Strides toward Native American self-governance and determination have led to significant initiatives designed to protect and preserve community traditional practice and participation. A specific focus of this paper examines potential factors that affect Native American students' post-college aspirations with respect to participation and support for their communities. The findings derive from a survey of 86 Native American college students attending a predominately non-Native university. While not all Native American college students live on or near a reservation, the results indicate that students in this particular sample reported a significant aspiration towards reservation community involvement post-college. Such findings could potentially shape more effective collaborations between tribal communities and private and public institutions by emphasizing outcomes especially beneficial to reservation communities. This is particularly relevant to institutions of higher education that share an interest in the success of both Native students and the communities from which they come.