The Iowa First Nations (IFN) resident tuition program grants incoming students from one of 67 tribes affiliated to homelands historical to the state of Iowa to receive undergraduate resident tuition at the University of Iowa. Students should select American Indian in the Ethnic / Racial / Tribal Affiliation section of the application for admission. They will receive a supplemental application via email to provide one of four types of documentation: a tribe/nation enrollment membership number or official documentation, Certificate of Indian Blood (CIB) or Certificate of Degree of Indian Blood (CDIB), recognition by your tribe/nation authorities, or self-reported documentation of being a direct descendant with a personal statement.
Learn more about residency and the IFN program at the Office of the Registrar.
IFN Tribes or Nations Connected Historically with the Present State of Iowa
- Bad River Band of Lake Superior Chippewa
- Bay Mills Indian Community of Michigan
- Bois Forte Band of Chippewa
- Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe
- Chippewa Cree Tribe of the Rocky Boy’s Reservation
- Citizen Potawatomi Nation
- Crow Creek Sioux Tribe
- Flandreau Santee Sioux Tribe
- Fond du Lac Band of Lake Superior Chippewa
- Forest County Potawatomi Community
- Fort Belknap Indian Community
- Fort Peck Tribes of Assiniboine and Sioux Tribes
- Grand Portage Chippewa
- Grand Traverse Band of Ottawa and Chippewa Indians
- Gun Lake Tribe of Pottawatomi Indians
- Hannahville Indian Community of Michigan
- Ho-Chunk Nation
- Iowa Tribe of Kansas and Nebraska
- Iowa Tribe in Oklahoma
- Keweenaw Bay Indian Community of Michigan
- Kickapoo Traditional Tribe of Texas
- Kickapoo Tribe in Kansas
- Kickapoo Tribe in Oklahoma
- Lac Courte Oreilles Band of Lake Superior Chippewa
- Lac du Flambeau Band of Lake Superior Chippewa
- Lac Vieux Desert Band or Lake Superior Chippewa Leech Lake Band of Ojibwe
- Little Shell Tribe of Chippewa Indians of Montana Little River Band of Ottawa Indians
- Lower Brule Sioux Tribe
- Lower Sioux Indian Community
- Menominee Indian Tribe of Wisconsin
- Miami Tribe of Oklahoma
- Mille Lacs Band of Ojibwe
- Nottawaseppi Huron Band of Potawatomi
- Oglala Sioux Tribe
- Omaha Tribe of Nebraska and Iowa
- Otoe-Missouria Tribe of Indians
- Ottawa Tribe of Oklahoma
- Pokagon Band of Potawatomi Indians
- Ponca Tribe of Nebraska
- Ponca Tribe of Oklahoma
- Prairie Band Potawatomi Nation Prairie Island Indian Community
- Red Cliff Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Indians
- Red Lake Band of Chippewa Indians
- Rosebud Sioux Tribe
- Sac and Fox of the Mississippi in Iowa
- Sac and Fox Nation of the Missouri
- Sac and Fox Nation of Oklahoma
- Saginaw Chippewa Indian Tribe
- St. Croix Chippewa Indians
- Santee Sioux Tribe
- Sault St. Marie Tribe of Chippewa Indians
- Shakopee Mdewakanton Oyate of the Lake Traverse Reservation
- Sokaogon Band of the Lake Superior Chippewa Indians
- Spirit Lake Tribe
- Standing Rock Sioux Tribe
- Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa Indians
- Upper Sioux Community
- White Earth Nation
- Winnebago Tribe of Nebraska
- Yankton Sioux Tribe