Seventeen tribal colleges have been awarded $4 million through the United States Department of Agriculture Rural Development Tribal College Grant program to buy equipment, build or renovate classrooms, make repairs and finance improvements.
In announcing the grants, Agriculture Secretary Ed Schafer said: “Education is one of the most effective economic development tools we can put into the hands of our tribal communities as they build their economic, business and social opportunities.”
The colleges, by state, are:
Arizona
Tohono O’odham Community College -$272,350
Michigan
Saginaw Chippewa Tribal College -$137,000
Bay Mills Community College -$272,350
Minnesota
Leech Lake Tribal College -$121,000
White Earth Tribal and Community College -$15,200
Montana
Little Big Horn College -$272,350
Fort Belknap College -$272,350
Stone Child College -$272,350
Salish Kootenai College -$272,350
Blackfeet Community College -$272,350
Fort Peck Community College -$272,350
Chief Dull Knife College -$261,000
North Dakota
Sitting Bull College -$272,350
South Dakota
Oglala Lakota College -$272,350
Washington
Northwest Indian College -$272,350
Wisconsin
College of Menominee Nation -$272,350
Lac Courte Oreilles Ojibwa Community College -$272,350
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