Fond du Lac Tribal & Community College campus. Photo by college.
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Save Student Aid—America’s future depends on ensuring all students have the opportunity to go to college. Congress proposes to cut the student aid programs that keep higher education within reach for millions of students. Contact Congress now to save student aid in 2016. Take Action Form
Your Vote, Your Voice 2016 Campus Voter Registration Drive —Postsecondary institutions have been required by federal law to make a good-faith effort to distribute voter registration forms to all of their on-campus degree or certificate-seeking students, whether your state has a voter registration requirement or not. This requirement may now be met by providing access to the forms electronically at Your Vote Your Voice.
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Blackfeet Community College students during Summer Encampment at Glacier National Park. Photo by Laurel Vielle.
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College of Menominee Nation 2016 Grads. Photo by college.
Haskell Indian Nations University —The Native American Journalist Association (NAJA) recently announced the 2016 National Native Media award winners. Students from HINU were honored with 16 awards for excellence in reporting with the Haskell News and The Indian Leader. MORE
Lac Courte Oreilles Ojibwe Community College—LCO presented on the Oshki Bimaadiziiwin Jail Education Program at the 20th International Restorative Practices Conference in San José, Costa Rica. The theme of the conference was "justice, community, and education" and included participants from over 20 countries. The LCO jail program offers a restorative justice approach to teaching college courses to incarcerated populations in county jails in Northwest Wisconsin. MORE
Southwestern Indian Polytechnic Institute—Congratulations for the largest graduating class in engineering in the history of SIPI and among tribal colleges! SIPI's Engineering and Engineering Technology Program is celebrating 10 years, and according to U.S. News and World Report, New Mexico Tech, is preparing their students for the best jobs in America.
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Diné College Navajo Culture Class. Photo by Edward McCombs.
TCU Students: Take Action!
Save Student Aid—America’s future depends on ensuring all students have the opportunity to go to college. Congress proposes to cut the student aid programs that keep higher education within reach for millions of students. Contact Congress now to save student aid in 2016. Take Action Form
First Nations Native Agriculture and Food Systems Scholarship Program
First Nations Development Institute aims to encourage more Native American college students to enter the agricultural sector in Native communities. Application deadline: October 5, 2016. Information/Application
Bureau of Indian Education Scholarship and Internship Opportunities
The Bureau of Indian Education website lists resources and links for student scholarship and internship opportunities. BIE website
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In 1973, the first six American Indian tribally controlled colleges established AIHEC to provide a support network as they worked to influence federal policies on American Indian higher education. Today, AIHEC has grown to 37 TCUs in the United States.
12th Annual World Indigenous Games in Brazil.
Each tribal college was created and chartered by its own tribal government or the federal government for a specific purpose: to provide higher education opportunities to American Indians through programs that are locally and culturally based, holistic, and supportive.
Our primary function is advocacy—telling the stories of the Tribal College Movement. Over the past four decades, AIHEC has worked to help ensure that the principle of tribal sovereignty is recognized and respected and that TCUs are equitably included in this nation's higher education system.
MN TCU presidents and students meet with Rep. Betty McCollum during the AIHEC Capitol Hill visits. Photo by LLTC.
TCUs are chartered by their respective tribal governments, including the ten tribes within the largest reservations in the United States. They operate more than 75 campuses in 16 states—virtually covering Indian Country—and serve students from well more than 230 federally recognized Indian tribes.
TCU Presidents Marlin Spoonhunter (WRTC) and Richard Littlebear (CDKC).
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