Intertribal Life Newspaper -

Denver, Colo,-The American Indian College Fund has received a four-year, $300,000 grant from the Clare Boothe Luce Program at the Henry Luce Foundation, specifically to help Native American women get degrees and build their careers in the science, technology, engineering, and mathematics fields. Native American women currently have the lowest representation in the STEM fields.

The College Fund will award $75,000 to four outstanding American Indian and Alaska Native women seeking a bachelor's degree in the hard sciences at four-year granting tribal colleges and university (TCU). Students will r...