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:
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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.
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