American indian tribally controlled colleges and universities (part f)

The Department of Education Office of Postsecondary Education awarded $1,158,554 to Cankdeska Cikana Community College (doing business as Little Hoop Community College) on October 1, 2025, under the Higher Education Institutional Aid program (CFDA 84.031), a Project Grant supporting institutional strengthening and academic quality at tribally controlled colleges and universities.

The award funds curriculum development, faculty training, and student support services at the college's Fort Totten, North Dakota campus, serving the Spirit Lake Nation. The period of performance runs October 1, 2025 through September 30, 2027. As a 1994 Land Grant Institution, Cankdeska Cikana is eligible under Title V Part C of the Higher Education Act (Equity in Educational Land-Grant Status Act of 1994) for formula-allocated grants to tribal colleges. The program's statutory framework directs funding to strengthen management and fiscal operations while assisting institutions to plan, develop, or implement activities that enhance academic quality, including endowment building. The college's federal footprint centers on early childhood and Head Start services, land-grant mission institutional support, STEM research and capacity-building, and core operations funded through the Department of the Interior Bureau of Indian Affairs. No sub-recipients are identified for this award.