Turtle Mountain Community College

Quick Facts

10145 BIA Rd 7, Belcourt, ND 58316
Website: https://www.tm.edu/
Founded: 1972
Students: 567 (2017)

About

Chartered in 1972, Turtle Mountain Community College was one of the first, original six tribal colleges in the United States. The commuter college has multiple campus locations in the Turtle Mountains of north central North Dakota. The main campus, established in May 1999, overlooks Belcourt Lake on a 123-acre plot, and second campus is two miles away in Belcourt.

When it first opened, Turtle Mountain Community College enrolled less than sixty students annually. Today, the institution serves more than 600 full-time enrolles. TMCC serves the Turtle Mountain Chippewa community by offering courses and degrees relevant to Native American self-determination, self-governance, and economic development. It does so by alligning its mission and work with the Seven Teachings of the Anishanbe People: 1) To cherish knowledge is to know wisdom, 2) To know love is to know peace, 3) To honor Creation is to have respect, 4) Bravery is to face the foe with integrity, 5) Honesty in facing a situation is to be honorabe, 6) Humility is to know yourself as a sacred part of the Creation, 7) Truth is to know all of these things.

TMCC students can ear bachelor’s degrees (Early Childhood Education, Elementary Education, Secondary Science), associate degrees (Accounting Technician, Anishinaabe Language, Building Construction Technology, Business Administration, Clinical Medical Lab Technician, Computer Support Specialist, General Education, Heating, Ventilation, and Air Conditioning, Medical Administrative Assistant, Natural Resource Management, Ogimaawi Leadership, Power Plant Technology, Pre-Engineering, Pre-Wildlife Management, Process Plant Technology, Residential Electrical Technology), and certificate programs (Accounting Technician, Building Construction Technology, Casino Management, Commercial Vehicle Operations, Computer Support Specialist, Concrete Technology, Entrepreneurship, Heating, Ventilation, and Air Conditioning, Heavy Equipment Operator, Machine Technology, Medical Exercise Specialist, Oilfield Operations, Patient Access Specialist, Personal Training, Phlebotomy Technician, Plumbing Technology, Prevention & Care of Athletic Injuries, Process Plant Technology, Residential Electrical Technician, Sports Nutrition, Welding Technology, Welding Technology-Pipe).