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In 1973, the first six American Indian tribally controlled colleges established the American Indian Higher Education Consortium (AIHEC) to provide a support network as they worked to influence federal policies on American Indian higher education. Today, AIHEC has grown to 37 Tribal Colleges and Universities in the United States.
Bacone College, Muskogee (Native American-Serving Nontribal Institution) Carl Albert State College, Poteau (Native American-Serving Nontribal Institution) Cheyenne and Arapaho Tribal College, Weatherford (defunct) College of the Muscogee Nation, Okmulgee; Comanche Nation College, Lawton (defunct)
Native American studies (also known as American Indian, Indigenous American, Aboriginal, Native, or First Nations studies) is an interdisciplinary academic field that examines the history, culture, politics, issues, spirituality, sociology and contemporary experience of Native peoples in North America, [1] or, taking a hemispheric approach, the Americas. [2]
The University of Minnesota will soon offer a doctorate degree in American Indian Studies, following up on one recommendation in a landmark report that called on U leaders to take steps to repair ...
Tribal colleges and universities (2 C, 16 P) Pages in category "Indigenous universities and colleges in North America" The following 22 pages are in this category, out of 22 total.
The organization offers technical assistance to its member colleges and develops institutions, and leads efforts to promote the Tribal College Movement. In 1989, AIHEC established the American Indian College Fund (AICF) to raise scholarship funds for American Indian students at qualified tribal colleges and universities.
The college is member of the American Indian Higher Education Consortium, which is a community of tribally and federally chartered institutions working to strengthen tribal nations and make a lasting difference in the lives of American Indians and Alaska Natives. ANC was created in response to the higher education needs of American Indians.
View of Haskell campus looking Northwest. Haskell Indian Nations University is a public tribal [2] land-grant university in Lawrence, Kansas, United States.Founded in 1884 as a residential boarding school for Native American children, [3] the school has developed into a university operated by the U.S. Bureau of Indian Affairs [4] that offers both associate and baccalaureate degrees. [5]