INFORMATION AND RESOURCES
FOR COLLEGEBOUND
NATIVE AMERICAN STUDENTS
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Colleges Have Resources to Help
Many colleges offer Native American students discounted housing,
tuition, fees, books and supplies or may not charge them at all.
Contact the colleges you are interested in to see if you qualify.
You may have to provide documentation of your Native American
ethnicity or Tribal Membership Information, but the money you save
is well worth it.
Tribes Offer Money for College
As a Native American student, you have dozens of scholarship
and grant programs worth millions of dollars available to you every year.
Many of these scholarships and grants are based on your ethnicity
and heritage and require you to register with your tribe. If you are
descended from multiple tribes you may be able to receive benefits
from each.
The following pages have tribal contact information and helpful websites.
Check with your tribe(s) to find out what programs are available and what
steps you need to take to get money to help pay for college.
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TRIBAL
CONTACTS
There may be resources available for college through
your tribe. Contact them for more information.
SOUTH DAKOTA
NORTH DAKOTA
Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe
Spirit Lake Sioux Tribe
P.O. Box 590
Eagle Butte, SD 57625
(605) 964-4155
www.sdtribalrelations.com/cheyenneriver.aspx
www.sioux.org
Crow Creek Sioux Tribe
P.O. Box 50
Fort Thompson, SD 57339-0050
(605) 245-2221
www.sdtribalrelations.com/crowcreek.aspx
Flandreau Santee
Sioux Tribe
P.O. Box 283
603 W. Broad Ave.
Flandreau, SD 57028
(605) 997-3891
www.sdtribalrelations.com/flandreausantee.aspx
Lower Brule Sioux Tribe
P.O. Box 187
Lower Brule, SD 57548-0187
(605) 473-5561
www.sdtribalrelations.com/lowerbrule.aspx
www.lbst.org
Oglala Sioux Tribe
P.O. Box 359
Ft. Totten, ND 58335
(701) 766-4221
www.spiritlakenation.com
Onamia, MN 56359
(320) 532-4181
www.millelacsband.com
Standing Rock Sioux Tribe
5344 Lakeshore Drive
P.O. Box 16
Nett Lake, MN 55772
(800) 221-8129 or (218) 757-3261
www.boisforte.com
(reservation extends into South Dakota)
P.O. Box D
Fort Yates, ND 58538
(701) 854-8500
www.standingrock.org
Three Affiliated Tribes
404 Frontage Rd.
New Town, ND 58763
(701) 627-4781
www.mhanation.com
Turtle Mountain
Band of Chippewa
P.O. Box 900
Belcourt, ND 58316
(701) 477-2600
tmbci.kkbold.com
MINNESOTA
Fond du Lac Chippewa
1720 Big Lake Road
Cloquet, MN 55720
(800) 365-1613
www.fdlrez.com/scholarships
Rosebud Sioux Tribe
Grand Portage Band
P.O. Box 430
Rosebud, SD 57570-0430
(605) 747-2381
www.sdtribalrelations.com/rosebud.aspx
www.rosebudsiouxtribe-nsn.gov
P.O. Box 428
Grand Portage, MN 55605
(218) 475-2277
grandportage.com/tribalgovernment.php
Sisseton/Wahpeton
Sioux Tribe
190 Sailstar Drive NW
Cass Lake, MN 56633
(218) 335-8200
www.llojibwe.com
Yankton Sioux Tribe
P.O. Box 1153
Wagner, SD 57380
(605) 384-3641
www.sdtribalrelations.com/yankton.aspx
Nett Lake/Bois Forte
Prairie Island
5636 Sturgeon Lake Road
Welch, MN 55089
(800) 554-5473
www.prairieisland.org
Red Lake Nation
15484 Migizi Drive
Red Lake, MN 56671
(218) 679-3341
www.redlakenation.org
Shakopee
Mdewakanton Sioux
P.O. Box 2070
Pine Ridge, SD 57770
(605) 867-5821
www.sdtribalrelations.com/oglala.aspx
(reservation extends into North Dakota)
P.O. Box 509
Agency Village, SD 57262-0509
(605) 698-3911
www.sdtribalrelations.com/sissetonwahpeton.aspx
www.swo-nsn.gov
Mille Lacs Band of Ojibwe
43408 Oodena Drive HCR-67, Box 194
Leech Lake Band of Ojibwe
Lower Sioux
39527 Res Hwy. 1, Rt. 1
P.O. Box 308
Morton, MN 56270
(507) 697-6185
www.lowersioux.com
2330 Sioux Trail NW
Prior Lake, MN 55372
(952) 445-8900
www.shakopeedakota.org
Upper Sioux
Indian Community
P.O. Box 147
Granite Falls, MN 56241-0147
(320) 564-3853
uppersiouxcommunity-nsn.gov
White Earth Ojibwe
P.O. Box 418
White Earth, MN 56591
(218) 982-3285
www.whiteearth.com/programs
WYOMING
Arapaho Tribe
P.O. Box 8480
Ethete, WY 82520
(307) 332-6120
www.northernarapaho.com
Shoshone Tribe
P.O. Box 538
Ft. Washakie, WY 82514
(307) 332-3532
www.easternshoshonetribe.org
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HELPFUL
WEBSITES
Use these websites to search for scholarship
and grant money to reduce your college costs.
American Indian College Fund
Information about tribal colleges and scholarship
funding for American Indian students who attend
these colleges. Click on “Scholarships and Students”
for a list of available scholarships.
www.collegefund.org
Jackie Robinson Foundation
Scholarships for Minority Youth
Scholarships to minority high school students showing
leadership potential and financial need.
www.jackierobinson.org
Native American Education Grant
A grant awarded to Alaska Natives and American Indians
pursuing full-time post-secondary education.
www.pcusa.org/ministries/financialaid/native-americaneducation-grant
American Indian Education
Foundation Scholarship Fund
Information on scholarship programs and getting into college.
www.aiefprograms.org
American Indian Services
An organization that offers thousands of scholarships
with Native American students so that they may attend
a technical or college or university.
www.americanindianservices.org
Native Vision Scholarships
Three $1,000 scholarships awarded each year
by this organization.
www.nativevision.org
The Gates Millennium Scholars
A merit-based scholarship that covers the remaining college
costs for minority students after they are awarded their
financial aid packages.
www.gmsp.org
Association on American
Indian Affairs
Information on several scholarships that were created to help
American Indian students achieve their educational goals.
www.indian-affairs.org
The Indian University of North America
at Crazy Horse, South Dakota
A summer program to prepare accepted students for
the rigors of college, freshman-level university courses,
offer paid working internships and further fulfill the mission
of the Crazy Horse Memorial Foundation.
www.usd.edu/summer-school/crazy-horse
Catching the Dream
A program offered to high performing Native American
students with high ACT or SAT scores, excellent grades
and a track record of leadership.
www.catchingthedream.org
Daughters of the American Revolution
American Indian Scholarships
Designed for American Indians from any tribe or state,
and awarded based on financial need and academic achievement.
www.dar.org/national-society/scholarships
Truman D. Picard Scholarship Program
A program awarding scholarships to students planning
to study or currently studying natural resources.
www.itcnet.org/about_us/scholarships.html
Financial Aid for American Indian Students
A resource listing links with detailed information on additional
sources of funding specifically for American Indian students.
www.finaid.org/otheraid/natamind.phtml
United Negro College Fund
A resource that offers several minority based scholarships
for Native American students.
www.uncf.org
Graduate Center (AIGC)
An organization that is the largest provider of scholarships
for American Indian and Alaska Native students.
www.aigcs.org
Xerox Technical Minority Scholarship
A scholarship providing funding to minority students
with a B average or higher who are enrolled in one
of the technical sciences or engineering disciplines
and pursuing a bachelor’s degree.
www.xeroxstudentcareers.com/why-xerox/scholarship.aspx
Indian Health Service Scholarship
Information on scholarship programs that help train health
personnel to staff Indian Health Services programs.
www.ihs.gov/scholarship/index.cfm
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