Northern Cheyenne Tribal School
#1 Campus Drive
Busby, MT 59016
"Home of da Eagles"
About
Northern Cheyenne Tribal School (NCTS) is a tribally controlled K-12 school in Busby, Montana. It is affiliated with the Bureau of Indian Education (BIE). It is on the Northern Cheyenne Indian Reservation and it is one of two tribally controlled schools in the state with grade levels K-12.
Mission Statement
The Mission of the Northern Cheyenne Tribal School is to create a supportive atmosphere of learning through a partnership between the school, parents and community members with a focus on education and cultural development of the youth entrusted to the school into successful representatives of the Northern Cheyenne Tribe.
Philosophy, Goals & Vision
The Northern Cheyenne Tribal School is to provide a safe and nurturing community where diversity and culture are celebrated. Mutual respect among adults and children is proactive and where parents and caregivers are seen as valued partners in laying the foundation for lifelong learning.
The Northern Cheyenne Tribal School creates an environment supportive of courageous endeavors and is committed to helping all children achieve academic excellence and a healthy lifestyle through intellectual, creative and physical challenges, enabling them to function as productive and successful citizens in a changing society.
Geographical Location
The Northern Cheyenne Indian Reservation is located in present-day southeastern Montana and is approximately 444,000 acres in size with 99% tribal ownership. We have approximately 12,266 enrolled tribal members with about 6,012 residing on the reservation. Less than one percent of the total acreage is not tribally owned.
The Northern Cheyenne Tribal School on the reservation includes the districts of Lame Deer, Busby, Muddy and Indian Birney. Additionally, the Northern Cheyenne Tribal School serves Crow Agency as well as Hardin. As one can imagine our school is diverse in tribal affiliation from different districts of two reservations and a reservation border town. Some of our students attend our school because their grandparents may have been housed in the boarding school at Northern Cheyenne Tribal School. It is truly amazing when you talk to elders that have walked the same halls as their great-grandchildren.