New pathway to health care program at Aaniiih Nakota College a big success

Nine Aaniiih and Nakoda high school students in the Fort Belknap area just finished their first year of the Pathway to Nursing, Public Health and STEM program at Aaniiih Nakoda College, a seven-week summer course meant to get local students into health care fields.

The course is funded through the National Institutes of Health in partnership with the college and the tribes and Program Director Bobby Pourier said it looks to have been a very successful first year.

The program consists of seven weeks themed around a different field of health care, including biology, chemistry, neuroscience,...