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Faculty & Staff

SPECTRUM:A POINEER FOR AMERICAN INDIAN EDUCATION

In 1978, Joe McDonald of the Confederated Salish Kootenai tribes dreamed of a decent building for the newly created Salish Kootenai College. At the time, classes were being held in an abandoned building on the Flathead Reservation in Montana.

July 8, 2009

Native Americans

Course Watch: Tribal College Offers Gaelic, Russian Classes

Haskell Indian Nations University (Kan.) became the first tribal college to offer its students foreign language courses this academic year, according to the university.

July 8, 2009

Tribal Colleges

Universities Part of Effort to Revitalize Native Languages

The Arapaho word cenééteeyóó- vii means both blue and green.

July 7, 2009

Students

Native Identity And Community On Campus

For the past 25 years American Indians have struggled to find a place at the table of higher education.

June 10, 2009

Latinx

In Tough Economy, MSIs Win Funding Increases

Several minority-serving institutions receive much-needed earmarks.

April 1, 2009

Leadership & Policy

March Madness for Tribal Colleges

Sunday presented a sweet feeling of accomplishment for Andrae Domebo and Dani Augare.

March 26, 2009

Students

Tribal Colleges’ Top Priority for Obama: ‘Full and Forward Funding’

As enrollment at tribal colleges spikes, American Indians are hoping the Obama administration will make good on campaign promises to increase funding.

January 11, 2009

Native Americans

USD offers computer science at tribal colleges

PIERRE, S.D. (AP) – The University of South Dakota will offer its master’s degree in computer science at three tribal colleges next year. The state Board of Regents approved the delivery of the master’s degree online to Sinte Gleska University, Oglala Lakota College and Sisseton Wahpeton College. USD recently received a grant from the National […]

December 22, 2008

Tribal Colleges

The Obama Effect

My immediate reaction to U.S. Sen. Barack Obama’s election as the 44th president of the United States was to promptly follow his admonition — turn off the television and read with my daughter.

November 26, 2008

Native Americans

New Horsemanship Program at North Dakota Tribal College

Sitting Bull College in North Dakota has started a certified horsemanship program to teach students equine management.

November 26, 2008

Students

A Steward of American Indian Education

David Gipp has been involved in the tribal college movement from the beginning and continues to play a vital role.

November 26, 2008

Students

Adapting to the Era of Information

While some tribal colleges are working to give students access to the Internet, a digital divide persists.

November 26, 2008