Student Profile: Kristan
Kristan has been attending college for the past few years, but within the past two she has dedicated herself to attending full-time. This is no easy task, as she has a husband and three children, ages 14, 11, and 2. Because family life is so important to Kristan, she says she tries to structure her life around her family and be involved with her children's education as much as possible, because “I feel that this is the foundation of who they will become later in life.” »More

Congratulations to Our Graduates, and Thank You for Supporting Their Goals!
May is graduation time, and in Indian Country, many of our students will be celebrating that milestone. But for many of our graduates, without your support and a scholarship, college would have been a distant dream. On behalf of the nearly 6,000 American Indian students the American Indian College Fund provides scholarships to, we would like to thank you for your support. Without your help, many students would not be able to pursue their dream of a college education. But don't take our word for it. Several of our students at Haskell Indian Nations University in Lawrence, Kansas, took the opportunity to thank you themselves! Please click on the link to see their video message to you.

Austin Family Scholarship Endowment
Leah Austin established The Austin Family Scholarship Endowment to celebrate the lives and honor the memories of her late husband Sam Marion Austin and his two sisters Wauhillau Austin Gale and Malacha Austin Gaddy. The Endowment pays tribute to the three siblings' Choctaw heritage; their love of the state of Oklahoma; and the value their family placed on a higher education. The endowment will be administered by the American Indian College Fund and will be awarded to students from Oklahoma tribes. »More

American Indian College Fund to Celebrate 40 Years of Tribal Colleges and Honor Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma

DENVER, April 14 -- The American Indian College Fund (the Fund) will host a special event in Dallas, Texas to celebrate 40 years of tribal colleges. The Fund will also honor the Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma by repatriating $25,000 worth of historical artifacts it received from a private donor.

Business leaders, American Indian educators, and donors are invited to gather with the Fund on May 1, 2008 at the Nasher Sculpture Center in Dallas, Texas. The Fund and Fund board members, Steve Denson of the Edwin L. Cox School of Business at Southern Methodist University and Chuck Hensley of Williams Financial Group, are co-hosting the event. >>More