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Anishinaabe Artist Shares Beautiful Black Ash Basketry Skills

May 7, 2025 | Blog, Cultural Knowledge Teachers, Our Programs

Kelly Church weaves stories into her Black Ash baskets and is teaching others how to do the same at Saginaw Chippewa Tribal College. Read her own words on why it’s important to keep this traditional art alive.

Naabaahii Ółta’í: Native Student Veterans Peer-to-Peer Program | Reflection Blog

May 7, 2025 | Blog, Native Student Veterans, Our Programs, Supporting Our Relatives

Native Student Veterans fellow, Monica Old-Elk East, reflects on the convening sponsored by the program and how attending empowered and inspired her. Learn about the event from her perspective and how it re-kindled pride in her former military service.

Academic Freedom: Ensuring Free Speech for All

May 6, 2025 | Advocacy, Blog, Get Involved, President's Blog

President Trump’s executive orders threaten academic freedom and Native student programs under the guise of ending DEI. Learn how these policies impact higher education, tribal colleges, and the future of free speech in academia.

Moving On and Up (to Higher Degrees): a Gift Raffle for Graduating Transfer Students

May 5, 2025 | Blog, Good News, Student Success

One of the many ways that the American Indian College Fund (College Fund) works to support Native students is by assisting them in the process of transferring between colleges. The scholars have already met significant milestones, either earning required credits or a degree, before making an institution switch to continue their education journey.

What is a TCU?

Apr 28, 2025 | Blog, Student Success

This episode of Rooted in Knowledge offers an introduction to tribal colleges and universities (TCUs). If you are a student, learn more about these institutions and if a TCU could be right for you. If you are new to the College Fund’s work, check out this video to learn more about these unique and remarkable higher education institutions.

What is your Medicine?

Apr 25, 2025 | Blog, Indigenous Visionaries, Our Programs

A blog by Savanah Smith, Fort Peck Community College STEM Student Retention Specialist, 2024-2025 Indigenous Visionary Fellow. This personal reflection explores the transformative power of vulnerability, community, and ancestral strength.

Freezing Grants Freezes Students Out of Opportunities: Why the Native American Career and Technical Education Program (NACTEP) Matters

Apr 25, 2025 | Advocacy, Blog, Featured Post

The Native American Career and Technical Education Program (NACTEP) has been frozen for FY 2025, halting over $21 million in potential funding for Tribal colleges and rural workforce development. Learn why this matters and how you can take action to support Native students and economic growth.

Emilio

Apr 22, 2025 | Blog, Indigenous Adult Education, Our Programs

TOCC celebrates Emilio, the highest scoring student in GED math in the history of the college’s Pre-College GED program.

A Life I Can’t Get Back

Apr 22, 2025 | Blog, Indigenous Visionaries, Our Programs

American Indian College Fund’s 2024-2025 Indigenous Visionaries: Women’s Leadership program blog, A Life I Can’t Get Back by Dorcella Three Irons-Eastman, Little Big Horn College Mathematics Instructor.

Safeguard American Voter Eligibility (SAVE) Act Could Disenfranchise Millions of Eligible Voters

Apr 11, 2025 | Advocacy, Blog, Get Involved

On Thursday, April 10, the U.S. House of Representatives passed the Safeguard American Voter Eligibility (SAVE) Act (S. 128), a voter suppression measure that, if it became law, could disenfranchise millions of eligible voters and significantly undermine U.S. democracy.

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Anishinaabe Artist Shares Beautiful Black Ash Basketry Skills

Naabaahii Ółta’í: Native Student Veterans Peer-to-Peer Program | Reflection Blog

Academic Freedom: Ensuring Free Speech for All

Moving On and Up (to Higher Degrees): a Gift Raffle for Graduating Transfer Students

What is a TCU?

What is your Medicine?

Freezing Grants Freezes Students Out of Opportunities: Why the Native American Career and Technical Education Program (NACTEP) Matters

Emilio

A Life I Can’t Get Back

Safeguard American Voter Eligibility (SAVE) Act Could Disenfranchise Millions of Eligible Voters

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