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    • Tribal Colleges and Universities (TCU)

    Metadata Updated: April 15, 2026

    Tribal Colleges and Universities (TCUs) are chartered by their respective tribal governments, including the ten tribes within the largest reservations in the United States. The 33 accredited TCUs operate more than 90 campuses and sites in 15 states—covering most of Indian Country—and serve students from well more than 250 federally recognized Indian tribes. TCUs vary in enrollment (size), focus (liberal arts, sciences, workforce development/training), location (woodlands, desert, frozen tundra, rural, urban), and student population (predominantly American Indian). However, tribal identity is the core of every TCU, and they all share the mission of tribal self-determination and service to their respective communities.

    These academically rigorous institutions engage in partnerships with organizations including U.S. Department of the Interior, U.S. Department of Agriculture, U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, the National Science Foundation, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, and universities nationwide to support research and education programs that focus on issues such as climate change, sustainable agriculture, water quality, wildlife population dynamics, and diabetes prevention. Many support distance learning involving state-of-the-art learning environments.

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    Public: This dataset is intended for public access and use. License: See this page for license information.

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    Dates

    Metadata Created Date September 11, 2025
    Metadata Updated Date April 15, 2026

    Metadata Source

    Harvested from DOI BIA DCAT-US

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    Additional Metadata

    Resource Type Dataset
    Metadata Created Date September 11, 2025
    Metadata Updated Date April 15, 2026
    Publisher Bureau of Indian Affairs
    Maintainer
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    Data First Published 2023-06-26T19:50:25Z
    Data Last Modified 2026-04-13T10:08:49.664Z
    Category geospatial
    Public Access Level public
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    Harvest Source Title DOI BIA DCAT-US
    Homepage URL https://onemap-bia-geospatial.hub.arcgis.com/datasets/BIA-Geospatial::tribal-colleges-and-universities-tcu
    License https://www.idmanagement.gov/license/
    Metadata Type geospatial
    Old Spatial {-158.5303,55.3158,-131.5278,71.2952}
    Program Code 010:000
    Source Datajson Identifier True
    Source Hash 85f12fb1c65bc9b6ef642b87627775103bab38790ea2fa9bda648aadfc293254
    Source Schema Version 1.1
    Spatial

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