Important information for college-bound Tribal seniors Tribes to
• Make final decision about which col- • If necessary, arrange for housing and
March
Congress:
lege or university you will attend.
a meal plan (at school).
• Check for three Tribal scholarships
• If you decide to decline enrollment
• Send thank you notes to any person/ Respect our
at ctsi.nsn.us.
to a college or university to which
committee from which you received
• Complete scholarships.
you have been accepted, send notice
a scholarship.
sovereignty
indicating this to the college’s admis-
• Start working on Tribal higher educa-
sions office.
tion or adult vocational training grant
application. This can be found on the
Tribe’s website and is due June 30.
May
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Review Student Aid Report (SAR).
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You should start receiving admission
responses.
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April
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Send thank you notes to people who
have helped you.
June
This is the deadline for final decisions
for universities.
Send letter of intent to registrar.
Line up a summer job.
Attend your Senior Awards Night.
Review any award letters and be sure
you understand the terms and condi-
tions that accompany each type of aid.
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Tribal higher education and adult
vocational training applications are
due June 30!
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Attend graduation – congratulations!
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Make arrangements for your final
grades to be sent to colleges and
universities.
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Good luck!
Scholarships
2016 Greenfield Peace Writing
Scholarship
Deadline: March 14
Wells Fargo American Indian
Scholarship
Deadline: May 1
Wilson-Hooper Veterinary
Medicine Assistance Program
Deadline: May 13
Any 11 th - or 12 th -grade Oregon stu-
dent can enter by submitting an original
essay, poem or narrative work (maximum
600 words) in response to the following
question: “How would a successful move-
ment to confront climate change help
create a more just and peaceful world?”
Submissions can be sent by email
(preferred) or postal mail and are due by
5 p.m. on March 14. A panel of judges
composed of local writers, activists and
distinguished community members will
select the winning entries.
First prize is a $1,000 scholarship,
second is $750 and third is $500.
For more information, email peacecon-
test@oregonpsr.org or call 503-274-2720.
This scholarship is funded by Wells
Fargo and administered by the American
Indian Graduate Center (AIGC).
To be considered for the Wells Fargo
scholarship, an applicant must be pursu-
ing a career and degree in fields relating
to banking, resort management, gaming
operations, management and administra-
tion, including accounting, finance, infor-
mation technology and human resources.
The Wilson-Hooper Veterinary Medi-
cine Assistance Program, in memory of
Jane Wilson Hooper and Col. Philip L.
Hooper, provides scholarships to stu-
dents pursuing veterinary medicine and
veterinary technician degrees. If you love
animals and possess the desire to pursue
a degree at an accredited college or uni-
versity, you may qualify for funding from
this program.
Awards are merit based and there is
opportunity for multi-year funding.
American Indian Education
Foundation Scholarships
Deadline: April 4
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Undergraduates students must be of
American Indian or Alaska Native
descent (student or one parent must be
enrolled and have documentation) and
be enrolled full-time in an accredited
two- or four-year college/university or
technical/vocational school.
Graduate students must be of American
Indian or Alaska Native descent and
attending an accredited graduate school
(online college is not applicable).
Catching the Dream Scholarship
Deadline: April 30
Throughout the United States, Native
communities suffer from a lack of quali-
fied professionals. Well-paying jobs exist
in Indian communities, but few Indians
are prepared to fill them.
A prime reason for the lack of quali-
fied Indian professionals is the poor state
of American Indian education today. The
high school dropout rate for Indians is 50
percent, more than twice the rate for the
nation as a whole. Of the Indian students
who finish high school, only 17 percent
attend college, with the majority attend-
ing public, two-year community colleges.
Catching the Dream seeks to address
this deficiency. Our high-priority areas
of study are math, engineering, science,
business, education and computers.
REDW Native American
Scholarship in Accounting
Deadline: May 1
This scholarship is funded by REDW,
a national certified public accounting and
business consulting firm that boasts many
American Indian and Alaska Native Tribes
and enterprises among its clients.
REDW recognizes not only the need
for scholarship support for Native people
to enter the field of accounting, but also the
need for students to gain valuable experi-
ence and mentorship in the field. REDW
will support two students each year.
REDW will provide priority applica-
tion status to scholarship recipients for
paid REDW internships in either the Phoe-
nix, Ariz., or Albuquerque, N.M., offices.
Accenture American Indian
Scholarship Fund
Deadline: May 1
The Accenture American Indian
Scholarship Fund was established to build
personal and lasting relationships with
students who will become the future lead-
ers in the American Indian communities
and possibly with Accenture. This schol-
arship program and funded by Accenture
and administered by AIGC.
Each academic year, Accenture selects
students who demonstrate character, per-
sonal merit and commitment to the Amer-
ican Indian community locally and/or
nationally. Merit is demonstrated through
leadership in school, civic and extracur-
ricular activities, academic achievement,
and motivation to serve and succeed.
Applicants must be seeking a degree in
engineering, computer science, operations
management, management, finance, mar-
keting and other business-oriented fields.
NCAI Scholarships
Deadline: Various
The National Congress of American
Indians is committed to investing in the
next generation of leaders to protect and
enhance Tribal sovereignty for generations
to come. Young Native leaders are invited
to apply for either our internship or the
Wilma Mankiller Fellowship.
If you have any questions or would
like more information, contact Jamie
Gomez at JGomez@ncai.org.
Deadlines for 2016 applications are
as follows:
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Wilma Mankiller Fellowship: March 15
Summer 2016 Internship: March 31
Fall 2016 Internship: Accepted on a
rolling application process
Cobell Scholarship
The Cobell Scholarship will now be
administered through the Cobell Scholar-
ship Fund for the 2016-2017 academic year.
For questions concerning the Cobell
Scholarship and to apply for fund-
ing for summer 2016 and academic
year 2016-2017, contact scholarships@
cobellscholar.org for more information or
visit cobellscholar.org.
For information about Agent
Orange , possible health-related
problems and VA benefits:
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Toll-free Helpline – 800-749-
8387, press 3
publichealth.va.gov/xposures/
agentorange/
WASHINGTON – Appearing on
Feb. 11 before a House Financial Services
Committee hearing examining the treat-
ment of American Indians by the Consumer
Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), a key
American Indian leader urged Congress
to once again stand shoulder-to-shoulder
with Indian Country to help ensure the
CFPB respects the historic government-to-
government relationships of federal entities
and sovereign Tribes with any rule they
produce on short-term lending.
Sherry Treppa, chairperson of the
Habematolel Pomo of Upper Lake, offered
impassioned testimony on the struggles
her Tribe has overcome through the cen-
turies from staving off existential threats
to ensuring economic self-sufficiency.
Treppa said the Tribe’s decision to
enter into ecommerce short-term lending
empowered her Nation to finally rebuild
and transform its economy, education pro-
grams and the social services it provides
to its most vulnerable members.
Now Tribes like Treppa’s are facing
a possible threat to their economic vital-
ity as the CFPB prepares to announce a
new rule on short-term lending that may
ignore the strict regulatory framework
that her Tribe and many other members
of the Native American Financial Services
Association (NAFSA) have established to
protect consumers.
Treppa called on the CFPB to
acknowledge the robust regulatory
framework her Tribe and others created
and operate within.
“In contrast to our experience work-
ing with other federal agencies as well as
state and local governments, the CFPB has
refused to engage in a meaningful dialogue
about our shared interests and so far has
shown little interest to work together, where
necessary, as co-regulators,” said Treppa.
“I remain concerned that the CFPB is
developing its proposed action in a vacuum
without consulting with Tribes to learn
about the innumerable tools that we have
developed to ensure that we conduct busi-
ness in a manner that is fair, responsible,
compliant and benefits our Tribal members
and the American consumer.”
She urged Congress to take an
approach that respects Tribal sovereignty
and one that takes account of both con-
sumer need and the robust self-regulation
that sovereign Tribes such as the Habema-
tolel Pomo of Upper Lake have established.
Barry Brandon, executive director of
NAFSA, noted that Dodd-Frank, the leg-
islation that created the CFPB, specifically
assigns co-regulator status to Tribal nations.
“As federally-recognized sovereign
nations, NAFSA member Tribes enact and
operate under strict Tribal lending laws that
safeguard borrowers and regulate Tribal
businesses,” Brandon said. “NAFSA is
hopeful the CFPB’s rule will respect the
status of Tribal nations as co-regulators as
specified by the Dodd-Frank Act and ensure
consumers remain protected while preserv-
ing the right of American families to access
the financial products that they need.”
March 2016
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