Aaniiih Nakoda College celebrates 40 years of history Tuesday

Aaniiih Nakoda College will be marking its 40th anniversary as an institution Tuesday, with a celebration at 10 a.m. in front of the Ekib Tsah Ah Tsik Cultural Center.

The college, chartered in 1983, was originally known as Fort Belknap Community College, and has served the Aaniinen and Nakoda nations at Fort Belknap for decades as a public, non-profit college, offering degrees in the fields of business, sociology, education, science and health care.

Before receiving its charter from the tribes, the campus was Fort Belknap Resident Center of the College of Great Falls from 1980 to 1982, and th...