A few examples of their efforts are described below within the context of the Indian Nations at Risk Task Force goals. Several colleges have child care and Head Start programs themselves, and many others provide training and certification for early childhood education instructors. Dorreen Yellowbird's article describes the nationally recognized Early Head Start program at Cankdeska Cikana Community College. Tribal colleges often create cultural curricula for K-12 schools on their reservations that make other subjects relevant to Native students, such as the Cheyenne math curriculum being developed at Dull Knife Memorial College. Welfare recipient students at Little Big Horn College devote their volunteer hours to tutoring grade school children.
Several colleges participate with local high schools in dual enrollment programs.
For example, the College of the Menominee Nation offers physics and advanced math to high school students who receive both high school and college credits. Others offer pre-college introductory courses, such as the Circle of Learning program at Fond du Lac Tribal and Community College. As mentioned above, tribal colleges all offer extensive Adult Basic Education programs to assure Indian students earn GEDs. Properly preparing teachers may be the most important role that tribal colleges play in preK-12 education. Teacher education classes are certainly among the most popular.