The Mellon Tribal College Research Journal is published by the American Indian College Fund, with funding from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation. Authors are current or former faculty or students at tribal colleges and universities, and currently receive or have previously received Mellon Foundation funding for their research through one of the following three fellowship programs of the American Indian College Fund: Mellon Ph.D. Faculty Career Enhancement Fellowship Program, Mellon Faculty Research Fellowship Program, Mellon Student Research Assistant Fellowship Program. Manuscripts are reviewed anonymously by an editorial board of scholars within a range of fields. The Editor-in-Chief and Program Officer work with authors to prepare manuscripts for publication.