List of TCUs

For decades, employers trying to hire more diverse college students have been traveling to and otherwise targeting those enrolled in the Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs).

Some, but far from all, have also included in their recruitment efforts traveling to or otherwise recruiting students the Tribal Colleges and Universities (TCUs). Some employers who advertise their part-time, seasonal, internship, or entry-level jobs with College Recruiter will have us deliver a targeted email campaign, for example, to students of the TCUs.

According to Wikipedia, TCUs are a category of higher education, minority-serving institutions defined in the Higher Education Act of 1965. Each qualifies for funding under the Tribally Controlled Colleges and Universities Assistance Act of 1978 (25 U.S.C. 1801 et seq.) or the Navajo Community College Act (25 U.S.C. 640a note); or is cited in section 532 of the Equity in Educational Land-Grant Status Act of 1994 (7 U.S.C. 301 note).

These educational institutions are distinguished by being controlled and operated by American Indian tribes; they have become part of American Indians’ institution-building in order to pass on their own cultures. The first was founded by the Navajo Nation in 1968 in Arizona, and several others were established in the 1970s. As of 1994, they have been authorized by Congress as land-grant colleges. Presently, there are 32 fully accredited Tribal Colleges and Universities (TCUs) in the United States, with one formal candidate for accreditation.

In 1973, the first six American Indian tribally controlled colleges established the American Indian Higher Education Consortium (AIHEC) to provide a support network as they worked to influence federal policies on American Indian higher education. Today, AIHEC has grown to 37 Tribal Colleges and Universities (TCUs) in the United States. Each of these institutions was created and chartered by its own tribal government or the federal government for a specific purpose: to provide higher education opportunities to American Indians through programs that are locally and culturally based, holistic, and supportive. They are:

Bay Mills Community College	Michigan	Brimley
Blackfeet Community College	Montana	Browning
Cankdeska Cikana Community College	North Dakota	Fort Totten
Chief Dull Knife College	Montana	Lame Deer
College of Menominee Nation	Wisconsin	Keshena
College of the Muscogee Nation	Oklahoma	Okmulgee
Comanche Nation College	Oklahoma	Lawton
Dine College	Arizona	Tsaile
Fond du Lac Tribal and Community College	Minnesota	Cloquet
Fort Belknap College	Montana	Harlem
Fort Berthold Community College	North Dakota	New Town
Fort Peck Community College	Montana	Poplar
Haskell Indian Nations University	Kansas	Lawrence
Ilisagvik College	Alaska	Barrow
Institute of American Indian and Alaska Native Culture	New Mexico	Santa Fe
Institute of American Indian Arts	New Mexico	Santa Fe
Keweenaw Bay Ojibwa Community College	Michigan	Baraga
Lac Courte Oreilles Ojibwa Community College	Wisconsin	Hayward
Leech Lake Tribal College	Minnesota	Cass Lake
Little Big Horn College	Montana	Crow Agency
Little Priest Tribal College	Nebraska	Winnebago
Navajo Technical College	New Mexico	Crownpoint
Nebraska Indian Community College	Nebraska	Macy
Northwest Indian College	Washington	Bellingham
Oglala Lakota College	South Dakota	Kyle
Saginaw Chippewa Tribal College	Michigan	Mount Pleasant
Salish Kootenai College	Montana	Pablo
Sinte Gleska University	South Dakota	Mission
Sisseton Wahpeton College	South Dakota	Agency Village
Sitting Bull College	North Dakota	Fort Yates
Southwestern Indian Polytechnic Institute	New Mexico	Albuquerque
Stone Child College	Montana	Box Elder
Tohono O’Odham Community College	Arizona	Sells
Turtle Mountain Community College	North Dakota	Belcourt
United Tribes Technical College	North Dakota	Bismarck
White Earth Tribal and Community College	Minnesota	Mahnomen
Wind River Tribal College	Wyoming	Ethete