Guide to Tribal Colleges and Universities

37 Tribal Colleges and Universities across the U.S.

Guide to Tribal Colleges and Universities

Utqiagvik, Alaska 99723, United States

Created By: Dr. Elizabeth Rule - The Guide To Indigenous Lands Project

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There are 37 Tribal Colleges and Universities, also known as 'TCUs,' across the United States. Since Dine College was first established on the Navajo Nation reservation in 1969, the movement for Native students to gain accredited educational experiences designed specifically for tribal populations has continued to gain traction. Today, there are 37 Tribal Colleges and Universities spread across 13 states.

The purpose of this Guide to Tribal Colleges and Universities is to trace the history of the TCU movement and to provide contemporary insights into each unique institution. The Guide will serve as a educational tool for Native students interested in pursuing higher education at a TCU, as well as a resource for Native families, tribal communities, and educators. The Guide will be of similar interest to historians of Native education history.


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Quick Facts Address: 100 Stevenson Street, Barrow, AK 99723 Website: https://www.ilisagvik.edu/ Founded: 1995 Students: 1,902 (2019) About Iḷisaġvik is Alaska's first and only federally recognized tribal college. The college was creat... Read more
Quick Facts Address: 2522 Kwina Road, Bellingham, WA 98226 Website: https://www.nwic.edu/ Founded: 1973 Students: 2,320 (2016) About Founded in 1973, Northwest Indian College is one of the largest tribal colleges in the US, enrolling more ... Read more
Quick Facts Address: 58138 US Highway 93, Pablo, MT 59855 Website: https://www.skc.edu/ Founded: 1977 Students: 801 About Salish Kootenai College is located in the Flathead Indian Reservation in western Montana. In fact, it proudly has the... Read more
Quick Facts Address: 504 SE Boundary St, Browning, MT 5941733 Website: https://bfcc.edu/ Founded: 1974 Students: 2,240 About Blackfeet Community College was founded in October 1974 by Executive Action of the Blackfeet Tribal Business Counc... Read more
Quick Facts Address: RR1, Box 1082, Box Elder, MT 59521 Website: https://www.stonechild.edu/ Founded: 1984 Students: 338 (2017) About The Chippewa Cree Business Committee chartered Stone Child College on May 17, 1984 with the goal of prov... Read more
Quick Facts Address: 269 Blackfeet Avenue-Agency, Harlem, MT 59526 Website: https://www.ancollege.edu/ Founded: 1984 Students: 122 (2017) About Aaniiih Nakoda College was established by the Fort Belknap Indian Community Council on Novemb... Read more
Quick Facts Address: 1 Forest Lane, Crow Agency, MT 59022 Website: https://www.lbhc.edu/ Founded: 1980 Students: 248 (2017) About Little Big Horn College offers educational programs designed to meet the economic and social needs of the Cr... Read more
Quick Facts Address: One College Drive, Lame Deer, MT 59043 Website: https://www.cdkc.edu/ Founded: 1975 Students: 185 (2017) About   Chief Dull Knife College was established in September, 1975. Originally named Dull Knife Memorial Coll... Read more
Quick Facts Address: 605 Indian Ave, Poplar, MT 59255 Website: https://www.fpcc.edu/ Founded: 1978 Students: 339 (2017) About Located on the Fort Peck Indian Reservation in northeast Montana, Fort Peck Community College serves the Fort P... Read more
Quick Facts Address: 220 8th Ave. E. New Town, ND 59763 Website: https://nhsc.edu/ Founded: 1973 Students: 228 (2017) About Located on the Three Affiliated Tribes of the Fort Berthold Reservation in New Town, North Dakota, Nueta Hidatsa S... Read more
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 St... Read more
Quick Facts Address: 214 1st Avenue, Fort Totten, ND 58335 Website: https://www.littlehoop.edu/ Founded: 1974 Students: 240 (2017) About Cankdeska Cikana Community College is a public, accredited institution located on the Spirit Lake D... Read more
Quick Facts Address: 3315 University Drive, Bismarck, ND 58504 Website: https://www.uttc.edu/ Founded: 1969 Students: 462 (2017) About United Tribes Technical College is a 230-acre campus on the traditional territory of the Mandan, Hidatsa... Read more
Quick Facts Address: 9299 Hwy 24, Fort Yates, ND 58538 Website: https://www.sittingbull.edu/ Founded: 1973 Students: 307 (2017) About On September 21, 1973, the Standing Rock Sioux Tribal Council granted Sitting Bull College a charter to ... Read more
Quick Facts Address: 3 Mile Creek Road, Kyle, SD 57752 Website: https://www.olc.edu/ Founded: 1971 Students: 1,246 (2017) About The Oglala Sioux Tribal Council chartered the Lakota Higher Education Center on March 4, 1971. The purpose was,... Read more
Quick Facts Address: 101 Antelope Lake Circle, Mission, SD 57555 Website: https://www.sintegleska.edu/ Founded: 1971 Students: 1,246 (2017) About Sinte Gleska University, located on the Rosebud Sioux Reservation and chartered by the Sicang... Read more
Quick Facts Address: BIA Rd 700, Agency Village, Sisseton, SD 57262 Website: https://www.swc.tc/ Founded: 1979 Students: 197 (2017) About The Sisseton Wahpeton Sioux Tribe founded the Sisseton Wahpeton College in 1979. This tribal college... Read more
Quick Facts Address: 2250 College Rd, Mahnomen, MN 56557 Website: https://www.wetcc.edu/ Founded: 1997 Students: 121 (2020) About White Earth Tribal and Community College provides education rooted in Anishinaabe culture to the White Eart... Read more
Quick Facts Address: 23750 MN-1, Red Lake, MN 56671 Website: https://www.rlnc.education/ Founded: 1987 Students: 107 (2020) About Founded more than thirty years ago, Red Lake Nation College advances an educational mission grounded in Oji... Read more
Quick Facts Address: 6945 Little Wolf Road, Cass Lake, MN 56633 Website: https://lltc.edu/ Founded: 1990 Students: 181 (2017) About In July 1990, the Leech Lake Band of Ojibwe passed a Tribal Resolution to establish Leech Lake Tribal Co... Read more
Quick Facts Address: 2101 14th Street, Cloquet, MN 55720 Website: https://www.fdltcc.edu/ Founded: 1987 Students: 767 (2017) About In 1987, Fond du Lac Tribal and Community College opened as a joint product of the Minnesota Legislature a... Read more
Quick Facts Address: 13466 West Trepania Road, Hayward, WI 54843 Website: https://www.lco.edu/ Founded: 1982 Students: 233 (2017) About Lac Courte Oreilles Ojibwa College supports the Lac Courte Oreilles Band of Lake Superior Chippewa an... Read more
Quick Facts Address: 111 Bear Town Road, Baraga, MI 49908 Website: https://www.kbocc.edu/ Founded: 1975 Students: 98 (2017) About Keweenaw Bay Ojibwa Community College is located on the L'Anse Indian Reservation, in the Upper Penninsula o... Read more
Quick Facts Address: N 172 WI-55, Keshena, WI 54135 Website: https://www.menominee.edu/ Founded: 1993 Students: 661 About College of Menominee Nation was chartered by the Menominee People 1993. CMN is committed to sustainability, and addr... Read more
Quick Facts Address: 12214 West Lakeshore Drive, Brimley, MI 49715 Website: https://www.bmcc.edu/ Founded: 1984 Students: 448 (Fall 2017) About Bay Mills Community College serves approximately 500 students each semester through its headqu... Read more
Quick Facts Address: 2274 Enterprise Drive, Mount Pleasant, MI 48858 Website: https://www.sagchip.edu/ Founded: 1998 Students: 154 (2017) About In 1998, the Saginaw Chippewa Indian Tribe of Michigan Tribal Council granted Saginaw Chippe... Read more
Quick Facts Address: 1111 U.S. 75, Macy, NE 68039 Website: https://www.thenicc.edu/ Founded: 1973 Students: 181 (2017) About Founded in 1973, the Nebraska Indian Community College originated as an effort to provide higher education resou... Read more
Quick Facts Address: 155 Indian Avenue, Lawrence, KS 66046 Website: https://www.haskell.edu/ Founded: 1884 Students: 1,000 About The oldest of all tribal colleges, Haskell Indian Nations Universities started as a residential Indian boardi... Read more
Quick Facts Address: 2170 Raven Cir, Okmulgee, OK 74447 Website: https://www.cmn.edu Founded: 2004 Students: 197 (Spring 2018) About Founded in 2004, the Muscogee (Creek) Nation established the College of the Muscogee Nation to provide ed... Read more
Quick Facts Address: 83 Avan Nu Po Road, Santa Fe, NM 87508 Website: https://www.iaia.edu/ Founded: 1962 Students: 665 (Fall 2017) About   The Institute of American Indian Arts seeks to "fulfill the physical, social, emotional, intellec... Read more
Quick Facts Address: 9169 Coors NW, Albuquerque, NM 87184 Website: https://www.navajotech.edu/ Founded: 1971 Students: 377 (2017) About Southwestern Indian Polytechnical Institute was championed by the All Indian Pueblo Council in the 19... Read more
Quick Facts Address: Lowerpoint Rd State Hwy 371, Crownpoint, NM 87313 Website: https://www.navajotech.edu/ Founded: 1979 Students: 1,739 (2017) About Located on the Navajo Nation Reservation, Navajo Technical University emerged in 1979 a... Read more
Quick Facts Address: One Circle Dr. Route 12, Tsaile, AZ 86556 Website: https://www.dinecollege.edu/ Founded: 1968 Students: 1,465 (2017) About​ Diné College was the first tribal college, and a leader and innovator in the tribal colle... Read more
Quick Facts Address: P.O. Box 344, San Carlos, AZ 85550 Website: http://www.apachecollege.org/ Founded: 2014 Students: --- About San Carlos Apache College was created as the vision of the San Carlos Apache Tribal Council in 2014, with doo... Read more
Quick Facts Address: Highway 86, Sells, AZ 85634 Website: https://tocc.edu/ Founded: 1998 Students: 394 (2017) About Tohono O’odham Community College was chartered by the  Tohono O’odham Nation’s Legislative Council in 1998. In it... Read more
Quick Facts Address: 601 East College Drive, Winnebago, NE 68071 Website: https://www.littlepriest.edu/ Founded: 1996 Students: 141 (2017) About The Winnebago Tribe of Nebraska established Little Priest Tribal College on the Winnebago Res... Read more
Quick Facts Address: 2300 E. Gibson Rd., Suite 869, Woodland, CA 95776 Website: www.californiatribalcollege.com Founded: 2015 Students: --- About California Tribal College emphasizes the unique educational and professional needs of tribal... Read more
This Guide to Tribal Colleges and Universities was created by the AT&T Center for Indigenous Politics and Policy at George Washington University. Although not a tribal college or university, the Center administers the Native American P... Read more

 

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