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For college-bound Tribal seniors ... June • • • • Tribal higher education and adult vocational training applications are due June 30! Attend graduation – congratulations! Arrange for your final grades to be sent to colleges and universities. Good luck! Other Opportunities THRIVE (Tribal Health – Reaching out InVolves Everyone) Conference Deadline: June 17 This conference on June 27-July 1 at Portland State University is funded by the Indian Health Service (IHS) and Sub- stance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA). Its mission is to reduce suicide rates among American Indians and Alaska Natives living in the Pacific Northwest by increasing Tribal capacity to prevent suicide and by improving regional collaborations. We R Native Youth Ambassador Deadline: June 17 We R Native, a multimedia health resource for Native youth – by Native youth, is designed to empower Native teen and young adults to take an active role in their own health and well-being. The program is asking American Indian and Alaska Native youth age 15-24 to join their team and: • • • • Make a positive difference in their community Travel to other communities and rep- resent We R Native Host community events Get paid for their time Learn more about past We R Native ambassadors and apply online at werna- tive.org/Ambassador.aspx. Tribal Climate Change Photo Contest Deadline: 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. Next Generation Climate Justice Action Camp The Civil Liberties Defense Center will host the third annual action camp for youth age 14-18 to gain knowledge and skills to organize for climate justice. The camp will include a youth-led public event focused on a climate justice campaign. The camp runs from 2 p.m. on July 12 to 10 a.m. on July 19.The camp is located at Apserkaha Park at Howard Prairie Lake, 40 minutes east of Ashland. The registration fee is $150, but no one will be turned away if they can’t afford the fee. We have full and partial scholar- ships and try to provide transportation to those who needs it. 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. 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. The SMART Competition 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. Students will achieve an increased awareness of the smart grid, green build- ing design, the environment, community, livability and sustainability-related issues. Scholarships Duane Heglie and the Nez Perce Trail Foundation Scholarship Deadline: June 30 Carol Jorgensen Scholarship for Environmental Stewardship Deadline: September Two scholarships of $500 will be awarded to two American Indians at the Tamkaliks Celebration & Friendship Feast this summer. This scholarship provides funds to a full time student pursuing an undergradu- ate degree in an environmental steward- ship discipline, including environmental studies, natural resource management, the natural sciences, public administration, public policy, and related disciplines. We hope that these scholarships will help further our cause of promoting cultural understanding, appreciation, pride, educa- tion, scholarly advancement and success. American Indian Services Scholarships Deadline: Aug. 15 American Indian Services, a 501(c) (3) non-profit headquartered in Utah, provides thousands of educational schol- arships to American Indians from any fed- erally recognized Tribe who attend more than 400 accredited colleges, universities and trade schools. These help students afford a college education. Students pay for half or more of their college tuition and the scholarship makes up the difference. Catching the Dream Deadline: Sept. 15 CTD’s objective is to recognize and reward outstanding student achievement. All awards are based on merit, academic achievement and ambition. Students must attend a college or university on a full- time basis, seeking a bachelor’s degree or higher. Catching the Dream scholarships are awarded for life. If you win, you will never have to apply again. If you are not selected for scholarship with CTD, however, you cannot apply again. Xerox Minority Scholarship Deadline: Sept. 30 Xerox is committed to the academic success of all minority students. That’s why we offer a Technical Minority Schol- arship that awards between $1,000 and $10,000 to qualified minorities enrolled in a technical degree program at the bachelor level or above. Ernest F. Hollings Undergraduate Scholarship Program Deadline: September 2016 to January 2017 This program provides successful undergraduate applicants with awards that include academic assistance (up to a maximum of $9,500 per year) for full-time study during the nine-month academic year; a 10-week, full-time internship position ($700/week) during the summer at a NOAA facility; and academic assistance (up to a maximum of $9,500) for full-time study during a second nine-month academic year. The internship between the first and second years of the award provides the scholars with hands-on practical educa- tional training experience in NOAA-related science, research, technology, policy, man- agement, and education activities. Educational Partnership Program Undergraduate Scholarship Program Deadline: September 2016 to January 2017 This program provides scholarships for two years of undergraduate study to rising junior undergraduate students majoring in science, technology, engineer- ing and mathematics (STEM) fields that directly support NOAA’s mission. Partici- pants conduct research at a NOAA facility during two paid summer internships. Students attending Minority Serving Institutions as defined by the U.S. Depart- ment of Education (Hispanic serving institutions, historically Black colleges and universities, Tribal colleges and universi- ties, Alaskan Native-serving institutions and Native Hawaiian-serving institutions) are eligible to apply for the program. American Indian areas, including Colville Reservation, named as test sites in preparation for 2020 Census The U.S. Census Bureau announced in April that it plans to conduct the 2017 Cen- sus Test in selected Tribal areas in Wash- ington, North Dakota and South Dakota and in a sample of addresses nationwide. The 2017 Census Test will allow the Census Bureau to test the feasibility of collecting Tribal enrollment informa- tion. It also will refine our methods for enumerating areas with unique location characteristics where we cannot mail to a street address. In addition to Tribal areas, the test will oversample areas with relatively high popu- lations of American Indians and Alaska Natives as a mechanism for testing potential Tribal enrollment questions nationwide. The 2017 Census Test will allow the Census Bureau to test the integration of systems for the Update Enumerate opera- tion. Update Enumerate is a data collection operation where census field staff visit households to update the list of addresses and count the people at each address. Conducting this test will require hir- ing temporary census staff. Recruiting for local jobs will begin in September 2016. This operation typically occurs in areas where we have a low likelihood of mail delivery, American Indian reserva- tions and communities with very small populations. The test supports the goal of the 2020 Census, which is to count everyone once, only once and in the right place. The test will take place on two Ameri- can Indian areas — the Colville Indian Reservation and off-reservation trust land in Washington and the Standing Rock Reservation in North Dakota and South Dakota. Approximately 3,500 and 2,900 housing units (respectively) within the areas will participate. The Road to the 2020 Census As 2020 Census operations move forward, the Census Bureau will continue to improve the use of mobile technology, administrative records, innovations from the geospatial industry and self-response via the Internet that will support the 2020 Census. This test will provide insights and guide our planning to ensure an accurate census. For infor mation, visit census. gov/2017censustests. June 2016 • Siletz News • 15
