Organization:Sitting Bull College
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Former name | Standing Rock Community College |
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| Type | Public tribal land-grant college |
| Established | 1973 |
| Affiliation | Standing Rock Sioux tribe of the Standing Rock reservation in south-central North Dakota |
Academic affiliations | Space-grant |
| President | Laurel Vermillion |
| Undergraduates | 289[1] |
| Postgraduates | 28[1] |
| Location | Fort Yates , North Dakota , U.S. |
| Campus | Standing Rock Indian Reservation |
| |u}}rs | Blue & white |
| Nickname | Suns |
| Website | www |
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 Indian 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]
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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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
- Ron His Horse Is Thunder, former president of SBC[5]
- Tomi Kay Phillips, incoming president of SBC[6]
- Laurel Vermillion, president of SBC, 2006-2024[6]
- Mary Louise Defender Wilson, instructor of tribal culture and language[7]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "College Navigator". U.S. Department of Education. 2019. https://nces.ed.gov/collegenavigator/?id=200466#enrolmt.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 American Indian Higher Education Consortium
- ↑ "NIFA 1994s The First 20 Years of the 1994 Land-Grant Institutions Standing on Tradition, Embracing the Future". National Institute of Food and Agriculture. September 25, 2015. https://nifa.usda.gov/sites/default/files/resource/1994%20LGU%20Anniversary%20Pub%20WEB_0.pdf. Retrieved December 20, 2020.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 "Programs". 21 September 2014. http://sittingbull.edu/sitting-bull-college/programs/.
- ↑ "American Indian College Fund Honors Two Leaders in Native Higher Education" (in en-US). 2017-03-20. https://collegefund.org/blog/american-indian-college-fund-honors-two-leaders-native-higher-education/.
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 "Dr. Tomi Kay Phillips takes the helm of Sitting Bull College as new president" (in en-US). 2023-08-03. https://collegefund.org/press-releases/tcu-press-releases/dr-tomi-kay-phillips-takes-the-helm-of-sitting-bull-college-as-new-president/.
- ↑ 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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