Little Big Horn College
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Little Big Horn College is a Native American
tribal college based in Crow Agency, Montana
. Little Big Horn College is a two-year, tribally owned community college, serving the people of the Crow Indian Reservation
. The college is directed by the Board of Trustees elected by districts within the reservation. Current enrollment is 398 students.
Little Big Horn College was first opened in 1980 as the chartered school of the Crow Nation. Dr. Janine Pease
advocated the college's beginning and is the college's first president. Under the 1994 Equity in Education legislation of the US Congress, Little Big Horn College became a Land Grant Institution, joining the ranks of the 1864 and 1890 land grant colleges. The college is member of the American Indian Higher Education Consortium. The name Little Big Horn comes from the smaller of the two rivers on the reservation, both receiving the distinction by the Big Horn Mountains, where the rivers originate.
Native Americans in the United States
Native Americans in the United States are the indigenous peoples in North America within the boundaries of the present-day continental United States, parts of Alaska, and the island state of Hawaii. They are composed of numerous, distinct tribes, states, and ethnic groups, many of which survive as...
tribal college based in Crow Agency, Montana
Crow Agency, Montana
Crow Agency is a census-designated place in Big Horn County, Montana, United States and is near the actual location for the Little Bighorn National Monument and re-enactment known as Custer's Last Stand...
. Little Big Horn College is a two-year, tribally owned community college, serving the people of the Crow Indian Reservation
Crow Nation
The Crow, also called the Absaroka or Apsáalooke, are a Siouan people of Native Americans who historically lived in the Yellowstone River valley, which extends from present-day Wyoming, through Montana and into North Dakota. They now live on a reservation south of Billings, Montana and in several...
. The college is directed by the Board of Trustees elected by districts within the reservation. Current enrollment is 398 students.
Little Big Horn College was first opened in 1980 as the chartered school of the Crow Nation. Dr. Janine Pease
Janine Pease
Janine Pease is an American Indian educator and advocate. She is the founding president of the Little Big Horn College as well as the past president of the American Indian Higher Education Consortium and director of the American Indian College Fund...
advocated the college's beginning and is the college's first president. Under the 1994 Equity in Education legislation of the US Congress, Little Big Horn College became a Land Grant Institution, joining the ranks of the 1864 and 1890 land grant colleges. The college is member of the American Indian Higher Education Consortium. The name Little Big Horn comes from the smaller of the two rivers on the reservation, both receiving the distinction by the Big Horn Mountains, where the rivers originate.