Nebraska Indian Community College is a co-educational public, regionally accredited community college located in Macy, Nebraska. Today NICC serves the Omaha Tribe and the Santee Sioux Nation, and maintains an open door philosophy. The multicampus structure of NICC provides opportunities for individualized attention and distance learning for students and teachers who may be separated by hundreds of miles. The college operates three sites: in Macy on the Omaha Reservation, in Santee on the Santee Sioux reservation, and in the urban South Sioux City.
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