!
Do you hear those sounds? They are the sounds of birds, bugs, and children playing! It is spring, and we are fully experiencing the new season at Northwest Indian College’s Early Learning Center.
Free Webinar June 3 on College Fund’s College-Going Student Guidebook
Education professionals working with Native American high school students can attend a free webinar on Monday, June 3 at 2 p.m. EDT, introducing Native Pathways: A College-Going Guidebook, a new, culturally relevant
Free Webinar June 3 on College Fund’s College-Going Guidebook for Native Students
Education professionals working with Native American high school students can attend a free webinar on Monday, June 3 at 2 p.m. EDT, introducing Native Pathways: A College-Going Guidebook, a new, culturally relevant
