Receiving the grants are Blackfeet Community College, $150,000;
Dull Knife Memorial College, $135,000; Fort Belknap College, $149,016; Little Big Horn College, $146,580; and Salish Kootenai College, $118,940.
The
Dull Knife Memorial College on the North Cheyenne Reserveation in Lame Deer, Montana is one of the charter members of AIHEC.
The recipients include Salish-Kootenai College, Blackfeet Community College, Fort Belknap College, Little Big Horn College, Stone Child College and
Dull Knife Memorial College. The grants ranged from $2,000 to $16,000.
Littlebear is back on the reservation as president of
Dull Knife Memorial College, helping others get a modern education, as well as to preserve the old ways and culture of the tribe.