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In 1994 Congress authorized the formation of the 1994 Land Grant Colleges. These colleges are also known as Tribal Colleges. Sitting Bull College (SBC) is located in Ft. Yates, North Dakota on the Standing Rock Sioux Reservation. SBC has an Environmental Science program that offers an AS, BS and MS degree.  Six science faculty are at the PhD level and mentor undergraduate and graduate research programs. SBC has engaged in numerous collaborative projects in the past with 1862 Land Grant Universities and other research institutions. The current collaboration entitled ‘Renewal on the Standing Rock Sioux Reservation: Land, Cattle, Beef, and People', includes scientists from North Dakota State University, South Dakota State University and USDA-ARS. The collaboration started with a grant to SBC to begin some initial soils research at the proposed study site and to survey Standing Rock Community members about a larger research project. The results of the survey were used to develop a research program that included the interests of the people. The goals of the research now include providing a healthy source of meat from the cattle raised on the site and to do so in harmony with the wildlife, including the prairie dogs. The roles of SBC in this research include making sure the research is carried out in a culturally sensitive way, helping to seek continued input from Community members, providing students with jobs related to the research, giving training to our students in the research areas and making sure the people of Standing Rock benefit from the research. The research is an example of how collaborations with Tribal Colleges should work.