Internships
PNM Summer Internships
Deadline: April 17
PNM announces the American Indian
Summer Engineering Internships. Four
positions are available, two at the PNM
San Juan Generating Station west of
Farmington, N.M. (Job ID: #608423)
and two positions at PNM’s headquarters
in the Albuquerque/Santa Fe area (Job
ID: #608437).
Preference will be given to electrical,
mechanical or environmental engineering
students and current AISES members and
students near graduation. Internships will
commence in late May and last through
mid-August.
The internships present opportunities
to take on project-based work and support
the director of Tribal relations, serving
as a liaison between New Mexico Tribal
entities and government officials.
To apply, visit pnm.com/careers and
read a full job description, register, upload
a resume and answer all posting questions.
For more information, contact Cathy
Newby, director, Tribal Government and
Customer Engagement, at 505-241-4506
or cnewby@pnm.com.
Washington Internships for Native
Students (WINS)
Deadline: April 29
Participants gain knowledge, skills,
academic credit and practical work
experience through this comprehensive
and intensive program. While working
full-time in an academically supervised
internship, students earn six credits during
the summer term. American University
provides full academic support for the
internship and additional course work in
the evenings.
The WINS program provides profes-
sional, real-world work experience. A vari-
ety of federal agencies, private firms and
American Indian /Alaska Native/Native
Hawaiian (AI/AN/NH) organizations
provide focused internship experiences.
Academic courses focus on issues
important to AI/AN/NH communities
through a combination of lectures, discus-
sions, relevant readings, research projects
and guest speakers.
Cultural and social activities take
place throughout the program. In their
free time, students are encouraged to take
advantage of the nation’s capital by visit-
ing notable landmarks.
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.
NCAI: Fall 2016 Internship
Deadline: Various
This internship offers a unique oppor-
tunity for young leaders from throughout
Indian Country – as well as for other
young leaders with an interest in Native
affairs – to be on the front lines of legisla-
tive action and policy development, with
opportunities to develop policy analysis,
communication and advocacy skills
NCAI invites students enrolled in
institutions of higher learning to apply for
semester or summer-long internships (for
which most institutions will offer college
credit), with up to four applicants selected
for each term. Please note, a Tribal affili-
ation is not required to be approved for
an internship.
18-35 who are under-represented in STEM
(science, technology, engineering and
math) career fields with on-the-ground,
natural resource science-based, work
experience in the National Park System.
Each internship is composed of work-
ing 11 weeks in a park followed by a four-
day career workshop held in Washington,
D.C. This program is run in partnership
with Environment for the Americas and
Greening Youth Foundation.
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.
Mosaics in Science (MIS)
Diversity Internship Program
Deadline: Multiple
Few opportunities exist for students
interested in a career concentrated on
Indian land tenure issues. These intern-
ship 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.
This internship program provides
college students and recent graduates age
For more information, contact the
grants manager at info@iltf.org.
Other Opportunities
University of Oregon Youth
Movement 2016
April 22 • 8 a.m.-4 p.m.
Moshofsky Center • Eugene, Ore.
Our goal is to bring middle school-
aged American Indian youth together from
across Oregon to celebrate culture, inspire
them to further their education and teach
them how to make healthy lifestyle choices.
The Youth Movement field day strives
to help the seventh generation realize their
potential as athletes, students and com-
munity leaders. We want this day to be a
celebration of the rich history of Oregon’s
American Indian Tribes while empower-
ing our youth to build new friendships
through sport.
Activities include team sports, tra-
ditional American Indian games, moti-
vational speakers, UO student-athlete
volunteers, networking opportunities with
the UO Native American Student Union.
All participants will receive a free T-shirt,
lunch and prizes.
Society of American Indian
Government Employees (SAIGE)
Student Youth Leadership Track
Deadline: April 30
SAIGE is accepting applications for its
Student Youth Leadership Track at the 13 th
Annual National Training Program, Serv-
ing Our Nations, on June 5-9 at the Hard
Rock Hotel in Catoosa, Okla. (Tulsa area).
This program is open to Native
students enrolled in high school or an
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accredited college or university, who are
age 18-25. SAIGE will fund travel, reg-
istration fee and hotel accommodations.
SAIGE partners with AIHEC, which
funds students who are attending Tribal
colleges to attend the youth track. For Tribal
college students, contact Alex Grandon at
AGrandon@aihec.org for more information
on how to apply through AIHEC.
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?
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
“terms and conditions.” Submit the photo
at bia_climate_photo_contest@bia.gov
(questions too).
Categories include grades K-5, grades
6-8 and high school.
Winning photos with their captions
will be displayed in the hallways of the
April 2016
Department 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. It is for Ameri-
can Indian high school students who have
demonstrated potential in science, technol-
ogy, 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-
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 goal is to promote opportunity for
careers with Tribal governments, Bureau
of Indian Affairs and Bureau of Indian
Affairs-funded organizations on and off res-
ervations. Loans are paid back at the rate of
one year of service for one year of funding.
Applicants must be (or will be) pur-
suing 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.
AIGC Fellowship
Deadline: June 1
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 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.