Indigenous Literacy Story Series
The Indigenous Literacy Story Series seeks to shift perceptions of literacy and education in tribal nation communities, provide evidence of literacy success and innovation in tribal nation communities, establish the College Fund as a resource and leader in literacy resources, and encourage innovation and collaboration within TCUs, across TCUs, and between Native inservice teachers.
This story series features guest writers from the College Fund, TCUs, and Native educators in the field.
Indigenous Literacy is:
A means of expressing and sustaining connection, culture, and sovereignty.
The ability to communicate (tell stories, speak, write, create, teach, or demonstrate) and comprehend (listen, read, sense, interpret, view, learn, or practice).
A starting point for Native people to co-create their environment in ways that are grounded in – and sustaining of – Indigenous cultures, languages, and ways of knowing.
Relational and intergenerational, supporting kinship with each other, ancestors, and the land.
Essential to thriving Indigenous communities.
Featured Stories
The Voices of Indigenous Visionaries: Highlights of the 2019-2020 Grant Year
The Indigenous Visionaries program has worked with three Tribal Colleges and Universities for three years (2017 – 2020), supporting the development of Native women leaders in the three programming areas of Early Childhood Education, Environmental Stewardship, and...
CHARTER ANNOUNCES INAUGURAL CLASS OF 20 SPECTRUM SCHOLARS
CHARTER ANNOUNCES INAUGURAL CLASS OF 20 SPECTRUM SCHOLARS Stamford, CT – September 28, 2020 – Charter Communications, Inc. today announced the 20 college juniors who will make up its inaugural class of Spectrum Scholars, the company’s new, two-year educational and...
GED/HSE Program: Electronic TABE Informational Training Webinar
The American Indian College Fund’s Dollar General American Indian and Alaska Native Literacy and Adult Education Program helps students in pursuit of a GED or high school equivalency by supporting the TCU staff and programming that gets them there. There are always...
Invest or Divest: Indigenous Discussion of Police Funding
Edgar Villanueva & Anthony Tamez discuss the duality of thoughts of investing or divesting from police funding from an indigenous perspective.
In Memory of Dr. David M Gipp
The leadership and staff of the American Indian College Fund were saddened to hear of the passing of Dr. David Gipp Wicahpi Isnala, Lone Star, a citizen of the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe and the former President and Chancellor of United Tribes Technical College (UTTC), a tribal college, in Bismarck, North Dakota.
Standing in Solidarity
| 2020 E-NEWSLETTER | VOLUME 20, ISSUE 3 |Circle of HopeSTANDING IN SOLIDARITY I am a Native mother, grandmother, and great-grandmother. The men, women, girls, and boys in my family are Indigenous. I have spent my entire life living with the possibility of...
THE DENVER POST NAMES THE AMERICAN INDIAN COLLEGE FUND A WINNER OF THE COLORADO TOP WORKPLACES 2020 AWARD
THE DENVER POST NAMES THE AMERICAN INDIAN COLLEGE FUND A WINNER OF THE COLORADO TOP WORKPLACES 2020 AWARD Denver, Colo., September 9, 2020 — The American Indian College Fund was awarded a Top Workplaces 2020 honor by The Denver Post for the second year in a row. The...
Fighting Oppression through Direct Action & Living a Life of Joy
Jillene Joseph & Matt Remle speak about ways to fight oppression through direct action and living a life of joy.
The VF Foundation Grants $25,000 to American Indian College Fund for Five Business Scholarships
The VF Foundation Grants $25,000 to American Indian College Fund for Five Business Scholarships August 27, 2020 Denver, Colo.— The VF Foundation, the private grantmaking organization funded by VF Corporation (NYSE: VFC), one of the world's largest apparel, footwear,...
President Cheryl Crazy Bull to Appear on The Woolfer TV
Cheryl Crazy Bull, President and CEO of the American Indian College Fund, will be interviewed live on Woolfer TV on Tuesday, August 25, from 3-3:30 p.m. Mountain Daylight Time.
