The doctoral dissertation fellowship supports TCU faculty in the final stage of their doctoral program with a one-year award to complete their dissertation and requirements for graduation. The College Fund established these fellowships to increase and retain the number of faculty with doctoral degrees at 35 accredited tribal colleges and universities (TCUs).
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Strategic Plan
Strategic Plan 2022-2026Jump to InitiativeStudent SuccessTCU Capacity-BuildingSustainabilityPublic AwarenessCommunity and Cultural EngagementVision We provide scholarships, programming to improve American Indian and Alaska Native student access to higher education,...
SIPI Engages a Virtual Dialogue to Improve Early Childhood Teacher Education Programming
SIPI Engages a Virtual Dialogue to Improve Indigenous Early Childhood Teacher Education Programming
The Southwestern Indian Polytechnic Institute utilized its Ihduwiyayapi grant to consult community and Indigenous thought leaders to improve the Indigenous Early Childhood Education program curriculum and develop a virtual dialogue series of 4 guest lectures featuring Indigenous scholars and teachers.
American Indian College Fund Faculty Fellowships Develop Teaching and Research Expertise at Tribal Colleges and Universities
The American Indian College Fund’s faculty fellowship programs are creating greater education expertise in Indian Country, while building the academic and intellectual capacity of the 35 tribal colleges and universities it supports. In 2021-22 the College Fund awarded more than $366,150 to 22 faculty members.
College Fund Statement on Student Loan Forgiveness
The College Fund is pleased that President Biden has announced that individuals making under $125,000 a year may cancel $20,000 of their student loan debt. Affordable access to higher education for Indigenous students was lacking up until the 1960s and creating those pathways to higher education was the intention of the founders of the tribal college movement.
American Indian College Fund’s Ihduwiyayapi Advancing Indigenous Early Childhood Education (IECE) Builds Community of Practice for Indigenous Educators
American Indian College Fund’s Ihduwiyayapi Advancing Indigenous Early Childhood Education (IECE) Builds Community of Practice for Indigenous Educators
Two-Spirit and LGBTQ+
The American Indian College Fund is honored to host a space for Two-Spirit and LGBTQ+ relatives, including a Virtual Knowledge-Sharing Series which is scheduled to launch in October 2022. The sessions will be focused on diversity in Indian Country and at TCUs with a focus on Two-Spirit and LGBTQ+ relatives.
Two-Spirit and LGBTQ+ Guided Discussion with Heather Keeler
Alfred Walking Bull (he/they), Hoyekiyapi (Calls for Them), the host of the session, is an enrolled citizen of the Rosebud Sioux Tribe in South Dakota. Based in Minneapolis, the ancestral homelands of the Dakota and Anishinaabe people, Walking Bull has a 20-year...
American Indian College Fund Releases Strategic Plan for 2022-2026
July 6, 2022, Denver, Colo.— The American Indian College Fund, a national non-profit organization with a mission of investing in Native students and tribal college education to transform lives and communities, created its strategic plan for 2022-2027. The strategic...
Tribal Colleges and Universities – Exploration Guide
This culturally-relevant exploration guide was developed to help students explore the dynamic higher education opportunities offered at the 35 accredited tribal colleges and universities. The guide intends to paint a brief picture of each institution through its history, top programs, and extracurriculars, encouraging students to discover the tribal college advantage.
