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TRIBAL PROGRAM NEWS Higher Education Scholarship Information Available Gates Millennium Scholarship Program The American Indian College fund is seeking nominees for the Gates Millennium Scholarship Program. Nominations are being sought for high school seniors, undergrads and graduate students. Teachers, principals and tribal and community leaders must nominate Gates Scholars. Students must have a minimum 3.3 GPA, financial need, and leadership commitment. The program is soliciting names, year in school, major, name of school, student/ school phone number, who would best nominate the student, and nominator’s phone number for any potential scholar you personally know. Bill Gates and his wife, Melinda, have donated $10 billion over the next 20 years to scholarships for excellent students in college and graduate school. Scholarships are available to Native American, African American, Asian and Hispanic students who meet certain major and GPA requirements. More information is available at http://www.gmsp.org. An application is available on the web site. Frances C. Allen Fellowship for Women of American Indian Heritage The Newberry Library, 2000-2001 This fellowship is for women of Native American heritage. While candidates for this award may be pursuing any graduate or pre-professional field, the particular goal of the Allen Fellowship is to encourage American Indian women in their studies of the humanities and social sciences. Application deadline is Jan. 20, 2000. Financial support varies according to need and may include travel expenses. Allen Fellows are expected to spend a significant part of their tenure in residence at Newberry’s D’Arcy McNickle Center for American Indian History. The tenure of the fellowship runs from one month to one year. Applicants must submit a budget of travel and research expenses. Awards vary, covering $1,200 to $8,000 of approved expenses. For more information or to download application materials, visit the Newberry web site at www.newberry.org. If you would like materials sent to you by mail, write to Committee on Awards, 60 West Walton St., Chicago, IL 60610-3380. Phone 312-255-3666. Email: research@newberry.org Intertribal Timber Council Truman D. Picard Scholarship Program The Intertribal Timber Council will award 14 scholarships this year in the following categories: graduating senior high school students seeking an education in natural resources (four scholarships at $1,200 each) and students currently attending an institution of higher education and studying natural resources (10 scholarships at $1,800 each). Interested students must provide the following information by close of business (5 p.m. PST) March 3, 2000, to the Intertribal Timber Council Education Committee: • • • • • • Letter of application demonstrating (1) interest in natural resources, (2) commitment to education, community/culture, (3) academic merit and (4) financial need. The Education Committee reviews and ranks the applications. Address all four points in the letter, which may be up to two pages in length. Resume Three letters of reference Validated enrollment in a federally recognized tribe or Native Alaska Corporation, as established by the U.S. government. 2000 graduating high school seniors: Please provide documented proof of application to an institution of higher education to study in natural resources, along with school grades. College students: If you are currently enrolled in a higher education program, please provide documented proof of study in natural resources, along with school grades. Send all information to the Intertribal Timber Council, 4370 NE Halsey St., Portland, OR 97213. Phone 503-282-4296. Email: itcl@teleport.com. www.itcnt.org. USDA UPDATE Distribution is as follows in January: Siletz Monday, Jan. 10 9 a.m.-3 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 11 9 a.m.-3 p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 12 9 a.m. - 3 p.m. Salem Monday, Jan. 24 3 p.m. - 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 25 9 a.m.-8 p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 26 9 a.m.-5 p.m. USDA would like to thank a few people who have helped us a lot with the distribution and warehouse work. A very big thank you goes out to Sage Butler and Lilly Rilatos. These two people have worked very hard and put in a lot of time at the warehouse. USDA also would like to congratulate Sage and Swift on their recent marriage. We wish them the best for their future together. PSU, con’t from page 1 The Tribal Administration Program is just now getting under way. Courses will be delivered to just a few tribes at the outset in order to work out technological challenges and revise course content in response to student evaluations. TAP’s first students enrolled in the fall quarter of 1999. The program is committed to providing post-baccalaureate education opportunities that lead to a Master of Public Administration degree with an emphasis on tribal administration. The goal of the program is to prepare students to effectively contribute to maintaining and developing the economic viability, cultural integrity, self- sufficiency, and self-determination of Native nations. Theresa Rapida, Ph.D., (Shoalwater Nation) directs the program. She can be reached at PSU, 1-800-547-8887, 503-725-5155, e-mail rapidat@pdx.edu. You also may contact Bev Youngman, Siletz Tribal programs manager, 1-800-922-1399, ext. 290, 541-444-8290, e-mail bevy@ctsi.nsn.us. 11
