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About Wileety Native American College
About the Wileety Native American College (WNAC)
Wileety – Pronounced “Wuh-lehh-too” is a Miwok term which means “To Bloom, To be Bright, to Shine.”
The Wileety Native American College is the first of its kind on a California State University Campus and is part of Sacramento State. Students will submit applications to Cal State Apply. After acceptance into Sacramento State, they will submit a subsequent application to the Wileety Native American College. Students will enter the Native American College either as first-year or transfer students and/or junior year. General Education courses, when possible, will be mapped out to encourage students to enter classes as a cohort. All students will minor in Native American Studies, with an emphasis on Tribal leadership. The students may select any major that the University offers and into which they are accepted.
The Wileety Native American College will provide career and Tribal leadership-focused activities and training for the professional development necessary for success both within and outside of Native American communities at the local, state, and national levels. Student support services will be easily accessed through the Wileety Native American College to provide a more fluid pathway through the university. Students will collaborate with their peers through the cohort model, thus creating support systems with the potential to become lifetime networks and resources. Preparing students within a Native context for a successful future is a primary goal of the Wileety Native American College.
Equal Opportunity and Excellence in Education and Employment
All university programs and activities are open and available to all regardless of race, sex, color, ethnicity or national origin.
Vision
To provide a tribal and community centered, traditional knowledge-based education programming to develop successful leaders to serve tribal nations, local communities, California statewide and national communities.
Purpose
The Wileety Native American College provides a Tribal Nation/Native Community/Native American Studies based cohort educational experience for all students. The experience is designed to equip students with the necessary academic, professional, tribal government-centered, community-focused, culturally based knowledge and skills to become successful leaders within all of our communities. The Wileety Native American College offers support services and GE academic advising helping students have a successful university experience.
Land Acknowledement
We acknowledge, with respect, the land our campus is on today was, and continues to be, the homelands of the Indigenous people of this area, the Nísem Péwinan, Nisenan, and Miwok. The larger Sacramento area and its rivers serve as a gathering place for many local tribes from the surrounding valley and foothills including the Southern Maidu, Patwin, and Wintun.
We recognize these lands and riverways as unceded traditional territories of these Native peoples. We further recognize these California Native nations and respect their sovereignty. By offering this land acknowledgement, we affirm our commitment to build relationships and foster a university environment of success to better serve Native nations and communities.
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Wileety Native American College
University Library ,
Library 1001, MS6133
Mon. – Fri. 8 a.m. – 5 p.m.
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Phone: (916) 278-3735
wnac@csus.edu