Salish Kootenai College

The first tribal college to have a four-year nursing program welcomed a new body to the classroom this fall: a synthetic cadaver. And it's helping Indigenous students prepare to enter health care professions at a time when they're needed most.

This fall, the Salish Kootenai College on the Flathead Reservation is welcoming it’s first class of nursing students to an expanded four year program. The program is now the nation's only four-year tribal program.

The state tribal-relations committee recently wrote a letter urging the public to respect the closure orders on reservations across Montana, which have...