Tribal College and University Research Journal — Volume 2 Leilani Ignacio, Bobby Lind, Hiram Small Leggs, Marie Washington, Colleen Berg, Dave Oreiro, & William L. Freeman
Child care at affordable rates would benefit so many of our students. Education is the most important tool in success. A lot of parents fall back due to child care issues. That would be nice to have a system available to help assist with child care cost. The student rate for child care isn’t much different than the community rates. Have child care hours and rates meet realistic management for families and especially single parents. . . .we come to school to better ourselves to better the generations behind us. If possible it should be one less worry of having to worry about child care and money. Because of this unmet financial need, students believed it is important for the college to provide more opportunities for them to access a variety of financial resources and to gain employment. More work around campus would be a huge asset to the students who are in need. At orientation I wish that someone from NWIC would of let me know about all the financial programs and assistance that was available to me. Instead of learning this on my own. Would of been very helpful. Like BFET (Basic Food & Employment Training) and GA (General Assistance) state needs. Lack of sufficient financial resources is a barrier to education. TCUs were initially created to give Native American students an opportunity to overcome educational, social and economic barriers and to help rebuild Native Nations after decades of cultural and economic deterioration (Stein, 1992), yet financial hardships have persisted. Cultural Identity Another barrier addressed in the qualitative data was perceived unfair treatment of some students based on their cultural identity. Cultural identity of Native American students sometimes seemed complex and often multifaceted. Results indicated that on occasion NWIC may have overlooked the diversity of its students
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