Think Indian Community Awareness Grants
Think Indian Community Awareness Grants of $2,500 are available to student groups and accredited higher education institutions. These grants encourage institutions who serve Native students to promote the positive message of “Think Indian,” the vibrancy of Native students, and the highlight the support provided by Native scholarship programs to their campus and community.
“Think Indian” was originally created as a public awareness campaign to promote the American Indian College Fund, and the many ways that its scholars contribute to, and change our world. Its message connected so deeply with Native students and institutions that it was revived in 2018, specifically to promote the College Fund’s scholarship, and other student programs.
The American Indian College Fund has created a grant program to highlight its “Think Indian” campaign, and scholarships program for Native students. The grants are intended to encourage institutions who serve Native students to promote the positive message of “Think Indian,” the vibrancy of Native students, and the highlight the support provided by Native scholarship programs to their campus and community. Projects must engage or include Native students.
Student groups and institutions can use grant funds for any activity or project that will promote the “Think Indian” campaign and scholarships in their community. Programs can include, but are not limited to:
- Informational, social or artistic events
- Art displays, installations or murals
- Music performances or video screenings
- Local awareness, publicity or marketing campaigns
- Online/social media campaigns
- Participation in existing campus or community events
- Themed volunteer or service events (including Native vote or census projects)
CLICK HERE to view summaries of the 2019 awarded projects.
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URGENT! Last Chance! Help Stop the Big Beautiful Bill!
The Big Beautiful Bill Is Headed to the House of Representatives for a final vote. Call your representatives and make your voice heard NOW to stop it! The bill will negatively impact Native students and higher education institutions by:
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- Changing federal student loan programs and financial aid including student loan repayment plans and ending some income-contingent plans like the SAVE plan, capping Parent PLUS loans and eliminating the Graduate PLUS loan program for new borrowers
- Altering Pell Grant eligibility and possibly reducing funding for certain students.
It will also harm rural and Native communities by:
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- Eliminating health insurance for 17 million Americans;
- Increasing the cost of health care;
- Closing hospitals in rural communities, reducing jobs and also access to health care;
- Reducing and eliminating food assistance for millions of vulnerable children, veterans, and other Americans;
- Eliminating millions of jobs;
- And exploding the national debt—all while increasing the tax bills of the nation’s average citizens.
If you haven’t joined us yet (and even if you have) now is THE time to make your voices heard for your communities. Tell your Representative NO—this Bill is harmful for Native communities, rural communities, and average Americans.
How you can help: Please contact your elected Representatives today and ask them to say “No” to the Big, Beautiful Bill.
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Hi, my name is [NAME] and I’m a constituent from [CITY, ZIP]. I’m calling to ask that [YOUR REPRESENTATIVE’S NAME] oppose passing the One Big, Beautiful Bill. This bill’s Pell Grant and student loan policies will create unnecessary barriers to achieving a higher education for low to middle-income students, especially American Indian and Alaska Natives.
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Limiting students’ access to funds for education will also lead to an economic fallout in terms of their ability to participate in the workforce and spend their earnings in the market, while also creating a shortage of skilled, qualified, and very needed workers in their communities and a dearth of other important and needed programs and services in rural and Native communities.