American Indian Student Services

AISS Staff

Michelle Guzman (Shoshone)
Director
(406) 243-6352
Office: Rm 113A

service region. 

Faith Price (Wampanoag)
Community Prevention Coordinator
All Nations Health Center
(406) 243-6308
Office: Rm 113B

Welcome to the Office of American Indian Student Services

We are here to ensure Native students have a positive experience while attending the University of Montana. Our staff in American Indian Student Services (AISS) strive to create a welcoming and inviting environment for all the students we serve. AISS believes that we can be your home away from home!

We support Native students in their transition to college, whether a first-year freshman or a transfer student from one of the Tribal Colleges, we are here to ensure that students are assisted in ways that increase the likelihood of academic achievement and lifelong success! 

AISS Services

AISS supportive services and programming includes peer tutoring/mentoring support, academic/culturally-based workshops, school/testing supplies, and a food pantry.

• Tutoring/Mentoring Support
• Scholarships
• Native American Scholarships

AISS is Located in the Payne Family Native American Center 113

AISS is also active in connecting Native students to on and off-campus services/programs that have been established through collaborative partnerships with various campus-based and Missoula community organizations. 

Campus-Based Organizations 

• TRiO Support Services
• Native American Natural Resource Program (College of Forestay and Conservation)
• Health Career Opportunity Program (HCOP, College of Health)
• Indians into Psychology (InPsych) Program
• Branch Center (University Center)

Missoula Community Organizations

• All Nations Health Center

Native Student Spaces - Payne Family Native American Center

1st Floor

AISS Student Lounge (Payne Family American Center 113C)

• Study spaces and comfortable seating
• Computers/FREE printing and TV
• Food pantry
• Smudge space
• School/testing supplies
• Coffee and tea

2nd Floor

Computer Lab (Payne Family American Center 208)

• Computers and FREE printing

Student Lounge (Payne Family American Center 210)

• Quiet study tables and comfortable seating
• Printing and copying (charged to Griz Card)
• Coffee, tea, and snacks