Project Grant P031T250004
- This federal Project Grant award of $558,133.00 was provided by the U.S. Department of Education's Office of Postsecondary Education under the Higher Education Institutional Aid program (CFDA 84.031). The grant supports Cankdeska Cikana Community College, doing business as Little Hoop Community College, a tribally owned, nonprofit educational institution located in Fort Totten, North Dakota. The funding will enable the college to strengthen its management, fiscal operations, and academic...
- The Cankdeska Cikana Community College, also known as Little Hoop Community College, received a $1,848,397 Block Grant award from the Department of the Interior Bureau of Indian Affairs under the Assistance to Tribally Controlled Community Colleges and Universities (CFDA 15.027) program. The award, effective from July 1, 2025, to June 30, 2026, is intended to support the operational and infrastructural needs of the tribal college, which primarily serves Native American students. The grant...
- The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Community Facilities Loans and Grants program (CFDA 10.766) awarded a $352,000 project grant to Cankdeska Cikana Community College, doing business as Little Hoop Community College, on Sep 25, 2023. The grant will fund the construction, enlargement, extension, or improvement of essential community facilities to serve rural residents in North Dakota. As a tribal community college, Cankdeska Cikana Community College will leverage this funding to enhance...
- The Department of Agriculture Rural Utilities Service awarded a $100,000 Project Grant to Cankdeska Cikana Community College, also known as Little Hoop Community College, located in Fort Totten, North Dakota. The two-year grant runs from May 13, 2022 to May 13, 2024 and falls under the Community Facilities Loans and Grants program (CFDA #10.766). Under this federal grant, Little Hoop Community College will use the $100,000 in funding to construct, enlarge, extend, or otherwise improve...
- The Department of Agriculture Rural Housing Service Community Facilities awarded a $348,017 project grant to Cankdeska Cikana Community College, also known as Little Hoop Community College, located in North Dakota. The grant funding will support community facility construction and improvement projects under the Community Facilities Loans and Grants program (CFDA 10.766). This federal program provides funding to construct, enlarge, extend, or improve essential community facilities and services...
- This federal Formula Grant award of $113,178.25 was provided by the United States Department of Agriculture's National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) through the Tribal Colleges Endowment Program (CFDA 10.222). The funding is designated for the distribution of interest earned in 2023 from the 1994 Endowment Fund to the individual 1994 Institutions, which includes Cankdeska Cikana Community College (also known as Little Hoop Community College) located in Fort Totten, North Dakota. The...
- This $500,000 Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of Education's Office of Postsecondary Education under the Higher Education Institutional Aid program (CFDA 84.031) will support Nueta Hidatsa Sahnish College (NHSC), a tribal college serving the Mandan, Hidatsa, and Arikara Nation in New Town, North Dakota. The funding will enable NHSC to strengthen its management, fiscal operations, and academic quality, with a focus on expanding educational opportunities, improving academic offerings,...
- The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Community Facilities Loans and Grants program (CFDA 10.766) awarded a $352,000 project grant to Nueta Hidatsa Sahnish College, a 1994 Land Grant Tribal College in North Dakota, on Sep 19, 2023. The grant supports the construction, enlargement, extension, or other improvement of community facilities providing essential services to the college's rural Native American community. Key activities funded through this award include agricultural research projects...
- This federal Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of Education's Office of Postsecondary Education, under the Higher Education Institutional Aid program (CFDA 84.031), provides $914,605.00 in funding to Nueta Hidatsa Sahnish College (NHSC), a 1994 Land Grant Tribal College located in New Town, North Dakota. The award period runs from October 1, 2025 to September 30, 2026. Through this grant, NHSC will strengthen its management, fiscal operations, and academic quality, with a focus on...
- The U.S. Department of Agriculture's (USDA) National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) awarded a $500,000 Project Grant to Cankdeska Cikana Community College (CCCC) under the New Beginning for Tribal Students program (CFDA 10.527). The grant allows CCCC to continue providing laptops to cohorts of Native American students and expand its student services, including guidance, transfer, and career counseling. This effort aims to increase college enrollment, persistence, and graduation rates...
The U.S. Department of Education's Higher Education Institutional Aid program (CFDA 84.031) awarded a $1,039,029 project grant to Cankdeska Cikana Community College, doing business as Little Hoop Community College, a tribally-owned nonprofit educational institution in Fort Totten, North Dakota. This grant, awarded on October 1, 2025, will support the college's efforts to strengthen its management, fiscal operations, and academic quality, with a focus on expanding educational opportunities and improving academic offerings for underrepresented and low-income student populations. The college has received additional federal grant awards and sub-awards from organizations like the American Indian Higher Education Consortium and North Dakota State University to support initiatives such as Native American career and technical education, food safety outreach, tribal college endowment building, community facilities improvements, and STEM education research. Through its federal awards, Cankdeska Cikana Community College has demonstrated advanced technological research capabilities, including a NASA cooperative agreement for developing an extravehicular activity gait assist device for space exploration.
Mod # | Description | ReasonForModification | Federal Obligation | Date |
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| Not listed | $1.0m | 9/16/25 |