Federal Block Grant Award Summary

Chief Dull Knife College received a $1.8M Block Grant award from the Department of the Interior's Bureau of Indian Affairs under the Assistance to Tribally Controlled Community Colleges and Universities program (CFDA 15.027) for fiscal year 2025, effective July 1, 2025, through June 30, 2026. This funding supports core operational and institutional activities at the tribally-controlled college, which serves the Northern Cheyenne Indian Reservation in Lame Deer, Montana.

The Block Grant funding enables Chief Dull Knife College to maintain and expand educational operations and services, including academic programming, STEM education, workforce development, cultural preservation, and community development initiatives. As a 1994 Land Grant College and minority institution, the college utilizes this federal support to strengthen institutional capabilities, support administrative functions, and continue delivering educational and workforce development services to Native American students and communities across the Northern Cheyenne Indian Reservation.