Community facilities - native american tribes

The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Rural Housing Service awarded a $352,000 Community Facilities Loans and Grants program (CFDA 10.766) project grant to the Winnebago Tribe of Nebraska's Little Priest Tribal College on September 21, 2023. The grant will support the construction, enlargement, extension, or other improvement of community facilities providing essential services to rural residents in the Winnebago community. Key activities and services to be delivered under this project grant include upgrading campus cyberinfrastructure, preserving Native languages, supporting STEM faculty positions, and improving community facilities. As a 1994 Land Grant institution and Tribal College, Little Priest Tribal College will leverage this federal funding to enhance its capacity to serve indigenous students and the surrounding tribal community through higher education, community development, and cultural preservation programming.