The American Indian College Fund recently honored 34 American Indian students attending tribal colleges as students of the year on March 19 at the 2017 Student of the Year and Coca Cola Award Banquet in Rapid City, South Dakota. The even was held in conjunction with the American Indian Higher Education Consortium Spring Student Conference.
The following students were named American Indian students of the year for 2016-17 by their tribal colleges and the American Indian College Fund. Each American Indian student also received a $1,200 scholarship from the Adolph Coors Foundation.
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Jacob Doney, Aaniiih Nakoda College
Ronald Carrick, Bay Mills Community College
Terydon Hall, Blackfeet Community College
Danacia Greywater, Cankdeska Cikana Community College
Savannah Chavez-Charette, Chief Dull Knife College
Franny Reiter, College of Menominee Nation
Allissa Bell, College of Muscogee Nation
Kimberly Chavez, Diné College
Tamara Montano, Fond du Lac Tribal and Community College
Donovan Archambault Jr., Fort Peck Community College
Marcell Grant, Haskell Indian Nations University
Ashley Reich, Ilisagvik College
Manuel Ramirez, Institute of American Indian Arts
Michelle Moulden, Keweenaw Bay Ojibwa Community College
Charity Valentin, Lac Courte Oreilles Ojibwe Community College
Adriana Kingbird, Leech Lake Tribal College
Jesse LaForge, Little Big Horn College
Tyren King, Little Priest Tribal College
Felicia Chischilly, Navajo Technical College
Anthony Sharpfish, Nebraska Indian Community College
Azure Boure, Northwest Indian College
Florence Garrett, Nueta Hidatsa Sahnish College
Darin Janis, Oglala Lakota College
Anna Winters, Saginaw Chippewa Tribal College
Robin Maxkií, Salish Kootenai College
Tanya Larvie, Sinte Gleska University
Maurice Redday, Sisseton Wahpeton College
Christina Dwarf, Sitting Bull College
Ivan Toya, Southwestern Indian Polytechnic Institute
Joanie Bull-In-Sight, Stone Child College
Jasmine Lopez, Tohono O’odham Community College
Memphis Belgarde, Turtle Mountain Community College
Darla Pikyavit, United Tribes Technical College
Sasha Munnell, White Earth Tribal and Community College
