The University of Minnesota Duluth integrates liberal education, research, creative activity, and public engagement and prepares students to thrive as lifelong learners and globally engaged citizens.
Chris Vang ● (218) 576-6176● vang3705@d.umn.edu
Location: Duluth, MN
Website: www.d.umn.edu
Virtual Information Sessions: None
Virtual Tours: www.youtube.com/watch?v=EcpZ6siGLaE
Number of Students: 9,884
Student to Faculty Ratio: 16:1
Percentage of Students Who Identify As Native: 3%
Percentage of Staff Who Identify As Native: Not Provided
Graduation Rate For Native Students: Not Provided
Admission Requirements
We are a holistic review campus. We do not have a required GPA or test score for admission. Average GPA is 3.2 - 3.7.
We are test optional, and also utilize personal essays, letters of recommendation and resumes with review, though not required.
Native Financial Aid Opportunities Offered by the School
Mike Munnell Scholar Award
Neezh Odain Scholarship
Shakopee Mdewakanton Sioux Community Endowed Scholarship
UMD American Indian/Alaskan Native Community Volunteer Scholarship
Wells Fargo Tribal Resource and Environmental Stewardship Scholarship
Diploma
Certificate
Associate's
Bachelor's ✓
Master's ✓
Doctorate ✓
On-Campus Native Specific Housing
On-Campus Family Housing
On-Campus Sober Housing
On-Campus Childcare
Support Person For Native Students ✓
Elder-In-Residence
Native American Tuition Waiver ✓
Native Greek Organizations
Arts & Entertainment Degrees
Art
Art Education
Art History
Arts Administration
Arts in Media
Communication
Creative Writing
Cultural Entrepreneurship
Dance
Digital Writing, Literature and Design
Film Studies
Graphic Design
Jazz Studies
Journalism
Marketing and Graphic Design
Music
Music Education
Music Performance
Photography
Professional Writing
Studio Art
Theatre
Theatre Design & Production
Theory and Composition
Writing Studies
Native Degrees
American Indian Studies
Indigenous Environmental Systems and Resource Management
Tribal Administration & Governance
Tribal Administration and Leadership
Tribal Natural Resource Stewardship, Economics, and Law
Tribal Resource and Environmental Stewardship
Tribal Sovereignty and Federal Indian Law
Native Language(s) Taught
Ojibwe
Native Classes
21st Century Native Literature: American Indian Writing Published in the New Millennium
Advanced Tribal Administration and Governance I
American Indian Diplomacy: Treaties, Compacts, and Agreements
American Indian Experience to 1900
American Indian Experiences: 1900-Present
American Indian Families and Society
American Indian Novel
American Indian Philosophies
American Indian Women
American Indian Tribal Government and Law
American Indians and the Media
American Indians in the Movies
American Indians in Sports
Applied Leadership and Ethics in an Indigenous Organizational Context
Beginning Ojibwe I
Beginning Ojibwe II
Business Processes in Tribal Administration
Current Issues and Opportunities in Tribal Administration and Governance
Directed Research in American Indian Studies
Ethnobotany
Federal Indian Law I
Federal Indian Law II
Federal Indian Policy
Foundations of Indigenous Environmental Systems and Worldviews Bioregionalism
Foundations of Indigenous Leadership
Foundations of Leadership and Ethics in Indigenous Community Life and Organizations
Fundamentals of Tribal Operations Management
Fundamentals of Tribal Project Management
Fundamentals of Tribal Strategic Management
Fur Trade in Canada and the United States
Internship in American Indian Studies
Introduction to American Indian Literature
Introduction to American Indian Studies
Introduction to Federal Indian Law
Introduction to Tribal Administration and Governance
Native New Worlds: Zombie Killers, Detectives, and Astronauts in American Indian Genre Fiction
Native Skywatchers: Indigenous Ethno- and ArchaeoAstronomy
Ojibwe History and Modern Culture
Principles of Tribal Sovereignty I
Principles of Tribal Sovereignty II
Projects in American Indian Studies
Survey of American Indian Arts
Tribal Administration and Governance Directed Project
Tribal Finance, Accounting and Budgets I
Tribal Finance, Accounting and Budgets II
Tribal Natural Resource Economics
Tribal Natural Resource Program Management 1
Tribal Natural Resource Program Management 2
Tribal Natural Resource Stewardship Directed Project
Native Supports Offered
American Indian Learning Resource Center
Center of American Indian and Minority Health
Center for Regional & Tribal Child Welfare Studies
Mishoomis Collection Library
Ruth A. Myers Center for Indigenous Education
Tribal-State Relations Training
Native Student Organizations
Association of Native American Medical Students
Indigenous Student Organization
Native Events
Association of American Indian Physicians Pre-Admission Workshop
Fall Feast
Great Lakes Native American Applicant Workshop
Monthly Center of American Indian and Minority Health Student Lunches
Native Americans Into Medicine
Powwow
Native Preparation Programs
None
Native High School Programming
Denfeld After School Happenings
How Is The School Involved With The Local Native Community?
Not Provided