New tribal colleges offer 'sense of belonging' for Native students but hit roadblocks [calmatters.org]

Rafael Maravilla(PACEs Connection Staff) 8/9/2111:59 AM

By Emma Hall and Charlotte West, Cal Matters, August 5, 2021

Victoria Chubb was supposed to study photography at a college in New Mexico after graduating from high school in Riverside County, but was afraid of being far away from home.

“I really did just chicken out to leave my reservation and to leave California,” said Chubb, a member of the Morongo Band of Mission Indians.

She tried to go back to art school in San Bernadino a few years later, but dropped out to care for her mother, who was ill.

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