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A Tribal College Education

TCU Spotlight: Sitting Bull College

Sitting Bull College (SBC), located on the Standing Rock Reservation in North Dakota, is committed to improving the education, training, and economic and social development of its students and behavior consistent with Lakota/Dakota culture and language.

College courses were first offered on the Standing Rock Reservation in 1968. The school began the accreditation process in 1975 and was fully accredited in 1984.

Between 2000 and 2012, SBC raised more than $23 million to build a new $40 million campus. It moved its entire base of operations there in 2011. The new campus includes a Cultural Center, Science and Technology Center, Family Support Center, Public Transit Center, Entrepreneurial Center, Student Support Center/Library, Finance Center, Trades Center, and Student Housing Complex. The campus is powered by two wind turbines that the school owns and operates and uses for training in its wind energy technology certification program. The school also operates two satellite campuses in South Dakota.

SBC offers seven bachelor’s degree programs in business, education, environmental science, and general studies; 17 associate’s degree programs in building trades, business fields, energy technician programs, education, environmental science, general studies, nursing, information technology, legal studies, Native American studies, natural resources management, and pre-engineering; and certificate programs in building trades, business fields; farm/ranch management; horsemanship; information technology; Native community development; and wind turbine technology.

What Is A Tribal College?

Tribal colleges and universities (TCUs) are accredited higher education institutions located on or near Indian reservations.

These institutions were established and are operated by American Indian tribes to educate Native people and preserve Native ways, giving students the opportunity to work towards a college degree while embracing who they are as Native people.

Diné College was the first TCU, founded in 1968 by the Navajo nation. Today there are 35 accredited TCUs across the United States.

TCU Facts

• Thirty-fouraccreditedTCUsservemorethan30,000Native students;

• TCUsmustmeetthesameacademicstandardsasother colleges and universities;

• Nativecultureandlanguageareinfusedthroughoutcurriculum;

• Non-NativesdochoosetoattendTCUs;

• MostTCUsreceivenoIndiancasinoorstatetaxrevenue for support;

• TCUsofferprogramssuchasNASA’sscience,technology, engineering, and mathematics program, which includes prestigious internship and mentoring opportunities;

• TCUsarecompetitive.LeechLakeTribalCollegewasranked by Washington Monthly as the seventh of “America’s 50 Best Community Colleges” in 2010. It was one of two TCUs to earn this recognition.

• TCUscontributetotheeconomiesoftheircommunities.TheCollegeofMenomineeNationadded $37 million to the regional economy, created 404 jobs, and generated more than $833,000 in tax revenues in 2011 alone.

Tribal Colleges Are Affordable Options

Tribal colleges provide Native students with access to an affordable college education, along with important services such as GED coursework, day care, health centers, libraries, computer centers, language preservation classes, community activities, and lifelong learning programs.

Even if you think college is a distant dream, you will be surprised to learn that you CAN afford college. Thanks to financial aid packages available through your tribal college and scholarships from the American Indian College Fund, there is no need to abandon your dream of earning a degree!

The American Indian College Fund accepts scholarship online from January 1 through May 31 every year at www.collegefund.org. Apply today!

Tribal Colleges and Universities in the United States

For more information, go to www.collegefund.org/tribal_colleges_listing. There you can click on each TCU’s listing by location on the map or search for it in the drop-down menu. The site includes information about the schools and their programs, along with links to their web sites. There you can find admissions and contact information.

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Alaska1 Ilisagvik College

Arizona2 Diné College3 Tohono O’odham Community

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4 Haskell Indian Nations University

Michigan5 Bay Mills Community College

6 Keweenaw Bay Ojibwa Community College

7 Saginaw Chippewa Tribal College

Minnesota8 Fond du Lac Tribal and

Community College9 Leech Lake Tribal College

10 White Earth Tribal and Community College

Montana11 Blackfeet Community College

12 Chief Dull Knife College13 Aaniiih Nakoda College14 Fort Peck Community College15 Little Big Horn College16 Salish Kootenai College17 Stone Child College Nebraska18 Little Priest Tribal College19 Nebraska Indian Community

College New Mexico20 Navajo Technical College

21 Institute of American Indian Arts22 Southwestern Indian

Polytechnic Institute North Dakota23 Cankdeska Cikana Community

College24 Fort Berthold Community

College25 Sitting Bull College26 Turtle Mountain Community

College27 United Tribes Technical College

Oklahoma28 College of the Muscogee

Nation South Dakota29 Oglala Lakota College30 Sinte Gleska University31 Sisseton Wahpeton College Virginia32 American Indian Higher

Education Consortium Washington33 Northwest Indian College

Wisconsin34 College of Menominee Nation35 Lac Courte Oreilles Ojibwa

Community CollegeAIHEC Associate Members Minnesota36 Red Lake Tribal College Oklahoma37 Comanche Nation College Wyoming38 Wind River Tribal College

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