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Solving the Funding Riddle

When Leola Tsinnajinnie decided to pursue a major in educational thought and sociocultural studies at the…

Native Americans

Tribal Colleges Beckon Members

Flexing sovereignty and economic clout spurred in some cases by Indian gambling, tribal colleges are growing around the country. Nationally, there were no tribal colleges before 1968. Today, there are more than three dozen in the U.S. and one in Canada. Oklahoma, which didn’t have a tribal college until 2002, now has four seeking accreditation and financing.

Faculty & Staff

The Rebirth of D-Q University

The Phoenix is a traditional symbol of rebirth, but for D-Q University, a bolt cutter may be a more appropriate image. After more than 30 years as California’s only two-year tribal college…

Native Americans

United Tribes Technical College Left Out of Indian Affairs Budget Request for Fifth Straight Year

For the fifth consecutive fiscal year, the Bush administration has zeroed out funding for the United Tribes Technical College. In the previous four years, Congress restored funding for the Bismarck…

Institutional Revival

Nobody would have seen this coming back in 2003, when the Higher Learning Commission (HLC) placed Cankdeska Cikana Community College on probation…

Native Americans

Tribal Leaders Reject Donation of Abramoff Money

The Montana-Wyoming Tribal Leaders Council has rejected a $111,000 donation from the campaign of Montana Sen. Conrad Burns…

Tribal Colleges

Judge Dismisses Michigan Suit Brought

A judge dismissed a suit brought by Michigan’s largest teacher’s union seeking to close the 32 charter schools…

California’s Only Tribal College Still Struggling After 35 Years

Thirty-five years after a group of American Indians and Mexican Americans scaled a barbed-wire…

Leadership & Policy

California’s Only Tribal College Still Struggling After 35 Years

Thirty-five years after a group of American Indians and Mexican Americans scaled a…

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Congressional Conference Committee Approves Funding for Tribal College

A House-Senate conference committee has approved a Department of the Interior appropriations bill that would include

Tribal Colleges Want State Lottery Scholarships

Four tribal college presidents want their students to be eligible for the state lottery scholarship…

Setting The Record Straight

Dr. Jon Quistgaard is unhappy with the way the national media has portrayed the Red Lake Indian Reservation in northern Minnesota Story:

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