The Oglala Lakota College on the Pine Ridge Reservation received a $100,000 grant from the state of South Dakota.

The money will be used to give students hands-on experience in home building. The school's general construction program will buy a home kit that the students will build and sell.

The state's Indian education director is hoping similar projects can be duplicated at other tribal colleges and at high schools.

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Oglala construction students get state help (The Sioux Falls Argus Leader 12/19)

Relevant Links:
Ogala Lakota College - http://www.olc.edu
American Indian Higher Education Consortium - http://www.aihec.org
Tribal Colleges and Universities - http://www.ed.gov/about/inits/list/whtc/edlite-index.html
American Indian College Fund - http://collegefund.org

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