The National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) awarded $289,963 under the Tribal Colleges Endowment Program (CFDA 10.222) to Oglala Lakota College on July 12, 2022. This Formula Grant supports the distribution of interest earned in 2021 from the 1994 Endowment Fund to individual 1994 Institutions as designated under Title V, Part C of the Improving America's Schools Act of 1994. The funding enhances educational opportunities at the thirty-four Land Grant Institutions by strengthening their teaching programs in the food and agricultural sciences in targeted need areas. Oglala Lakota College will apply the funds to further educational opportunities for students as authorized under the 1994 legislation establishing benefits for designated Tribal Colleges and Universities.