American indian tribally controlled colleges and universities

The Department of Education Office of Postsecondary Education awarded Chief Dull Knife College $3.346 million on October 1, 2025, under the Higher Education Institutional Aid program (CFDA 84.031, Assistance Type: Project Grant).

Chief Dull Knife College, a tribally-controlled institution located in Lame Deer, Montana, serving the Northern Cheyenne Indian Reservation, will use the funding to strengthen institutional management and fiscal operations and to plan, develop, or implement activities to enhance academic quality, including endowment-building initiatives. The award runs through September 30, 2027. Performance occurs in Lame Deer, Montana.

The Higher Education Institutional Aid program aims to help eligible colleges and universities strengthen their management and fiscal operations and to support institutional development activities. Under the Strengthening Tribally Controlled Colleges and Universities (TCCUs) component, funds are allocated by statutory formula to tribally-controlled institutions, including those qualifying under the Tribally Controlled College or University Assistance Act of 1978 or the Equity in Educational Land Grant Status Act of 1994.