American indian tribally controlled colleges and universities

The Department of Education Office of Postsecondary Education awarded $2.942 million to Nueta Hidatsa Sahnish College on October 1, 2025, under the Higher Education Institutional Aid program (CFDA 84.031), a Project Grant to support institutional development at tribally controlled colleges and universities.

Nueta Hidatsa Sahnish College, doing business as Fort Berthold Community College, is a federally recognized 1994 Land Grant Tribal College located in New Town, North Dakota, serving the Mandan, Hidatsa, and Arikara Nation. The program's purpose is to help eligible colleges and universities strengthen their management and fiscal operations and to assist institutions in planning, developing, or implementing activities including endowment building to strengthen academic quality. Funding under the Strengthening Tribally Controlled Colleges and Universities component is allocated to tribal colleges and universities, including institutions qualifying under the Tribally Controlled College or University Assistance Act of 1978 or the Equity in Educational Land Grant Status Act of 1994.

The award runs from October 1, 2025, through September 30, 2027, with work performed at the institution's New Town, North Dakota campus. The college has demonstrated expertise across STEM education, agricultural research, and indigenous knowledge development through prior federal awards from the Department of Agriculture, National Science Foundation, and Department of Energy.