Native American Education, Research, and Cultural Center at UWYO

05/15/2026

Congratulations to our University of Wyoming 2026 GRADUATES‼️

We want to give a special thanks to our NAERCC Staff and Intern teams for all of the behind the scenes planning, setting up, etc. Without your help, we wouldn’t have made this possible!🤩

Also another huge THANK YOU to the families, guests, tribal leaders/higher ed, and community who came to support our graduates. Your support means so much to all of us!!🥹

We are so excited to see the path each of our graduates take in their futures!🤠🤎💛🤎💛

05/05/2026

It has been a busy couple weeks here in the NAERCC‼️

But in those busy weeks, something great came out of it:) We had invited a special guest; Sunny Goggles, Director of the White Buffalo Recovery, to come and teach our professional staff and train our NASI/SAGE Peer Mentors and partners Cowboy Coaches in Understanding Historical Resilience and Cultural Healing when working with our Native students!

We are beyond grateful for the information and teachings Sunny had shared with our team!😄

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04/13/2026

ATTENTION CURRENT STUDENTS, INCOMING FRESHMEN, & TRANSFER STUDENTS ATTENDING UW IN THE FALL SEMESTER 2026‼️‼️

The Wyoming Promise Fund is now posted and ready to be applied to!

Deadlines for the scholarship:

⭐️NEW FIRST YEAR STUDENTS must confirm their enrollment for Fall Semester 2026 by MAY 1st.

⭐️TRANSFER STUDENTS must confirm their enrollment by AUGUST 1st for Fall Semester 2026.

⭐️CURRENT STUDENTS click on the link and fill out the application by JULY 1st.

Criteria for the scholarship:

⭐️Must be an enrolled member of the NORTHERN ARAPAHO and EASTERN SHOSHONE tribes.

⭐️Must have GRADUATED FROM A WYOMING HIGH SCHOOL.

⭐️CURRENT STUDENTS must have/maintain a GPA of 2.0

Click the link for more information:)

Don’t wait till last minute‼️

-NAERCC TEAM
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Members of the Northern Arapaho and Eastern Shoshone tribes who live in Wyoming are eligible for a new scholarship covering up to the full cost of University of Wyoming undergraduate tuition and fees starting this fall.

04/10/2026

We had such a great evening of learning how to play handgames! We even invited one of our partnering clubs, MEChA!🤩

Thank you Xavier Littlehead, Marlin Spoonhunter, and Dr. Tarissa Spoonhunter for teaching our students and partners how to play! Hopefully in the future we can get a UW team and take the team on tour!😉 (Kidding!)

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04/08/2026

DEADLINE EXTENDED 🚨

We’re excited to share that the deadline to apply for the following Native Forward scholarships has been extended to May 1st 2026 at 11:59 PM.

Scholarships include:
— Aerospace Career Enhancement (ACE)
— BIE Professional Development Funding for STEM Educators and Students
— Miller Indigenous Economic Development Fellowship
— PNM Education Endowment Part-Time Scholarship
— PNM Everett F. Chavez Memorial Scholarship

Access the application here: bit.ly/4snek5T

Questions? Please contact: [email protected]

04/03/2026

Speed Learning Night was a success! 🔥 Huge shoutout to MEChA for pulling up and being part of such a fun event! We plan to do another event in the future like this!🤠💛🤎💛🤎

02/26/2026

We had such a successful event! We want to thank NA THPO for coming down to teach our students how to make cedar sticks on Tuesday!

Now our students can carry on these teachings with them forever😉

02/05/2026

Attention Native High School Students‼️ Please see information below 👇

Good News everyone! UW Native American Summer Institute 2026 Applications are NOW OPEN to current Native American High School Students from 9-12th Grade (be a current freshman to graduating senior!) Our UW NASI Team is looking forward to hosting! Please see the attached flyer for more information.

*Feel free to share & help us get the word out. 🤠🤎💛🤎💛 📚

01/21/2026

We kicked off the new semester with our Welcome Back Dinner!🥳 Thank you to everyone who joined us for an engaging presentation, a fun notebook activity, and great company. We’re all excited for what this semester has in store and wish everyone a successful and fulfilling semester ahead!🤠💛🤎💛🤎

Here are some pictures we took this evening!