The University of Lethbridge has implemented two policy updates to make postsecondary education more financially accessible for Indigenous students. ULethbridge has waived application fees for self-declared Canadian Indigenous students; additionally, members of Aamskapi Pikuni, the Blackfeet Nation in Montana, will now be eligible for domestic tuition rates. “Our goal is to remove barriers for Indigenous students so they can access this incredible world of education,” said ULethbridge Vice-Provost, Iniskim Indigenous Relations Iikaisskini (Low Horn) Dr Leroy Little Bear. “There is no contrived international US-Canada border on the ancestral lands of the Sisksikaitsitapi, we are all part of the Blackfoot Confederacy and now our university recognizes this through this change that opens the door to Blackfeet students who may live in Montana.”
