Scholarships
TCU’s diverse funding opportunities celebrate Native American and Indigenous students’ heritage and support success.
Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women’s Scholarship
Indigenous women experience a disproportionate degree of violence and disappearance in North America. In 2017, the U.S. Senate designated May 5 — the birthday of Hanna Harris, a member of the Northern Cheyenne Tribe who had been raped and murdered — as a National Day of Awareness for Missing and Murdered Native Women and Girls (MMIWG). In 2021, President Joe Biden issued the first presidential proclamation designating May 5 as Missing and Murdered Indigenous Persons Awareness Day.
Seeking to honor and raise awareness around MMIW, TCU created the Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women’s Scholarship in 2019. Undergraduates interested in illuminating and seeking solutions to this crisis may apply for TCU’s MMIW Scholarship.
We share Hanna Harris’ name to educate about the MMIW crisis, but do so with utmost respect, acknowledging that many tribes refrain from speaking names of relatives who have journeyed on.
Four Directions Scholars Program
Beginning in the 2024-25 academic year, TCU will award a four-year scholarship annually to two first-year undergraduate citizens of a federally recognized tribe (pending recipients’ meeting the university’s eligibility requirements for receiving financial aid). The scholarship covers the basic annual cost of attending the university, including an award for full tuition and an allowance for an on-campus room, meal plan and books.