Deeping the Understanding of Anishinaabe History, Culture, and Language through the Expansion of the Native American Studies Associate Degree to a Four Year Bachelor’s Degree

FAIN: AD-295704-24

Saginaw Chippewa Tribal College (Mount Pleasant, MI 48858-2335)
Mary Pelcher (Project Director: May 2023 to present)
Adam Haviland (Co Project Director: May 2023 to present)

A three-year curriculum development project, expanding an existing associate degree program to a baccalaureate degree program in Native American studies.

To create a Bachelor’s of Arts degree in Native American Studies. This bachelor degree will be in aligned with the current associate degree in NAS that offers concentration areas of: History & Law; Arts & Culture; and Anishnaabemowin (tribal language). A Bachelor of Arts degree will offer students a deeper understanding of the Anishinaabe culture, language, and history as compared to just offering the basic associates degree in Native Studies.