Resources for Native American Students

 Student Resources:

• American Indian Gateway 
  • The American Indian Gateway at the University of Montana highlights “all things Indigenous” at the university

• American Indian Student Services 
  • American Indian Student Services supports Native American students in their transition, achievement, and success at the University of Montana; by providing services and programs that have been established through collaborative partnerships with various campus and Missoula community members.

• Application for American Indian Tuition Waver
• Food and Living Resources Specifically for American Indian Students
  • The AISS staff can provide students with information regarding campus and community resources such as financial assistance programs, housing options, childcare options, and numerous other programs.
• Equal Opportunity and Title IX Office
• National Native American Law Students Association
  • NNALSA works to increase the Native American law student population and promote indigenous legal issues that affect Native communities

General Resources: 

• Montana Indian Law Portal
• Indian Civil Rights Act
• National Indian Law Library
  • NILL maintains a unique and valuable collection of Indian law resources and assists people with their Indian law-related research needs.
• Social Security Information for American Indians
• Indian Health Service
  • The IHS provides a comprehensive health service delivery system for American Indians and Alaska Natives

  • The Affordable Care Act and How It Works with the Indian Health Service

    Indian Health Service

• The Indian Child Welfare Act
  • Establishes standards aimed to achieve the dual purposes of protecting the right of an Indian child to live with an Indian family and to stabilize and foster continued tribal existence.

• Wills for Native Americans

Tribal Court Resources: 

Forms, bylaws, domestic violence and housing programs, divorce and custody resources, and more.

• Blackfeet Tribal Court
• Chippewa Cree Tribal Court 
• Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribal Court
• Crow Tribal Court
• Fort Belknap Tribal Court
• Fort Peck Assiniboine and Sioux Tribal Court
• Little Shell Tribe
• Northern Cheyenne Tribal Court