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NOTICES
Applicants Sought for Hatfield
Fellowship
The Confederated Tribes of Grand Ronde has announced that applications
for the Mark O. Hatfield Congressional Fellowship are now available. Each year,
a Hatfield Fellow is selected from Native American applicants to serve as a fellow
in the office of a member of Oregon’s congressional delegation.
The fellowship was created in 1998 to honor Mark Hatfield for his
accomplishments as a U.S. senator and Oregon governor, as well as his mentorship
of many emerging leaders.
“The Mark Hatfield Congressional Fellowship provides members of Pacific
Northwest American Indian tribes the opportunity to make a difference in their
personal lives as well as contribute to the quality of life within their communities,”
commented Justin Martin, Intergovernmental Affairs director for the Confederated
Tribes of Grand Ronde.
“The Hatfield Fellowship will seed Indian Country with individuals who
know their way around Washington, D.C., producing long-term benefits for all
Oregon tribes and the Pacific Northwest,” said Kris Olson, member of the Spirit
Mountain Community Fund Board of Trustees, which oversees the internship.
Applicants must be enrolled adult members of a federally recognized tribe in
Oregon, Idaho, Montana, and Washington, with preference given to Oregon tribes.
The selection committee will conduct interviews in August and announce its
selection by Sept. 1, 2002.
Highlights for the fellowship include:
The Hatfield Fellow will serve for nine months (November 2002 - July 2003)
5* The fellow will receive a monthly stipend, moving and travel expenses, and
tuition for the American Political Science Association (APSA) orientation.
The fellow is not an employee and is therefore responsible for his/her own
taxes and insurance.
To request an application, contact Paula Cook, Spirit Mountain Community
Fund, by mail at 9615 Grand Ronde Road, Grand Ronde, OR 97347, or by
e-mail at Paula.Cook@grandronde.org.
Deadline for submitting a complete application is July 15, 2002, at 5 p.m.
Late applications will not be accepted.
Don Harland from Pepsi presents a $14,952 check, to Vai Hibdon and other
members of the Pow-Wow Committee, including Sharon Edenfield,
Craig Whitehead, and Natasha Kavanaugh. Bill Guempelein from Pepsi
is at right. Pepsi also donated $4,181.25 to the Education
Committee for scholarships.
Call for Papers
In a collection of essays on women of color and writing 20 years ago, with
groundbreaking texts like This Bridge Called My Back, women of color
interjected their experiences, their bodies, and their writing into the public arena.
They understood quite well that writing was a tool for survival as well as a
tool of dominance. What place does writing have in the lives of women of color
today? What are the politics of writing for women of color today? How have
these politics changed for “third wave” feminists?
We invite complete papers (4,000-6,000 words) for an anthology by women
of color writers who critically explore the political, social, and personal uses of
writing.
We encourage both imaginative and theoretical writers to submit papers as
we are interested in creating cross-genre dialogues between women of color
writers. All genres of writing are welcome as long as they are both critical and
accessible.
Complete papers are due July 26, 2002.
Please send your contributions and/or questions to Luna Calderon, 1548
Parker Street, Berkeley, CA 94703.
American Indian College Fund Receives Grants
The American Indian College Fund
has received two new grants.
One is a $100,000 grant from
E*TRADE Group, Inc. (NYSE: ET),
which will provide scholarships for
Native American students attending
tribal colleges on reservations in South
Dakota. The other is a $60,000 grant
from The Citigroup Foundation, the
charitable arm of Citigroup (NYSE: C).
The two-year grant will help 98
Native American students from 19
tribal colleges obtain scholarships in
teacher training.
“We are extremely honored by
E*TRADE Financial’s commitment to
providing educational opportunities for
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our students. Students attending tribal
colleges will be able to pursue their
goals in higher education, which in turn
will have an important impact on the
reservation economies in South
Dakota,” said Richard Williams,
executive director of the Denver-based
non-profit organization.
“We appreciate Citigroup’s
commitment to teacher training at the
tribal colleges,” Williams said. “This
funding will enable students to pursue
their educational goals and will in turn
have a direct impact on K-12 education
in Native communities that are facing
a shortage of qualified teachers.”
The American Indian College
Fund, established in 1989, has spent
July 2002
more than a decade helping to increase TradePlus. E*TRADE Financial
educational opportunities for Native (www.etrade.com) brings together a
students. With its credo “educating the personalized and fully integrated
mind and spirit,” the fund distributes- financial services solution that includes
scholarships and support to tribal investing, banking, lending, planning,
colleges across the country.
and advice.
This aid directly assists more than
Citigroup (NYSE: C), the pre­
5,000 students in achieving their
eminent global financial services
college education. The fund also
company with some 200 million
supports endowments, developmental
needs, and public awareness, as well customers in more than 100 countries,
as college programs in Native cultural provides consumers, corporations,
governments, and institutions with a
preservation and teacher training.
As a global leader in personal broad range of financial products and
financial services, E*TRADE Financial services, including consumer banking
has been at the forefront of the online and credit, corporate and investment
revolution since the company was banking, insurance, securities
originally founded in 1982 as brokerage, and asset management.