The Impact of Tribal Colleges in the Economic Development of Tribal Communities: A Case Study

Anne Grob attended the University of Leipzig and Martin-Luther University Halle-Wittenberg (MLU), majoring in American Studies and Cultural Anthropology. As a cultural ambassadorial scholar of the Rotary Foundation and a MLU exchange scholarship recipient, she studied at Montana State University (MSU), Bozeman, USA (2004-2005), followed by a 4-month internship as a research assistant at the Museum of the Rockies. She returned to MSU as a short term research scholar at the Anthropology Department in 2007, where she prepared for her subsequent 3-month fieldwork at the Flathead Indian Reservation in Pablo, MT. Her findings were utilized in her Master’s thesis (2008) on a particular Tribal College in Montana. Grob’s academic interests include contemporary indigenous issues, with a particular emphasis on Native Higher Education in the U.S. She is also interested in education needs among indigenous groups in New Zealand, Hawaii and Scandinavia.

The Impact of Tribal Colleges in the Economic Development of Tribal Communities: A Case Study

Anne Grob

Abstract

The essay examines a fairly new phenomenon in American Education: Tribal Colleges. As unique institutions of higher learning, established to specifically address educational and cultural needs of American Indians, they play a pivotal role in individual student and tribal community empowerment. It will be illustrated in-depth how one particular Tribal College – Salish Kootenai College – positively impacts and greatly contributes to the economic development of its tribal community.

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DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.5283/copas.112

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