We Celebrate Native Women from All Tribal Nations Today!

Mar 8, 2022 | Blog, Featured Post, Inside the College Fund

womensday-blog-featured-image

Happy International Women’s Day! Did you know there are 574 federally recognized Indian tribes in the contiguous 48 states and Alaska in the United States? Did you know that each Native Nation is a sovereign nation, with its own language, culture, teachings, spiritual practices, tribal government, court system, and more?

The American Indian College Fund works with Native women from these tribal nations to ensure their access to a higher education. They have gone on to work as tribal leaders, nurses, doctors, computer programmers, actors, artists, lawyers, teachers, chemists, astronauts, ranchers, farmers, singers, writers, social workers, spiritual leaders, botanists, construction workers, truck drivers, and political leaders, just to name a few. Native women also serve in important roles outside of their careers in their communities as grandmothers, mothers, aunties, sisters, and daughters.

We celebrate the strong Native women in our communities from the Native nations in the United States and Indigenous cultures from around the globe.

Recent Blog Posts

Empowering Students, Building Nations: Reflections from the 2025 CSSI Convening/CNSS Conference

Empowering Students, Building Nations: Reflections from the 2025 CSSI Convening/CNSS Conference

This year’s convening was a powerful reminder of what’s possible when partners align with purpose. The American Indian Higher Education Consortium (AIHEC) and the American Indian College Fund (the College Fund) have long worked in close collaboration to uplift tribal colleges and universities (TCUs), and this joint convening stood as a shining example of that ongoing partnership in action.

Our Work Is Not Finished

Our Work Is Not Finished

Thank you to all those who called and emailed your elected officials on behalf of Native students and Native higher education prior to the passing of the Bill Beautiful Bill. Know that we will continue to champion our tribal students and institutions and ask you to stay the course with us.