Post by Okwes on Apr 1, 2007 22:25:13 GMT -5
Tribal Colleges Ask State for Help with Non-Native Students
Presidents of North Dakota's tribal colleges are asking the state
Legislature to help pay the cost of educating students who aren't
enrolled tribe members.
Out of about 2,600 students attending the state's five tribal colleges,
about 175 are not enrolled tribe members, tribal college presidents
said. A bill introduced in the House Education Committee would grant the
tribal colleges $700,000 to help educate those students at about $2,000
apiece each year.
Many nonenrolled tribal college students are American Indians who don't
meet enrollment requirements or non-Indians who are married to tribe
members, said Laurel Vermillion, president of Sitting Bull College on
the Standing Rock Sioux Reservation. Other nonenrolled students are
local farmers, ranchers and other community members who want to attend
college but have strong ties to the area, Vermillion said.
Presidents of North Dakota's tribal colleges are asking the state
Legislature to help pay the cost of educating students who aren't
enrolled tribe members.
Out of about 2,600 students attending the state's five tribal colleges,
about 175 are not enrolled tribe members, tribal college presidents
said. A bill introduced in the House Education Committee would grant the
tribal colleges $700,000 to help educate those students at about $2,000
apiece each year.
Many nonenrolled tribal college students are American Indians who don't
meet enrollment requirements or non-Indians who are married to tribe
members, said Laurel Vermillion, president of Sitting Bull College on
the Standing Rock Sioux Reservation. Other nonenrolled students are
local farmers, ranchers and other community members who want to attend
college but have strong ties to the area, Vermillion said.