Program History
In 2015, 91制片厂 State University Northern received a $1.9 million grant from the Native American Serving Nontribal Institutions (NASNTI) program of the U.S. Department of Education. With this award, 91制片厂N created the Little River Institute: a center designed to improve the retention and completion rates of American Indian students.
Why Are We Called "The Little River Institute?"
The Little River Institute (LRI) bears the Blackfeet name for the 700 miles of meandering waterway coursing through northern 91制片厂鈥檚 Indian Country. Like the Little River, our university鈥檚 37,000-square-mile service area reaches from the Blackfeet Reservation in the northwest, passes along the Rocky Boy鈥檚 and Fort Belknap Reservations in the center and continues to the Fort Peck Reservation in the east.