There has been an increase in the number of Native American male students attending college. Here are a mixed group of students representing several different groups including the Native American Political Leadership Program (NAPLP), visiting the Canadian Embassy in Washington, D.C. They are part of SIWP (Semester in Washington Politics).
FORT TROTTEN, ND—American Indian male enrollment at tribal colleges and universities has risen 19 percent in the past six years, according to the American Indian Higher Education Consortium. That translates into 5,807 male students out of a total tribal enrollment of some 18,400, according to AIHEC data.
“In the settings among indigenous people where you have to consider the cultural significance we serve, it is important to help male members,” says Dr. Elmer Guy, president of Navajo Tech. “It’s an important piece,” says Guy, echoing the sentiments of others.
“The men have been displaced,” exp...
