The Mellon Tribal College Research Journal was published from 2013 to 2015 by the American Indian College Fund, with funding from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation. The authors are current or former faculty members or students at tribal colleges and universities. The authors received funding from one of the following American Indian College Fund fellowship programs: Mellon Ph.D. Faculty Career Enhancement Fellowship, Mellon Faculty Research Fellowship, or Mellon Student Research Assistant Fellowship.