Aaniiih Nakoda College

Aaniiih Nakoda College (formerly Fort Belknap College)

Type	Native American tribal community college and land grant institution
Established	1984
President	Carole Falcon Chandler
Location	PO Box 159 Harlem, Montana, United States 59526 48°29′04″N 108°45′32″W / 48.48444°N 108.75889°W / 48.48444; -108.75889 (Fort Belknap College)Coordinates: 48°29′04″N 108°45′32″W / 48.48444°N 108.75889°W / 48.48444; -108.75889 (Fort Belknap College)^[1]
Campus	Rural
Sports	Basketball
Affiliations	American Indian Higher Education Consortium; American Association of Community Colleges
Website	http://www.ancollege.edu
Atsina (Gros Ventre) and the Assiniboine tribal affiliation

Aaniiih Nakoda College (ANC) (formerly Fort Belknap College) is a tribal college located on the Fort Belknap Indian Reservation in Harlem, Montana. The institution incorporates native culture into the curriculum and promotes cultural identity; however, the school is open to both tribal and non-tribal members.^[2] Aaniiih Nakoda College is a member of the American Indian Higher Education Consortium (AIHEC), which is a community of tribally and federally chartered institutions working to strengthen tribal nations and make a lasting difference in the lives of American Indians and Alaska Natives. ANC was created in response to the higher education needs of American Indians. ANC generally serves geographically isolated populations that have no other means accessing education beyond the high school level. ^[3]

History

Aaniiih Nakoda College was founded in 1984 by men and women from the Fort Belknap Indian Community Council, Fort Belknap Education Department, and Fort Belknap campus of Dull Knife Memorial College (now Chief Dull Knife College). The leaders wanted to start their own college since off-reservation programs were not adequately meeting the post-secondary educational needs of the community. Today, the College provides academic and vocational training programs and services. The College was charged with preserving and promoting the A’anin and Nakoda languages, cultures and histories. The College has hired many talented young people from within the community since the College is dedicated to a “grow your own” philosophy of developing the community’s future leaders. ^[3]

Academic Programs

ANC offers Associates degrees in eleven disciplines and vocational training in five others through the Native American Career and Technical Education Program (NACTEP).

Associate of Arts^[4]

American Indian Studies
Business
Early Childhood Education
Elementary Education
Human Services
Liberal Arts
Psychology

Associate of Science^[5]

Allied Health
Business Technology
Computer Information Systems
Natural Resources

NACTEP^[6]

Carpentry
Natural Resources Water Quality
Tribal Management
Natural Resources/
Environmental Technology
Computer Technology

Additional Sponsored Programs

Fort Belknap Extension Program: Part of the college demonstration farm established in 1998 currently focused on alternative crop research and is one of many Federally Recognized Tribes Extension Programs funded by the USDA^[7]^[8]
Fort Belknap Tech Department
Global Information Systems (GIS)/ Global Positioning Systems (GPS) Program: (est. 1996)^[9]
Natural Resources
KGVA 88.1 FM: Public radio station serving the Fort Belknap Indian Reservation^[10]
Tribal Colleges & Universities Program (T-CUP): "provides awards to enhance the quality of science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) instructional and outreach programs at Tribal Colleges and Universities, Alaskan Native-serving Institutions and Native Hawaiian-serving institutions."^[11]
Basketball: In August 2010 Fort Belknap College, along with the other tribal colleges around Montana, formed the Montana Tribal Colleges Basketball League^[12] Presently, the college only has a men's team.^[13]
Administration for Native Americans (ANA): Program ran through the department of Health and Human Services with the goal of promoting self-sufficiency and cultural preservation for Native Americans through economic development and technology.^[14]
Head Start Program
Teacher Training

Notes

External Sites

Colleges and Universities in Montana

Public: University of Montana System	University of Montana - Missoula (Missoula) Missoula College UM-Western Montana Tech Highlands College UM-Helena COT Bitterroot College

Public: Montana State University System	Montana State University (Bozeman) MSU-Billings MSU-Northern MSU COT- Great Falls Gallatin College City College

Private institutions	Carroll Great Falls Rocky Mountain

Tribal institutions	Aaniiih Nakoda CC Blackfeet CC Chief Dull Knife Fort Belknap College Fort Peck CC Little Big Horn Salish Kootenai Stone Child College

Community Colleges (CC)	Dawson CC Miles CC Flathead Valley CC

North American Tribal Colleges and Universities

Canada

Alberta	Blue Quills First Nations College Maskwacis Cultural College Old Sun Community College Red Crow Community College Yellowhead Tribal College

British Columbia	Native Education Centre Nicola Valley Institute of Technology

Manitoba	Yellowquill College

Nunavut	Akitsiraq Law School Nunavut Arctic College

Ontario	Anishinabek Education Institute First Nations Technical Institute Kenjgewin Teg Educational Institute Iohahi:io Akwesasne Adult Education Centre Negahneewin College Ogwehoweh Skills and Trades Training Centre Oshki-Pimache-O-Win Education & Training Institute Seven Generations Education Institute Shingwauk Kinoomaage Gamig Six Nations Polytechnic

Saskatchewan	First Nations University of Canada

United States

Alaska	Iḷisaġvik College

Arizona	Diné College Tohono O'odham Community College

California	D–Q University

Kansas	Haskell Indian Nations University

Michigan	Bay Mills Community College Keweenaw Bay Ojibwa Community College Saginaw Chippewa Tribal College

Minnesota	Fond du Lac Tribal and Community College Leech Lake Tribal College Mille Lacs Tribal College Red Lake Nation College White Earth Tribal and Community College

Montana	Aaniiih Nakoda College Blackfeet Community College Chief Dull Knife College Fort Peck Community College Little Big Horn College Salish Kootenai College Stone Child College

Nebraska	Little Priest Tribal College Nebraska Indian Community College

New Mexico	Institute of American Indian Arts Navajo Technical University Southwestern Indian Polytechnic Institute

North Dakota	Cankdeska Cikana Community College Fort Berthold Community College Sitting Bull College Turtle Mountain Community College United Tribes Technical College

Oklahoma	Cheyenne and Arapaho Tribal College College of the Muscogee Nation Comanche Nation College Pawnee Nation College

South Dakota	Oglala Lakota College Sinte Gleska University Sisseton Wahpeton College

Washington	Northwest Indian College

Wisconsin	College of Menominee Nation Lac Courte Oreilles Ojibwa Community College

Wyoming	Wind River Tribal College

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