The Northern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference is an independent

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. The NIAC is made up of ten schools in

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. The NIAC sponsors men’s and women’s

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for member institutions. The conference features five Christian colleges (Canadian Mennonite, Free Lutheran Bible, Oak Hills Christian, Providence and Trinity Bible) as well as four Native American schools: Leech Lake Tribal (

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Sisseton Wahpeton College Sisseton Wahpeton College (SWC) is a Public tribal land-grant community college of the Sisseton Wahpeton Oyate on the Lake Traverse Reservation in South Dakota. It was established in 1979 and serves the Dakota people. SWC has an average enrollmen ...

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) and Turtle Mountain (

Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa The Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa Indians (Ojibwe language: ''Mikinaakwajiw-ininiwag'') is a Native American tribe of Ojibwa mixed heritage people, who would be considered Metis if they were Canadian, based on the Turtle Mountain Indian Reser ...

History

Leech Lake Tribal and Red Lake Nation joined the NIAC in 2013. Canadian Mennonite and Cankdeska Cikana were added to the league for the 2016-17 season. Expansion for 2017-18 included Providence University College, Red River College and Sisseton Wahpeton College bringing the member total to ten. Nueta Hidatsa Sahnish College was admitted to the NIAC for the 2019-20 season.

Member schools

Former members

Cankdeska Cikana Community College Cankdeska Cikana Community College is a public tribal land-grant community college in Fort Totten, North Dakota, on the Spirit Lake Reservation. The college is accredited by the Higher Learning Commission. The college is named after Paul "Little ...

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Crossroads College Crossroads College (originally International Christian Bible College and later Minnesota Bible College) was a four-year, coeducational Christian college in Rochester, Minnesota, United States. It was founded in 1913 and ceased offering classes in ...

Pillsbury Baptist Bible College Pillsbury Baptist Bible College was an independent Baptist college in Owatonna, Minnesota, United States (1957–2008). Pillsbury described itself as a " biblical arts college." It offered a four-year program leading to the degrees of Bachelor of ...

Red Lake Nation College Red Lake Nation College is a public tribal land-grant community college on the Red Lake Indian Reservation in Red Lake, Minnesota. It is fully accredited by the Higher Learning Commission and enrolls about 150 students. The college is supported by ...

(2013-14) * St. Cloud Technical & Community College

Champions

References

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External links

Northern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference website@NIACathletics on Twitter
College sports conferences in the United States