Steven Lotz Source 3

O'Laughlin, Jeanie. "Financing Of Tribal Colleges." (2002): ERIC. Web. 7 Mar. 2016.

1.) The point of this article is to discover how Tribal colleges, colleges only accessible to Native Americans on specific reservations, are funded, and I want to try and compare this funding to the funding of their public counterparts.

2.) The article gives some data about how the Tribal colleges are funded, as well as detailing how the four different types of colleges found on many reservation. The article shows how these colleges are funded by many parts of the US Government, such as the Tribally Controlled College or University Assistance Act. The article then goes on to show the standards these colleges are held to and the actual amount of money that goes into these colleges.

3.) This does a great job to show how poorly funded the Native American reservation schools are. It shows how the Tribal colleges are poorly funded compared to the public University counterparts. I used to think that the reservations did not have access to higher education and the only way people could go to college is by going to one of the already established universitites. Now, I learned they have access to colleges and universities that are funded by the Native American tribes.

4.) This article also talks about some points that my first source brought up. This article would agree with the first source that the United States government is trying to fund these Native American schools and improve the lives of the Native American youth that before would not have access to higher education.

5.) This article leads me to ask the question "Are Native American schools using this funding to the best of their ability?" and "Should these schools be funded primarily by the United States, or should these universities be funded by the Native Americans and tribes that use them?"