.9,065 (1970 U.S. Census)

MEAN INCOME, BLACKFEET INDIAN FAMILIES...5,344 (1970 U.S. Census)

WHEREAS:

WHEREAS:

The Blackfeet Tribal Business Council is the duly constituted
governing body within the exterior boundaries of the Blackfeet
Indian Reservation; and

The Blackfeet Tribal Business Council has been organized to represent, develop, protect, and advance the view, interests, education and resources of the people of the Blackfeet Indian Reservation; and

WHEREAS: The Blackfeet Tribal Business Council has officially sanctioned the
Blackfeet Community College by chartering the Black feet Community
College as an Institution of Post Secondary Higher Education on the
Blackfeet Reservation under the constitutional authority of the
Blackfeet Tribe; and

WHEREAS: The Blackfeet Community College has been successful in meeting the needs of the people of the Blackfeet Reservation in providing post secondary and higher educational opportunities since 1976; and

WHEREAS:

WHEREAS:

WHEREAS:

Blackfeet Community College has successfully achieved Candidate
Status for accreditation form the Northwest Association of Schools
and Colleges on December 1, 1979, which was result of the Blackfeet
Community College meeting all requirements set forth by Northwest
Association of Schools and Colleges for Candidacy Status, which
required our application with a Planning Document, undergoing a
thorough and Comprehensive Self Study, and Evaluation visit by members
of Northwest Association of Schools and Colleges, and final approval
by the Commission on Colleges of the Northwest Association of
Schools and Colleges; and

Northwest Association of Schools and Colleges in their letter to
Blackfeet Community College awarding Candidate Status on December 1,
1979 states:

"Candidates for Accreditation will be listed in the 1980-81
issues of Accredited Institutions of Higher Education
published by the American Council on Education for the
Council on Postsecondary Accreditation. Candidates usually
qualify for federally sponsored programs. For students
transferring to other institutions, we recommend that
their transcripts be evaluated as if from fully accredited

institutions."

The State of Montana Board of Regents has a policy on transferability of credit (Section 301.5 - Transfer of Credit) which requires that an Institution of Higher Education be fully accredited before the Montana University System can accept transfer credit which currently excludes the Tribally Controlled Community Colleges in Montana who have achieved Candidate Status: and

EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
Dan Boggs, Chairman
Stan Juneau, Vice-Chairman
Dorothy Dragonfly, Secretary
Elouise C. Cobell, Treasurer

WHEREAS:

THE BLACKFEET TRIBE

OF THE BLACKFEET INDIAN RESERVATION

BROWNING, MONTANA 59417

NUMBER: 102-80

The Blackfeet Community College has met all requirements of
Northwest Association of Schools and Colleges for Candidate
Status and that Northwest Association of Schools and Colleges
does recommend that from Blackfeet Community College be
evaluated as if from fully accredited Institutions; and

TRIBAL COUNCIL

Dan Boggs

Stan Juneau
Dorothy Dragonfly
Earl Old Person
Lee Wilson

Archie St Goddard
Floyd Gervais

This

NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED: That the Blackfeet Tribal Business Council
fully support and endorses the Blackfeet Community College in its
part success since 1976 and in Blackfeet Community College's current
work with the Commissioner of Higher Education and the Montana
Institution of Higher Education in requesting a change in the
Board of Regents Policy (301.5) on transferability of credit.
change is to revise this policy to allow the Tribally Controlled
Community Colleges of the State of Montana who have achieved
Candidate Status for Accreditation through Northwest Association
of Schools and College to have their credits accepted at the various
units of the Montana University System.

FURTHER BE IT RESOLVED: That the Blackfeet Tribal Business Council not only supports the above revision in the Montana Board of Regents Policy, but recommends that this change be made prior to 1980-81 Academic Year as it is of utmost importance in the future development and growth of the Blackfeet Community College in serving students and other Tribally Controlled Community Colleges in the State of Montana.

Don Magee

Pat Schildt

I hereby certify that the foregoing resolution was adopted by the Blackfeet Tribal Business Council in duly called, noticed and convened Special Session assembled the 17th day of April, 1980 with Seven members present to constitute a quorum.

Secretary

Blackfeet Tribal Business Council

WHEREAS:

WHEREAS:

WHEREAS:

The Blackfeet Tribal Business Council is the duly constituted
governing body within the exterior boundaries of the Blackfeet
Indian Reservation; and

The Blackfeet Tribal Business Council has been organized to represent, develop, protect, and advance the view, interests, education and resources of the people of the Blackfeet Indian Reservation; and

The Blackfeet Community College, which is chartered by the Blackfeet
Tribal Business Council as an Institution of Post Secondary and
Higher Education on the Black feet Reservation; and

WHEREAS: The Blackfeet Community College is a member institution of the
American Indian Higher Education Consortium; and

WHEREAS: The American Indian Higher Education Consortium is and has been
serving not only the Black feet Community College but the other
member Tribally Controlled Community College since 1972 in

providing training and technical assistance in the tribal college's
growth and development; and

WHEREAS: The Blackfeet Community College has been assisted by AIHEC since 1977 in its development and has successfully achieved Candidate Status for Accreditation from the Northwest Association of Schools and Colleges on December 1, 1979; and

WHEREAS: The American Indian Higher Education Consortium has provided Training/ TA for Blackfeet Community College in the areas of Accreditation, Financial Resources Development, Institutional evaluation and planning, compilation of research and data; and

WHEREAS:

WHEREAS:

The American Indian Higher Education Consortium is organized to
"promote, foster, encourage, and implement programs for the
improvement of post-secondary and higher education for American
Indians, Eskimos and Alaskan Natives"; and

The American Indian Higher Education Consortium has grown from only
6 member institutions in the early 1970's to 17 members in 1980 with
member institutions from throughout the United States as follows:

Blackfeet Community College

Cheyenne River Community College
Dull Knife Memorial College

Fort Berthold College Center

Hehaka Sapa College at D-Q University

Inupiat University of the Arctic

Little Big Horn College

Little Hoop Community College

Navajo Community College

Nebraska Indian Community College
Oglala Sioux Community College
Salish-Kootenai Community College
Sinte Gleska College

Sisseton-Wahpeton College Center
Standing Rock Community College
Turtle Mountain Community College

United Tribes Educational and Technical Center