New Opportunity
Internships
Indian Affairs Student Leadership
Summer Institute
Deadline: March 11
The institute’s mission is to engage
and support the next generation of Native
students interested in rising to leadership
levels within federal government. The
program will provide participants with:
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An introduction to the government-
to-government relationship between
the United States and Tribal nations
Knowledge of how the federal govern-
ment carries out its trust responsibilities
How the Tribal consultation process
guides the development and imple-
mentation of federal Indian policies
and regulations
Real-world exposure to Indian Affairs
and its bureaus, offices and programs
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Between 15-to-20 AI/AN undergradu-
ate and graduate students will be selected to
work at either Indian Affairs’ headquarters
in Washington, D.C., or at the Bureau of
Indian Affairs’ 12 regional offices. These
paid 10-week positions begin in early June
and end in mid- August.
Applications are due by 11:59 p.m.
(EST) on March 11 through the federal
employment website – USAJobs.gov.
Questions about the program, eligibil-
ity, how to apply and application require-
ments can be sent to IA_Institute@bia.gov.
Native American Multimedia
Internships
Deadline: March 18
Vision Maker Media is pleased to
offer Public Media Internships to under-
graduate or graduate students. With major
funding from the Corporation for Public
Broadcasting (CPB), the purpose of the
paid internships is to increase the oppor-
tunities for American Indian and Alaska
Native youth in Public Broadcasting.
Interns can be located at Vision
Maker Media›s offices at the University of
Nebraska-Lincoln in Lincoln, Nebraska,
or at a public television station in the U.S.
For more information, contact Vision
Maker media at 402-472-3522 or vision-
maker@unl.edu.
U.S. DOE – Office of Indian
Energy Summer Internships at
Sandia National Laboratories
Deadline: March 27
Current full-time technical under-
graduates and graduate students – who
are familiar with American Indian culture
and Tribal issues – are needed to support
projects funded by the U.S. Department
of Energy (DOE) Office of Indian Energy
Policy and Programs.
Student interns will help a cross-
disciplinary team perform specific tech-
nical tasks in the field and at Sandia
National Laboratories.
Interns will interact with Sandia’s
renewable energy staff, American Indian
Tribes interested in renewable systems
and Sandia’s American Indian Outreach
Committee. The program offers interns
instant immersion in project planning and
development activities working directly
with experienced, internationally recog-
nized energy experts.
For more information, contact San-
dra Begay-Campbell at 505-844-5418 or
skbegay@sandia.gov.
Friends of Tryon Creek – Nature
Day Camp and Interpretive Intern
Deadline: June 3
The Nature Day Camp intern will
support the day camp director and learn
about operational procedures, camp
registration and program planning. This
intern will support the camp’s extended
care program, providing supervision
and activities during the late afternoon.
He/she also will help coordinate and
deliver curriculum for campers age 6-10.
He/she also may occasionally fill in as a
substitute camp instructor.
This intern also will learn and apply
interpretive skills. Interpretation in Tryon
Creek State Natural Area seeks to reveal
the forest’s ecological and cultural sig-
nificance. The development of interpretive
programs will focus on families. He/she
will help lead six evening family campfire
programs as well as develop self-guided
scavenger hunts and other activities.
Indian Land Tenure Foundation
Internship Program
Deadline: Multiple
The College Internship Program
works with colleges and universities to
help students become directly involved
in land tenure issues for college credit. It
places students at a Tribal office working
directly on land tenure issues under the
supervision of Tribal office staff and col-
lege faculty.
Few opportunities exist for students
interested in a career concentrated on
Indian land tenure issues. These internship
opportunities provide students with the
experience needed to develop into future
Indian leaders who can build the capacity
of Indian nations to grow their land base
and effectively manage Indian lands.
For more information, contact the
grants manager at info@iltf.org.
Other Opportunities
Native Youth in Food &
Agriculture Summer Leadership
Summit – Student Leader
Deadline: March 11
Applications are available for the third
annual Summer Leadership Summit for
Native Youth in Food & Agriculture at the
University of Arkansas School of Law. The
summit takes place July 17-26 (includes
travel dates.
All food, lodging, instructional
materials and field trip costs will be
provided. Depending on the number of
students, some travel scholarships also
will be provided.
If you’re a college-aged student, please
consider applying as a student leader.
Tribal Climate Change
Photo Contest
Deadline: Spring – April 30;
Summer – Aug. 26
Our photo contest asks you to take
a picture of things you (or your Tribe
or village) value and add a short cap-
tion describing how a changing climate
might affect what’s in the photograph. For
example, if you take a picture of people
working, how might climate change affect
their jobs? Will farmers be able to plant
earlier in the spring? Will the road crew
need to use a different tar mix?
You’ll need a camera and an idea of
how the climate is changing in your area
and how it might affect the subject of your
photo. Visit globalchange.gov/explore
or http://climate.gov/ for effects on your
region of the country. Then write a caption.
Include your full name, grade and
school after caption (either with the photo
or in the email) and if you agree to the
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“terms and conditions.” Submit the photo
at bia_climate_photo_contest@bia.gov
(questions too).
If you are submitting as a class, follow
your teacher’s direction for submitting
Categories include grades K-5, grades
6-8 and high school.
Photos will be judged by age category
on the image – composition, subject,
content – and the caption – is the climate
change adaptation activity, climate impact
identified for the photo’s subject or topic.
Winning photos with their captions will
be displayed in the hallways of the Depart-
ment of Interior in Washington, D.C., and
a matching framed copy will be sent to the
school with a letter announcing the winners.
Helping Orient Indian Students &
Teachers into STEM (HOIST)
Deadline: May 2
HOIST is a six-week college prepara-
tory program held during summer session
at the University of Idaho. The program is
for American Indian high school students
who have demonstrated potential in sci-
ence, technology, engineering or math
(STEM) fields.
Goals include providing STEM
education to American Indian students;
recruiting and retaining American Indian
undergraduate students in STEM majors
and providing education to current and
future teachers to better instruct American
Indian students in STEM fields
Konaway Nika Tillicum
Deadline: May 13
Konaway Nika Tillicum, which means
“All My Relations” in Chinook Trade
Jargon, is an eight-day (July 9-16) aca-
March 2016
demic academy exploring a broad range
of classes, lectures, cultural experiences
and recreational activities for American
Indian middle and high school students.
Students selected for Konaway stay at
Southern Oregon University in Ashland
and interact with other American Indian
students while being challenged by cre-
ative, imaginative instructors and activities.
BIE STEM Loan for Service
Deadline: June 1
AIGC administers a Bureau of Indian
Education contract to provide financial
assistance in the form of loans to eligible
American Indian and Alaska Natives
seeking graduate and professional degrees
in science, technology, engineering and
mathematics (STEM).
The fellowship amount is typically
between $1,000 and $5,000 per academic
year (not including summer) and varies
from year to year, depending on the num-
ber of qualified applicants, the availability
of funds and unmet financial need.
The Student Conservation
Association
Are you a high school student who
is passionate about conservation? Do
you like working as part of a team to get
things done? Join an SCA Community
or National Crew and plug yourself into
SCA’s nationwide network of young con-
servationists – thousands of students who
are as passionate as you are about preserv-
ing wildlands, protecting nature in urban
areas and keeping the planet green.
The goal is to promote opportunity for
careers with Tribal governments, Bureau
of Indian Affairs and Bureau of Indian
Affairs-funded organizations on and off
reservations. Loans are paid back at the
rate of one year of service for one year
of funding.
SCA offers a range of programs for
youth ages 15-19. Whether you want to
serve in your local community or explore
public lands across the country, SCA has
something for you.
Applicants must be (or will be)
pursuing a master’s or doctorate degree
as a full-time degree-seeking student at
an accredited graduate school in the U.S.
Exclusive consideration is paid to degree
candidates in the STEM fields.
This program engages students in a
real-world technology education chal-
lenge designed to combine academic
relevance, education achievement and
applications of technology. The com-
petition helps develop workforce and
life skills, including computer analysis
and software design, verbal and written
communication, research, teamwork and
problem solving.
AIGC Fellowship
Deadline: June 1, 2016
The AIGC Fellowship program
provides approximately $1.2 million in
fellowships to more than 400 American
Indian and Alaska Native graduate and
professional students each year.
The SMART Competition
Students will achieve an increased
awareness of the smart grid, green build-
ing design, the environment, community,
livability and sustainability-related issues.
