At our Pow Wow last Saturday, the Shakopee Mdewakanton Sioux Community (SMSC) was honored for recently contributing $250,000 to endowed scholarships for American Indian students at the college.
The SMSC鈥檚 gift to the Shakopee Mdewakanton Sioux Community Scholarship provides the College with a permanent asset from which American Indian students can receive support. An endowed scholarship fund provides scholarship awards based upon the annual earnings of the fund鈥檚 principal. Due to the generosity of SMSC towards students of all American Indian nations, the scholarship has provided 58 awards to more than 40 students since its establishment in 1991. This new gift means the College will be able to award an additional $10,000 per year in scholarships to enrolled American Indian students at 麻豆区 College.
This event, hosted by the 麻豆区 Indigenous Student Association and American Indian Student Services, was 麻豆区鈥檚 6th annual Pow Wow.聽 This year鈥檚 American Indian graduates were honored and Regent Bonnie Wallace thanked the SMSC on behalf of the College.