My name is Ariel Dolfin. I am a tribal college student at Navajo Technical University. Last year I was one of the eight American Indian College Fund Scholars who received scholarships to attend the country’s largest convening of women in tech, the Grace Hopper Celebration.
The American Indian College Fund honored 35 tribal college and university students with a Student of the Year scholarship. Students were chosen for the award by their tribal colleges for their academic achievements and contributions to their communities. Each scholar will receive a $1,200 scholarship to attend their respective institutions at a reception in Billings, Montana. The program is sponsored by the Adolph Coors Foundation.
The American Indian College Fund named Robert Bible, President of the College of Muscogee Nation in Okmulgee, Oklahoma, as its 2018-19 Tribal College and University Honoree of the Year. Bible was selected for his outstanding contributions to American Indian higher education. He received a $1,200 honorarium at a reception in Billings, Montana.
The American Indian College Fund and the Coca-Cola Foundation together honored 36 first-generation Native American scholarship recipients s at a reception in Billings, Montana.
The Coca-Cola Foundation has awarded nearly $5 million to the College Fund since 1990, helping more than 375 first-generation Native American students to attend college.
We find the actions of the parents in the “Varsity Blues” scandal not only unfair to every hard-working student in our country seeking a quality education, but especially to Native students who come from communities where poverty and unemployment rates are double that of the general population. As a result of these challenges, only 14% of Native people 25 and older have a college degree–less than half the rate of other groups.
Living on an Indian reservation the size of a state and shuttling between three tribal college campuses and six satellite offices can be a monumental undertaking—especially when access to transportation is limited.
You may have tasted Native squash, but have you ever enjoyed staghorn sumac or the tart/sweet delicious taste of chokecherries prepared by a professional chef at your favorite restaurant?
Oglala Lakota College has launched its Dollar General American Indian and Alaska Native Literacy and Adult Education Program. The following individuals will be serving OLC students under the program.
Making a college campus welcoming for Native students starts with acknowledging the Indigenous people on whose traditional land the institution exists. Cheryl Crazy Bull (Sicangu Lakota), President and CEO of the College Fund, and Dr. Amanda Tachine (Navajo), Research and Evaluation Associate with the College Fund, share this recommendation and others on the radio program Native America Calling.
Invisibility is, in essence, the modern form of racism used against Native Americans. Check out our report on how higher education institutions can create equitable and healthy learning environments for American Indian and Alaska Native students.
