Leech Lake Tribal College students teamed up with the Leech Lake Band of Ojibwe in Minnesota to install a community solar garden to help residents as part of the federal Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP).
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Public Comment Opportunity for Proposed Title IX Policy Changes Making Students More Vulnerable
Schools would be able to choose what standard of evidence to apply to cases of sexual misconduct; only formal complaints filed with an authority figure would be investigated; and schools would no longer be required to investigate complaints occurring off campus or outside of their school-sponsored programs.
Native Children Living on Salish Sea Meet and Greet Sea Creatures
In early November, the Salish Sea Research Center team from Northwest Indian College visited our Early Learning Center classrooms. Our students were excited to see what they had brought because the scientists arrived with a mysterious, big, red ice chest. The children called it “a treasure chest of sea creatures!”
Creating Visibility and Supportive Campus Environments for Native American College Students
With more than 30 years of experience working in education with American Indians, President Cheryl Crazy Bull of the American Indian College Fund shares her insight into how all colleges and universities can increase access to higher education for Native students–and help students thrive once they are there.
Give A Gift With Meaning; Give With Confidence
Columnist Nicholas Kristof of The New York Times suggests giving a “gift with meaning” in his annual holiday guide—by donating to the American Indian College Fund to help a Native American get into college.
Raising Native Children in a Good Way
Fond du Lac Tribal and Community College (FDLTCC) is excited to be able to do just that by involving the community and families in our Early Childhood Education Program with early learners, helping us all to become a stronger, vibrant voice with Anishinaabe ways of knowing.
Fond du Lac Tribal and Community College Hosts Native Arts Workshops Based in Place
In the fall of 2017, Fond du Lac Tribal and Community College (FDLTCC) hosted a series of traditional Native Arts workshops that relied heavily on the surrounding environment for source materials to help produce a woven cedar mat. Using local resources and materials to create and revitalize traditional Native art forms is the essence of place-based education in the arts.
Connecting, Learning and Growing: Native Arts Convening
The American Indian College Fund (the College Fund) hosted a Native Arts convening in Seattle, Washington in September, 2018. Seven program Administrators of the Restoration and Preservation of Traditional Native Art Forms and Knowledge Grant participated in the Native Arts convening from the College of Menominee Nation, Lac Courte Oreilles Ojibwa Community College, Leech Lake Tribal College, Nueta Hidatsa Sahnish College, Sisseton Wahpeton College, Sitting Bull College and United Tribes Technical College.
College Fund/Dollar General Remove Obstacles for Students Seeking GED
The Community Continuing Education/GED department of Oglala Lakota College is located on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation of South Dakota. Oglala Lakota College is a decentralized campus with the main administrative buildings located six miles south of Kyle in South Dakota.
Celebrate Native American Heritage Month with Us!
Since the early 1990s, November has been set aside to recognize the significant contributions of first Americans to the establishment and growth of the United States.
For us at the American Indian College Fund, Native American Heritage Month is an opportunity to celebrate our students’ successes, their victories, and their contributions.
