FIGURE 1. A Conceptual Model of Influences on American Indian/Alaska Native College Student Retention and Graduation 

https://www.semanticscholar.org/paper/Barriers-and-Strategies-for-Success-for-American-A-Keith-Stastny/92d5192a539823a6a4bf19de9b73379ae9658812

Women physicians, including Dr. Susan La Flesche (later Picotte); La Flesche is in the second row from the back, fourth woman from the right.

Courtesy Legacy Center, Drexel University College of Medicine

1889: First American Indian woman graduates from medical school

https://www.nlm.nih.gov/nativevoices/timeline/375.html

Figure 6.1. American Indian/Alaska Native enrollment in public and private degree-granting institutions, by type of institution and sex: Selected years, 1976 through 2006

https://nces.ed.gov/pubs2008/nativetrends/ind_6_1.asp

"In some ways, our right to that kind of access to education is deepened by the fact that these institutions are built on indigenous peoples' lands

Cheryl Crazy Bull, president of the American Indian College Fund

Indigenous women’s march in DC on January 2019

Today we remember the epidemic of missing and murdered Indigenous women. #IndigenousPeoplesMarch #IPMDC19 #WaterIsLife

https://twitter.com/peoplefor/status/1086266934239420416

Many Native American students believe college is not an option for them and, contrary to public perception, college is not free for Native Americans. In this video, three recipients of the American Indian Education Fund (AIEF) scholarships tell their stories. Listen to AIEF scholars – Stephen, Vaughn, and Tyler – describe some of their #challenges and explain how important their pursuit of a #college #education was to them. 

Sep 27, 2017

Kishan Lara Cooper, Ph.D, is a member of the Yurok Tribe, with ancestry in both the Hoopa and Karuk Nations. Cooper is a tenured professor and chair of the Child Development Department. She teaches classes in middle childhood development which centers around those ages 6-12. 

“I think of how I can create these experiences where students not only feel personally connected, but they feel that they’re in a safe environment to be able to explore and to discover this new information and build these new experiences.”

October 2020

https://www.ellenadornews.com/2020/10/22/tenure-track-indigenous-women-from-local-tribes-lead-the-way-in-higher-education/

Melissa Cosen (Apache) was in the first graduating class of San Carlos Apache College in November 2020.

https://tribalcollegejournal.org/a-place-of-beauty-strength-and-self-discovery/

The “Mother of Diné College” and a pioneer of the tribal college movement, Ruth Roessel helped forge a model of culturally rooted curricula and self determination in higher education that is at the root of all tribal colleges today. Photo by Peter Swanson

https://tribalcollegejournal.org/the-pathfinders-women-leaders-in-the-the-tribal-college-movement/

"Flandreau Indian School, South Dakota, choir," ca. 1909-1932. The photograph is on view as part of the exhibit "Away From Home: Indian Boarding School Stories," on view at the Irving Archives and Museum.(Library of Congress)

https://www.dallasnews.com/arts-entertainment/2021/02/08/irving-exhibit-explores-tragic-history-of-american-indian-boarding-schools/

TEDxGilbert by Kiersten Begay called “Understanding the American Indian Voice” June 2019

As a recent graduate of Arizona State University, Kiersten shares her experiences of leaving the Navajo Nation in an effort to pursue higher education.