| Nebraska Indian Community College (NICC) intends to use its Tribal Colleges and Universities Program (TCUP) grant to renovate approximately 75 percent of an existing building shell at NICC's Macy campus in order to create a 100-percent functioning campus. This will result in a two-level facility containing offices, general classrooms, a science laboratory, a cultural classroom, a recording room, a conference room, and a library. The location is the new Macy campus, which is a 20-acre site on Highway 75 in Macy, Nebraska. The target population to be served is the Omaha Tribe of Nebraska, which consists of approximately 3,000 enrolled members. The immediate towns served are Macy, the capital of the Omaha Tribe of Nebraska, which is 97 percent Native American and has a population of 962, and Walthill, which has a population of 909, the majority of whom are Native. The project will create a safe and healthy campus environment for learning, which is vital to NICC's continued accreditation; help increase recruitment and retention, which is vital for NICC fiscally; and help improve the standard of living for the Omaha Tribe.
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