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Tribal College Journal (4047 words) |
 | Participants included presidents of tribal colleges and other minority and mainstream universities, as well as high ranking executives of firms such as IBM Corp., Microsoft Corp., Lucent Technologies, Tachyon Inc. The players were diverse, including representatives of the federal government, nonprofit sector, states and local governments, tribes, Maori colleges in New Zealand, and the public. |
| Cassandra Manuelito-Kerkvliet, president of Diné College, sent a message thanking all the supporters and quoting her grandfather, Chief Manuelito, who said, "Education is the ladder to success for my people, tell my grandchildren to climb the ladder." Last summer, Manuelito-Kerkvliet became the first woman president in the 32-year history of the nation's first tribal college. |
| Community development and change were two key themes during the 2000 Leading All People Summer Institutes held in Pablo, Mont., and Santa Fe, N. At the institute, student representatives from each tribal college were challenged to look at their own leadership style, identify community issues from their own reservation, and develop an action plan. |
| American Indian College Fund (140 words) |
| Chartered in 1974, the college was established as Little Hoop Community College to bring higher education opportunities to the people of the Spirit Lake Tribe while preserving the Dakota language and culture. |
| The college was later renamed Cankdeska Cikana Community College. |
| The college occupies the building of a former Bureau of Indian Affairs elementary school typical of those built in the post World War II period. |
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