Abstract
First to pull the necessary resources together was the large, powerful Navajo Tribe located in New Mexico, Arizona, Utah, and Colorado. The effort, led by Robert and Ruth Roessel, enlisted the help of community leaders, educators, tribal politicians, and combined funding from federal sources and private sources. The ability to organize and locate funding was a key to NCC's early success, but an additional factor was the founders' decision to use Navajo philosophy and culture as the bedrock of NCC's educational mission. This decision set a precedent of success which the following TCCC's all emulated to a greater or lesser degree. Thirteen TCCC were chartered in the years between 1968 and 1975. The community college philosophy of service to the community, reflection of community educational needs in the curriculum, transferable general education curriculum, open door access to all community members and local governance lent itself well to the spirit of community still strong within most Indian tribal structures.
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