Sitting Bull College on the Standing Rock Sioux Reservation has been named one of "10 cool colleges for entrepreneurs" by Fortune Small Business magazine.
The college landed on the list for launching a "pioneering program" in entrepreneurship. The magazine says the goal to reduce the 76 percent unemployment rate on the reservation.
The school recently started a computer consulting business to provide technical support on the reservation and also provides expertise for a small business loan program.
In the work is a new $3.4 million business entrepreneurship center to provide space for local startups.
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