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Building Knowledge
Tribal college students in the STEM fields are not only grounding their scientific research within their homelands - they're breaking ground by pushing boundaries, solving problems, and exploring questions that benefit the nation at large.
Tribal Colleges and Universities
Aaniiih Nakoda College (formeriy Fort BelknapCollege), MT
Bay Mills Community College, MI
Blackfeet Community College, MT
CankdeskaCikana Community College, ND
Chief Dull Knife College, MT
College of Menominee Nation, WI
College of the Muscogee Nation, OK
Comanche Nation College, OK
Dine College, AZ
Fond du Lac Tribal and Community College, MN
Fort Berthold Community College, ND
Fort PeckCommunity College, MT
Haskell Indian Nations University, KS
Ilisagvik College, AK
Institute of American Indian Arts, NM
Keweenaw Bay Ojibwa Community College, MI
Lac Courte Oreilles Ojibwa Community College, WI
Leech Lake Tribal College, MN
Little Big Horn College, MT
Little Priest Tribal College, NE
Navajo Technical College, NM
Nebraska Indian Community College, NE
Northwest Indian College, WA
OgIaIa Lakota College, SD
Red Lake Nation College, MN
Saginaw Chippewa Tribal College, MI
Salish Kootenai College, MT
Sinte Gleska University, SD
Sisseton Wahpeton College, SD
Sitting Bull College, ND
Southwestern Indian Polytechnic Institute, NM
Stone Child College, MT
Tohono O'odham Community College, AZ
Turtle Mountain Co mm unity College, ND
United Tribes Technical College, ND
White Earth Tribal and Community College, MN
Wind RiverTribal College, WY
In 1950, Congress created the National Science Foundation (NSF) to promote the progress of science; advance national health, prosperity, and welfare; and secure national defense. At its core, NSF builds knowledge. By supporting the research of thousands of scientists, the agency has changed how Americans think about everything from supernovas to embryonic stem cells.
With an annual budget that in fiscal year (FY) 201 0 reached $6.9 billion, NSF awards 10,000 grants each year and funds about 20 percent of the federally supported research at America's colleges and universities - including, to a modest extent, at tribal colleges and universities (TCUs).
Although the numbers of American Indian students pursuing degrees in the Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) fields at mainstream universities have been low, at TCUs, STEM student bodies are growing.
"At some tribal colleges, STEM majors represent a quarter of all students enrolled," said Dr. Jody Chase, NSF's program director...