1. Warriors & Survivors: Service in Indian Country
Dean McGovern
Executive Director, Montana Campus Compact
Assistant Professor, The University of Montana

3. “The deer tell me when the world is cockeyed” —Yellow Calf (elder in Winter in the Blood)

4. Indian Country 5.2 million American Indians & Alaska Natives
1.7% of the US population
Population: California > Oklahoma > Arizona
% of Population: Alaska > Oklahoma > New Mexico
22% of AI/AN live on 334 recognized reservations
28% speak another language at home (21% US)
$35,062 median household income ($50,046 US)
28.4% live under poverty level (15.3% US)
29.2% live without health insurance (15.5% US)

5. American Indian Education
77% AI/AN have HS diploma (86% US)
13% AI/AN have BS/BA degree (28% US)
37 Tribal Colleges
7 in Montana

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

8. Two-Part Mission
“…provide quality post-secondary education for residents of the Fort Belknap Indian Reservation and surrounding communities. The college will help individuals improve their lives by offering them an opportunity to maintain the cultural integrity of the Gros Ventre and Assiniboine Tribes as well as succeed in an American technological society.”

9. Tribal College Students

10. Community Needs Overcoming devastating affects of poverty Education
Under-prepared for college
Single-parents trying to juggle job/classes/kiddos
Health care
High rates of depression/diabetes/obesity
Under-insured
Alcohol and substance abuse
Drunk-driving
Incarceration

11. Warriors and Survivors…Take Action!

12. Preserving & Reviving Culture

13. Educational Attainment

14. Healthy Futures

15. Serving in Indian Country
Culturally sensitive
Mission-driven
Mind the barriers
Create value