Blackfeet Community College

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Blackfeet Community College
BFCCLogo.png
MottoRemember Our Past ... Build Our Future
Type Private tribal land-grant community college
Established1974
Academic affiliations
American Indian Higher Education Consortium
American Association of Community Colleges
Space-grant
President Dr. Karla Bird
Students535
Location, ,
United States

48°33′11″N113°00′34″W / 48.55306°N 113.00944°W / 48.55306; -113.00944 (Blackfeet Community College) [1]
Affiliations Blackfeet tribal affiliation
Website http://www.bfcc.edu/

Blackfeet Community College is a private tribal land-grant community college on the Blackfeet reservation in Browning, Montana. [2] The Blackfeet reservation occupies an area of 1,525,712 acres adjacent to Glacier National Park, Lewis and Clark National Forest, and the province of Alberta, Canada. [3] In 1994, the college was designated a land-grant college alongside 31 other tribal colleges. [4]

Contents

Campus

The BCC campus is located on the south end of Browning, the trade/service center for the reservation, just off Highways 2 & 89. The campus consists of thirteen buildings used for administration, student services, academic affairs, vocational education departments, classrooms, various programs, and the library.

Partnership

BCC is a member of the American Indian Higher Education Consortium (AIHEC), 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. BCC was created in response to the higher education needs of American Indians. BCC generally serves geographically isolated populations that have no other means of accessing education beyond the high school level. [3]

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References

  1. "Blackfeet Community College". Geographic Names Information System . United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
  2. Blackfeet Community College | bfcc.edu
  3. 1 2 American Indian Higher Education Consortium Archived June 14, 2012, at the Wayback Machine
  4. "NIFA 1994s The First 20 Years of the 1994 Land-Grant Institutions Standing on Tradition, Embracing the Future" (PDF). National Institute of Food and Agriculture. September 25, 2015. Retrieved December 20, 2020.