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Seeing, Honoring, and Celebrating Our Two-Spirit Relatives

Seeing, Honoring, and Celebrating Our Two-Spirit Relatives

This Pride Month, the American Indian College Fund honors Two-Spirit relatives by exploring their cultural significance, resilience, and resurgence in Native communities. Featuring voices from Sitting Bull College, the blog highlights how 2SLGBTQ+ students and faculty are creating safe spaces, reclaiming identity, and strengthening community through visibility, advocacy, and tradition.

Iḷisaġvik College (IC) Program Keeps Arctic Cultural Knowledge Alive

Iḷisaġvik College (IC) Program Keeps Arctic Cultural Knowledge Alive

Iḷisaġvik College’s Native arts program is helping Alaska Native students in the Arctic Circle preserve and revitalize Iñupiaq cultural knowledge. Through hands-on learning, cultural camps, and curriculum development, students gain skills in traditional art forms, healing practices, and land-based knowledge while ensuring these traditions are documented and passed down to future generations.

Democracy is Something That Makes Us Heard and Part of a Community

Democracy is Something That Makes Us Heard and Part of a Community

In this student perspective, a Nebraska Indian Community College scholar explores how Indigenous governance systems have long practiced democratic principles, from the Iroquois Confederacy’s Great Law of Peace to tribal council decision-making today. The blog highlights how Native traditions of community voice, consensus-building, and shared responsibility continue to shape democracy and strengthen tribal communities.

Mataya Oakland: From A Young Salish HiSET Student to a Thriving Business Owner

Mataya Oakland: From A Young Salish HiSET Student to a Thriving Business Owner

Mataya Oakland, a young Native Salish entrepreneur, rises early each morning, arriving with her coffee trailer in front of Pablo Foods by 6:30 a.m., just in time to serve the steady stream of early morning commuters on their way to work. Mataya isn’t your typical barista. At just 17 years old, she owns her own business, The Bean Machine.

SIPI Students Gain Valuable Skills as Early Childhood Education Interns

SIPI Students Gain Valuable Skills as Early Childhood Education Interns

The Southwestern Indian Polytechnic Institute (SIPI), a continued recipient of the American Indian College Fund’s Indigenous Early Childhood-funded initiatives, has had great success with student interns. Blossom Tsosie, from Kinlichee, Arizona, attends SIPI, where she is pursuing a degree in Early Childhood Education (ECE)