In a collaborative effort to showcase the five tribal colleges of North Dakota, the institutions’ presidents met at the state capitol in Bismarck. For the past several years, the North Dakota legislature has invited the state’s tribal chairmen to offer what has become known as the State of the Tribal-State Relationship Address. The testimony takes (more)

(Reprinted with permission from First Nations Development Institute’s Indian Giver newsletter) Diné College (Tsaile, AZ) on the Navajo Nation is often a catalyst for community improvement beyond the school’s doors. In September 2012, it launched a project that may become yet another catalyst. The college held the first of several planned farmers’ markets as part (more)

Following an emotional speech centered on the power of family and community, LeRoy Staples-Fairbanks III presented a check to Leech Lake Tribal College (LLTC, Cass Lake, MN) president, Dr. Don Day, as a down payment on a new endowed scholarship fund. Staples-Fairbanks was elected in June as a representative for the Leech Lake Band of (more)

After more than two years of planning, Bismarck, North Dakota’s three colleges and universities now have a formal agreement to collaborate on education and leadership activities that focus on the region’s future. The presidents of Bismarck State College (BSC), United Tribes Technical College (UTTC) and the University of Mary (U-Mary) have signed a charter creating (more)

By Heather Baxter and Martha Lee A dream in the making for many years came true in the fall of 2012 when Tohono O’odham Community College (TOCC, Sells, AZ) opened its new main campus in the Schuk Toak District on the Tohono O’odham Reservation in southern Arizona. The college can now offer students a residential (more)

The Training for Regional Energy in North Dakota (TREND) Consortium is becoming a popular reference for job-seekers registering for educational and vocational training at five of North Dakota’s state and tribal colleges. Fort Berthold Community College (FBCC, New Town, ND), Williston State College, Bismarck State College, Sitting Bull College (Fort Yates, ND), and Turtle Mountain (more)

Northwest Indian College (Bellingham, WA) has announced that it will host the eighth annual Vine Deloria Jr. Indigenous Studies Symposium in honor of the late Lakota intellectual. Scheduled for July 11-13, the symposium seeks to bring together Native and non-Native scholars and other tribal people who are interested in honoring the life and work of (more)

The Institute of American Indian Arts (IAIA, Santa Fe, NM) has announced its first graduate program, the new Low Residency Master of Fine Arts in Creative Writing. The Low Residency MFA program offers a professional degree in creative writing while allowing students to live at home. The program begins with a weeklong residency at the (more)

The Aaniiih Nakoda College (ANC, Harlem, MT) Library, with funding from the Institute of Museum and Library Services through the Fort Belknap Indian Community, is undertaking a two-year project to translate 21 popular children’s books into the Aaniiih and Nakoda languages. Once each book has been translated and prepared, readings will take place at three (more)

Navajo Technical College (NTC, Crownpoint, NM) was granted membership into the United States Collegiate Archery Association (USCAA) this past spring. The national governing body for college archery in the United States, the USCAA is responsible for organizing local, state, regional, and national competitions, as well as selecting the international university archery team. Admission into the (more)