Indian Country Extension Offices

About Indian Country Extension

This term identifies Cooperative Extension work that occurs in Indian Country — on American Indian reservations, in tribal communities and tribal colleges. This nonformal, knowledge-based educational programming is grounded in the philosophy established in the Smith-Lever Act of 1914. The teaching is conducted by faculty, extension agents/educators and other associated employees of the extension organizations within land grant universities and colleges; tribal colleges and tribal governments.

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Program Showcase

  • 4-H Youth Development
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     Colorado River Indian Tribes Extension - Colorado River Indian Tribes
    The 4-H Youth Development program focuses on increasing youth perceptions of self worth, providing skills and knowledge for decision making that promote healthy lifestyles and the development of productive and ethical behavioral patterns. 4-H Youth Development programs existed in La Paz County and on the Colorado River Indian Tribes Reservation prior to the establishment of the EIRP program and they continue to thrive today. The EIRP agent works with the County 4-H agent, Brent Strickland to... more

  • 4-H Project Materials and School Enrichment Activities
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     Northern Cheyenne Extension - Northern Cheyenne
    In the past 4 years, the extension program aide planned and implemented three school enrichment projects: OUTPUTS: 1. Horse of Course reached 126 K-8 students in the Northern Cheyenne Tribal School. This course, during fall term, was a basic equine class covering all aspects of horse management and understanding. The class covered breeds, colors, anatomy, feeds and safety. The horse program improved student attendance and behaviour throughout the six week program. more

  • Lakota Youth Day
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     Rosebud Extension - Rosebud
    In 2004, this Office established a Lakota Youth Day in the Spring that is targeted to youth ages 8-18 years to expose them to tribal programs and positive activities that are available on the Reservation, including 4-H, the Boys & Girls Club, the Youth Affairs Archery Club, and Rodeo. In the past two years 350 youth have participated in the day’s events and a new 4-H club with 5 members was established from the event. more

  • Use of Traditional Foods by Hopi Female Headed Households to Increase Food Security
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     Hopi Extension - Hopi Tribe
    This multi-partner study surveyed the experiences of single Hopi mothers in using and accessing traditional food through an Appreciative Inquiry approach. The use of traditional foods had positive impacts on a variety of community capitals: natural, cultural, human, social, and financial. Important informal mechanisms are in place to make sure that single mothers can access traditional foods. The use of traditional foods decreases with age. Ways to increase the use of traditional foods by... more

  • Walker River Indian Reservation 4-H

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     Nevada Cooperative Extension - Nevada
    The Walker River Indian Reservation is located in west-central Nevada and is one of the three largest Indian reservations in the State of Nevada, located in Mineral, Lyon and Churchill Counties. A recent needs assessment of reservation households identified unemployment in the rural area as the number one community risk factor followed closely by alcohol and drug abuse. The Tribe has been a part of the FRTEP since about 1992 and has had several different agents on the reservation, which have... more

  • Agriculture
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     Colville Extension - Colville
    FRTEP continues to improve agriculture and natural resource management skills in order to enhance productivity, sustainability, and quality of rural life. Programming has included: more

Latest Additions and Changes

  • Bay Mills Community College
    Extension Office
    1 day 19 hours ago
    Bay Mills Community College (BMCC) is situated on the southeastern shore of Lake Superior, on the Bay Mills Indian Reservation, which is located in Michigan's Eastern Upper Peninsula.
  • Hopi Extension
    Extension Office
    1 day 19 hours ago
    The Hopi Reservation Extension Office works with Hopi Tribal Government partners like the Office of Range Management and the Hopi Office of Youth Affairs, and with non-governmental partners such as...
  • About Indian Country Extension
    Page
    7 weeks 2 days ago
    This term identifies Cooperative Extension work that occurs in Indian Country — on American Indian reservations, in tribal communities and tribal colleges. This nonformal, knowledge-based...
  • Michigan Cooperative Extension
    Extension Office
    30 weeks 3 days ago
  • Master Food Preserver
    Extension Program
    31 weeks 4 days ago
    MSU Flathead Reservation Extension Office partnered with MSU Lake County Extension to offer the first Master Food Preserver class in Montana in over 25 years.  With the increase in gardening...
  • Fort Peck Extension
    Extension Office
    32 weeks 18 hours ago
    The Fort Peck Reservation is in northeastern Montana, and home of the Assiniboine and Sioux Tribes.
  • University of Nevada Tribal Exension
    Extension Office
    32 weeks 18 hours ago
    Existing Federally Recognized Tribes Extension Program (FRTEP) funds are insufficient to support tribal needs on more than one reservation. In order to fund more than one full-time operation, UNCE...
  • "Health and Traditions among Hopi/Tewa Women."
    Publication
    33 weeks 1 day ago
    Abstract:  This paper is based on participatory action research over a 6-year period with the Hopi non-profit,   Pu’tavi, and the Hopi tribal government.  Discussing the functions...
  • Hualapai Extension
    Extension Office
    33 weeks 1 day ago
    The Hualapai and Havasupai tribes speak closely related languages and are located on ancestral lands on the edge of the Grand Canyon of the Colorado River. The Hualapai Reservation is nearly a...
  • Keweenaw Bay Ojibwa Community College
    Extension Office
    34 weeks 2 days ago
    Keweenaw Bay Ojibwa Community College is located in Bataga, Michigan.