Spotted Wolf Selected Student Of The Year
Fort Peck Community College has announced that Miracle Spotted Wolf was selected the Student of the Year for 2021/22.
Spotted Wolf embodies the Buffalo Chaser spirit and resiliency, said FPCC officials.
“Completing my education will impact the Native American community by showing them if I can do it, so can you. In the community where I live, many single parents and young women raising their children grow more and more,” Spotted Wolf said. “Growing up on welfare and food stamps was a way of living and comfort to many Native Americans in our community. Having already walked in their shoes, struggling through all the hardships that come with figuring out how to make it all month is hard. I believe that from my background living in poverty and being raised by my grandmother. I can make a difference by showing them that no matter how hard it gets or how many things get thrown your way, giving up is not an option; you can choose to be wherever you want to be in life. By being able to relate to single mothers, the first thing I encourage them to do is go back to school. Education has always been one of the biggest things I pushed onto my children and their friends who have had family life the way I used to, so I know how hard it is to succeed with so much negativity surrounding you. Our community needs that positive influence to support our Native people no matter the background; we all deserve to strive for education and success.”
FPCC serves the people of the Fort Peck Reservation and northeast Montana by providing quality academic, vocational, and community based programs, empowering the next generation of workers, leaders and citizens while being entrusted with the preservation and promotion of Assiniboine and Sioux Culture. For more information about Fort PeckCommunity College visit us as fpcc. edu.
