MINOT, ND (KXNET) — For today's Native American Heritage story, we're highlighting a center that provides counseling and student transitional assistance to Indigenous college students.

For close to 30 years, the Native American Cultural Center has been serving as a home away from home for college students at the Minot State University campus.

The space is also described as a rest and relaxation student center, providing students with personal, social, financial, and career advice, along with counseling and advising.]

Center Director Annette Mennem, an enrolled member of the Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa, has led the center for over ten years, and is a twice alumna of Minot State University.

"When I came to Minot State as a student, I was a little bit afraid, a little bit uneasy and

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