Six Nations Polytechnic

Six Nations Polytechnic

Motto	Learn Local - Work Global
Type	Aboriginal-owned and controlled post-secondary institution.
Established	1993
President	Rebecca Jamieson
Undergraduates	university, and continuing education students
Location	Six Nations of the Grand River Territory, 2160 Fourth Line, P.O. Box 700, Ohsweken, Ontario, Canada N0A 1M0
Affiliations	Indian & Northern Affairs Canada, and the Ontario Ministry of Education,
Website	snpolytechnic.com

Six Nations Polytechnic (SNP) is an Aboriginal-owned and controlled post-secondary institution at Six Nations of the Grand River First Nation. The Six Nations of the Grand River First Nation are the Mohawk, Cayuga, Onondaga, Oneida, Seneca, and Tuscarora. The Six Nations of the Grand River First Nation reserve acreage at present covers some 46,000 acres (190 km2) near the city of Brantford, Ontario.

Aboriginal institutes partner with colleges and universities to offer students degree programs, apprenticeships, certificate programs and diploma programs. SNP was founded to provide greater access to post-secondary education for Aboriginal peoples. SNP delivers post-secondary programs approved by the Ministry of Training, Colleges and Universities. The educational curriculum was adapted to meet the needs of Aboriginal learners to ensure it reflects community needs, cultural heritage and identity. SNP is a strong advocate of lifelong learning - evident in its initiatives to raise Aboriginal student entry into post-secondary education through educational programs offered at the elementary and secondary level.

History

Since 1993, Six Nations Polytechnic has offered college and university programs through agreements with public colleges and universities.

On June 26, 2009 – the Indigenous Knowledge Centre and Ogweho:weh Diploma Programs [Gayogohó:non-Cayuga and Kayenkeha -Mohawk] were publicly launched with the signing of the Six Nations and McMaster University Collaborative Agreement. These university credit diploma programs will eventually become full degree programs for Hodenosaunee languages.

On 15 December 2008, SNP conferred the title of Professor of Indigenous Knowledge on five persons who had contributed to preserving, promoting and imparting the centuries-long knowledge developed and nurtured in our community.

Mission

Place sign, Six Nations, Ontario

Six Nations Polytechnic mission to

to offer programs and courses of study which promote individual and collective economic and social well-being
to develop, promote the retention of and revitalize Hodinohso:ni/Rotinonshonni culture and languages
to reflect the cultural values of Hodinohso:ni/Rotinonshonni.
to address issues and needs from an Aboriginal perspective.
to serve as a centre of excellence for indigenous community- based learning.
to enable learners to gain knowledge and skills needed to be self-sufficient, educated, and employable while learning about Hodenosaunee culture, languages and traditions.

Partnerships

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Six Nations Polytechnic offers programs and courses of study in partnership with all levels of government; commissions; industries; commerce and other education and training institutions.

Programs offered

University

Native University Program - First Year
Ogwehoweh language Diploma and Degree Programs in Mohawk or Cayuga
Ogwehoweh Language Degree Program
Native Child Welfare

College

Practical Nursing with Aboriginal Communities
Police Foundations
Office Administration

Continuing Education

Principal of First Nation Schools
Directors of Education for First Nation Communities
Workshops & Seminars

Secondary School and Homework Support

Native Diploma Access Program
Homework Support Program

Scholarships & Bursaries

The Government of Canada sponsors an Aboriginal Bursaries Search Tool that lists over 680 scholarships, bursaries, and other incentives offered by governments, universities, and industry to support Aboriginal post-secondary participation. SNP scholarships for Aboriginal, First Nations and Métis students include:

Harvey Longboat Sr. Memorial Scholarship;
Marge & Reg Henry Cayuga Language Award;
Vina Loft Mohawk Language Award;
Watson Parojcic Benefit Consultants Inc. Bursary;
Aboriginal Institutes’ Consortium – Student Scholarship Award;
Aboriginal Institutes’ Consortium – Instructor Award;
The Jack and Lillian MacDonald Scholarship;^[1]
Science Education Employment Development (SEED) Scholarships - a partnership between Imperial Oil and Six Nations of the Grand River Territory.^[2]

Six Nations Achievement Centre

The Six Nations Achievement Centre was founded in 1993 as a community-based agency providing adults with tutoring in Literacy and Basic Skills, in a culturally sensitive manner to increase their academic skills for entry into higher level of education and/or to obtain employment. The funding is provided by the Ministry of Training, Colleges and Universities, Literacy and Basic Skills Branch. The Six Nations Achievement Centre is a member of the Brant Literacy Service Planning (LSP) and the Ontario Native Literacy Coalition. The programs offered include:

Academic related assessments.
One-to-one tutoring
Refresher workshops
Online learning
Six-week "Pre-GED" connection program
Essential skills and workforce literacy
Career and/or college preparation sessions
New computer training for adults with no computer experience
Crafting for Employment Workshops
Networking

Campus

Main campus is a building located on 2160 Fourth Line in Oshweken, Ontario.

Ogwehoweh Skills and Trades Training Centre located at 16 Sunrise Court is a complex consisting of three two storey buildings that mimics longhouses.

References

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Six Nations of the Grand River First Nation.

External links

Post-secondary education in Ontario

Degree-granting institutions

Public Universities^[1]	Algoma Brock Carleton Dominican Guelph Lakehead Laurentian Laurier McMaster Nipissing OCADU Ottawa Queen's RMC Ryerson Toronto Trent UOIT Waterloo Western Windsor York

Private Universities^[2]	Baptist Bible College Canada Canada Christian Canadian Reformed Seminary Emmanuel FaithWay Baptist Great Lakes Bible College Heritage Baptist Institute for Advanced Judaic Studies ICS Maimonides Master's Redeemer St. Philip's Talpiot College Toronto Baptist Tyndale Yeshivas Ner Yisroel of Toronto

All above institutions are either established through an Act of the Legislative Assembly or through a Royal Charter

Degree Programs Offered^{under Ministerial Consent}	Adler School of Professional Psychology CMCC RCC

Affiliated Colleges	Assumption Brescia Canterbury Conrad Grebel Huron Iona King's Renison St. Jerome's St. Paul's

Community colleges

Colleges of Applied Arts and Technology	Algonquin^† Boréal Cambrian^† Canadore Centennial^† Confederation^† Durham Fanshawe^† Fleming^† George Brown^† La Cité^† Lambton^† Loyalist^† Mohawk^† Niagara^† Northern St. Clair^† St. Lawrence^† Sault Seneca^†

Institutes of Technology and Advanced Learning	Conestoga^† Humber^† Sheridan^†

Institutes of Advanced Studies	Georgian^†

^†Degree programs offered

Other recognized institutions

Specialist institutions	Michener

Affiliated Colleges	Assumption Brescia Canterbury Conrad Grebel Huron Huntington Iona King's PIMS Renison St. Jerome's St. Paul's Thorneloe

Aboriginal institutes

Anishinabek First Nations Kenjgewin Teg Iohahi:io Akwesasne Negahneewin Ogwehoweh Oshki-Pimache-O-Win Seven Generations Shingwauk Kinoomaage Gamig Six Nations Polytechnic

North American Tribal Colleges and Universities

Canada

Alberta	Blue Quills First Nations College Maskwacis Cultural College Old Sun Community College Red Crow Community College Yellowhead Tribal College

British Columbia	Native Education Centre Nicola Valley Institute of Technology

Manitoba	Yellowquill College

Nunavut	Akitsiraq Law School Nunavut Arctic College

Ontario	Anishinabek Education Institute First Nations Technical Institute Kenjgewin Teg Educational Institute Iohahi:io Akwesasne Adult Education Centre Negahneewin College Ogwehoweh Skills and Trades Training Centre Oshki-Pimache-O-Win Education & Training Institute Seven Generations Education Institute Shingwauk Kinoomaage Gamig Six Nations Polytechnic

Saskatchewan	First Nations University of Canada

United States

Alaska	Iḷisaġvik College

Arizona	Diné College Tohono O'odham Community College

California	D–Q University

Kansas	Haskell Indian Nations University

Michigan	Bay Mills Community College Keweenaw Bay Ojibwa Community College Saginaw Chippewa Tribal College

Minnesota	Fond du Lac Tribal and Community College Leech Lake Tribal College Mille Lacs Tribal College Red Lake Nation College White Earth Tribal and Community College

Montana	Aaniiih Nakoda College Blackfeet Community College Chief Dull Knife College Fort Peck Community College Little Big Horn College Salish Kootenai College Stone Child College

Nebraska	Little Priest Tribal College Nebraska Indian Community College

New Mexico	Institute of American Indian Arts Navajo Technical University Southwestern Indian Polytechnic Institute

North Dakota	Cankdeska Cikana Community College Fort Berthold Community College Sitting Bull College Turtle Mountain Community College United Tribes Technical College

Oklahoma	Cheyenne and Arapaho Tribal College College of the Muscogee Nation Comanche Nation College Pawnee Nation College

South Dakota	Oglala Lakota College Sinte Gleska University Sisseton Wahpeton College

Washington	Northwest Indian College

Wisconsin	College of Menominee Nation Lac Courte Oreilles Ojibwa Community College

Wyoming	Wind River Tribal College

Six Nations, Ontario

Government	Six Nations of the Grand River and the Crown Six Nations of the Grand River and Canada Six Nations Band Council Six Nations Confederacy

Radio and newspapers	CKRZ-FM Turtle Island News Tekawennake

Roads and highways	Highway 54

Education and Culture	Six Nations Polytechnic Six Nations Achievement Centre

Six Nations of the Grand River First Nation	Mohawk Cayuga Onondaga Oneida Seneca Tuscarora

Miscellaneous	List of people from Six Nations Ohsweken Bread and Cheese Day Grand River Enterprises Grand River land dispute

League of the Iroquois

Nations	Cayuga Mohawk Onondaga Oneida Seneca Tuscarora

Topics	Clan mother Economy Hiawatha Languages Mythology Great Law of Peace Great Peacemaker Settlement of the northern shores of Lake Ontario Tadodaho

Coordinates: 43°03′35″N 80°05′59″W / 43.05979°N 80.09965°W / 43.05979; -80.09965

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