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The American Indian Learning Resource Center (AILRC) is a safe and welcoming space on the UMD campus. Students from every college and program can gather here to build community and access information and resources.
The center exists to empower American Indian & Alaska Native students to take charge of their educational experience and succeed in their college journey. Through its activities, the AILRC also enriches the cultural and social environment of the UMD campus.

At Iowa State University’s College of Engineering, we continuously strive to be leaders in transforming the results of scientific research into engineering accomplishments, creating new solutions to society’s most pressing problems. We are a Tier 1 research institution consistently ranking our 14 MS and PhD programs in the top 50 nationally.

The Region’s Polytechnic: Eastern Washington University provides an education rooted in the liberal arts, designed to address the unique challenges and opportunities facing the region. Characterized by a student-centered focus and opportunities for applied learning in high-demand fields, this education creates upward social mobility and intellectual growth for our students that supports a healthy, sustainable, and economically successful region.

The University of Washington Center for Indigenous located at the UW School of Medicine aims to increase the number of American Indian and Alaska Natives entering the medical field to become physicians in Washington State, and by proxy the WWAMI Region, by recruiting K-12 and college level students into ecosystem pathway programs with the goal of getting them successfully into and through medical school with the goal to combat the shortage of Indigenous Doctors working for Tribal Nations, Urban Indian Communities and also entering Academic Medicine.

The Public Health Program is located in the University of North Dakota School of Medicine & Health Sciences. UND, founded in 1883 in Grand Forks, is the state’s oldest and largest university. This environment is rich in resources that support excellence in public health research, service, and education. We prepare culturally-aware public health professionals with the motivation, skills, and knowledge to improve population health in the diverse communities of the Northern Plains and beyond.

Here, at UND Engineering, we are producing world-class leaders in Computer Science, Engineering, and Geology who contribute to our state, nation, and the world.

The Recruitment & Retention of American Indians into Nursing (RAIN) program provides academic support and assistance to American Indian students seeking degrees in nursing, nutrition & dietetics, and social work.

The Indigenous Student Center is a gathering place for Indigenous students to find support in their academic, social, and cultural development.

INMED provides academic, personal, social, and cultural support for students in grades 7 through graduate studies. Each year, INMED enrolls an average of 100 health, pre-health, and allied health students in various academic programs.

The Agnese Nelms Haury Program (Haury Program) at the University of Arizona supports Native American Resilience through collaboration, research and partnerships respecting Native American knowledge and sovereignty. We are part of the Arizona Institute for Resilience and collaborate with the Indigenous Resilience Center. We envision a world in which tribal resilience, sovereignty, and ways of knowing are respected and advanced to meet STEM challenges.