Sitting Bull College

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Sitting Bull College
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Former name
Standing Rock Community College
Type Public tribal land-grant college
Established1973;52 years ago (1973)
AffiliationStanding Rock Sioux tribe of the Standing Rock reservation in south-central North Dakota
Academic affiliations
 Space-grant
President Tomi Kay Phillips
Undergraduates 289 [1]
Postgraduates 28 [1]
Location
Fort Yates
,
North Dakota
,
U.S.
CampusStanding Rock Sioux Reservation
Colors Blue & white
Nickname Suns
Website www.sittingbull.edu
Sitting Bull College

Sitting Bull College (SBC) is a public tribal land-grant college in Fort Yates, North Dakota. It was founded in 1973 by the Standing Rock Sioux tribe of the Standing Rock Sioux Reservation in south-central North Dakota. The SBC campuses are located in Fort Yates, North Dakota and McLaughlin, South Dakota. It serves as the primary educational institution on the Standing Rock Reservation. [2]

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History

In 1973, the Standing Rock Sioux Tribal Council chartered Standing Rock Community College. The name was changed from Standing Rock College to Sitting Bull College in 1996. [2] In 1994, the college was designated a land-grant college alongside 31 other tribal colleges. [3]

Academics

Sitting Bull College offers the Master of Science, Master of Education, Bachelor of Science, Associate of Arts, Associate of Science, and Associate of Applied Science degrees. [4] It also offers certificates. [4]

Partnerships

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Image of main entrance to Sitting Bull College.

SBC 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. [2] SBC was created in response to the higher education needs of American Indians. [2] SBC generally serves geographically isolated populations that have no other means of accessing education beyond the high school level. [2]

Notable faculty

References

  1. 1 2 "College Navigator". U.S. Department of Education. 2019. Retrieved June 7, 2019.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 American Indian Higher Education Consortium Archived June 14, 2012, at the Wayback Machine
  3. ↑ "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. Archived from the original (PDF) on September 29, 2015. Retrieved December 20, 2020.
  4. 1 2 "Programs". 21 September 2014.
  5. ↑ "American Indian College Fund Honors Two Leaders in Native Higher Education". American Indian College Fund. 2017-03-20. Retrieved 2023-08-12.
  6. 1 2 "Dr. Tomi Kay Phillips takes the helm of Sitting Bull College as new president". American Indian College Fund. 2023-08-03. Retrieved 2023-08-12.
  7. ↑ Bonham, Kevin (April 2, 1989). "Blazing Trails in Indian Education on These Pages is a Cross Section of Notable – Not Necessarily the Most Well-Known – Contemporary Indians in North Dakota". Grand Forks Herald. Grand Forks, North Dakota. p. 6.

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