Crownpoint Institute of Technology's two
spacious campuses are situated on the eastern edge of the Navajo Nation in Crownpoint, New
Mexico. Campus facilities are designed to blend with the Chaco Canyon's mesas and high
plateau ranges. The Institute was established in July 1979 as the Navajo Skill Center;
since then, it has evolved into a technical-vocational education center well known
throughout the Southwest.
The main campus of Diné Colleges located in Tsaile, Arizona, translated as the
"place where the stream flows into the canyon." Four community campus locations in Window Rock, Chinle, Ganado, and Tuba City serve Arizona
residents, while a campus in Shiprock and a
community campus in Crownpoint provide
educational services to New Mexico residents.
D-Q University is a an accredited two-year post secondary institution of learning,
dedicated to the progress of Indigenous peoples through education. D-Q University is
located on Road 31, seven miles west of the city of Davis, California, in rural Yolo
County. Davis is located 14 miles west of Sacramento and 72 miles northeast of San
Francisco.
The Fort Berthold Reservation is the home of the Mandan, Hidatsa and Arikara Tribes,
under the tribal government structure known as the Three Affiliated Tribes. Located in
central North Dakota, the Reservation occupies sections of six counties:Mountrail, McLean,
Dunn, McKenzie, Mercer, and Ward.
Founded in 1884 as the United States Indian Industrial Training School, Haskell provided
agricultural education in grades one through five. Ten years later, the school had changed
its name to Haskell Institute and expanded its academic training beyond the eighth grade.
By 1927, the secondary curriculum had been accredited and the school began offering
post-secondary courses. The high school programs were gradually phased out until 1965,
when the last class graduated. In 1970, the name changed once again to Haskell Indian
Junior College and since then Haskell has offered only college-level programs. In October
1993, Haskell changed its name from Haskell Indian Junior College to "Haskell Indian
Nations University" after receiving accreditation to offer a bachelor of science
degree in elementary teacher education.
Lac Courte Oreilles Ojibwa Community College serves over 500 full-time and part-time
students each academic year. The college draws its main body of students from the Lac
Courte Oreilles Reservation which is located in the northern lakes and woodlands region of
Wisconsin approximately 150 miles northeast of Minneapolis and 80 miles southeast of
Duluth.
The College functions as a tribally controlled institution of higher education on the
Menominee Indian Reservation focusing on general studies, specialized degrees, or
certificates of completion, which meet the professional or paraprofessional needs of the
Menominee Reservation communities or other reservation or regional non-reservation
communities, and vocational education programs. It serves Indian students from the
Menominee Reservation and any other Indian students needing its educational programs as
well as students from communities in North-Central Wisconsin.
From its inception in 1971, our college's mission has been to provide the educational
credentials to our students so that they could compete for employment opportunities on the
Pine Ridge Indian Reservation. As a result of having a college on the reservation. Lakota
people are now employed in teaching, nursing, human services, business, computer, and
vocational educational positions on the Pine Ridge reservation.
Tools for Preserving Native American Cultural Traditions is a UCSD conference proposal
to bring together people who share an enthusiasm and love for landscape, history and
Native American culture. It is an opportunity to exchange ideas -- between historians,
artists, cartographers, health-care workers, linguists, scientists, educators, traditional
and ceremonial leaders, and community members young and old -- and to explore ways
computer technologies can be integrated to help address ecological and cultural questions.
Evans
Craig - Internet Technology Consultant
