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Lannan Foundation Creates $3 Million Endowment with American Indian College Fund for Native Scholarships
Only 14% of American Indian and Alaska Native students have a college degree, less than half the rate of other groups—and one barrier to getting a higher education is often cost. Lannan Foundation of Santa Fe, New Mexico is helping to make it easier for Native students to get a college degree, thanks to a $3 million endowment it created with the American Indian College Fund.
How To Indigenize Your Halloween Costume!
Halloween should be the best time EVER! You dress up, you get free candy, and sometimes explore your DARK, creepy side. But what if you want to express your culture with your costume?
Cheryl Crazy Bull Presented with Lifetime Achievement Award by Native American Finance Officers Association
Cheryl Crazy Bull (Sicangu Lakota) President and CEO of the American Indian College Fund, was awarded a Lifetime Achievement Award on Tuesday, October 8 by the Native American Finance Officers Association (NAFOA)
The Next Generation of Indigenous Knowledge-Keepers
Shelterforce Magazine, a publication for people in the development field, has published an article about the American Indian College Fund’s place-based Indigenous Visionaries program.
Little Big Horn College Works with Families and Communities in STEM Activities
Under their For the Wisdom of the Children project, Little Big Horn College held a seminar in July for pre-service and classroom teachers to develop a thematic science/math unit with a culminating Parent Night activity.
American Indian College Fund Scholar Highlights Food Insecurity Among College Students While Providing Greater Access For SNAP Recipients
The challenges facing Native American students are many and diverse. Financial inequality, culturally insensitive institutions and access to broadband Internet are just a few regularly occurring barriers to higher education
Alumni of Tribal Colleges and Universities Better Their Communities
The educational inequality that exists between the American Indian community and the rest of the nation means that many higher education institutions are failing to meet the needs of underrepresented students to help them thrive.
What is STEM without Roots?
When it comes to STEM, it may be the roots that hold us in the field, the classroom, and in our love for science, technology, engineering and mathematics.
Report: Tribal Colleges Offer Unique Approach to Native Student Success
Education has been heralded as the “great equalizer,” but today only 14% of Native Americans in the United States ages 25 and older have a bachelor’s degree or higher—less than half of that of other groups.
College Fund Hosts Indigenous Cooking Event with Premier Denver Chefs
Denver’s rich Native American history stretches back 13,000 years. Once the winter home of the Arapaho and a bustling trade center prior to the gold rush, today Denver is ranked as one of America’s best cities to live and is home to a burgeoning restaurant scene.
