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6 Smoke Signals ECeep on' top of scholarship.applicaitions' IHS extends deadline. But now is not the time to sit back and relax. i i Indian Health Service P.L. 437 Health Profession Scholarship for Academic Year 1999-2000 and Stu dent Applicant Workshops Update: The application deadline date for NEW APPLICANTS only has been extended. Completed applications must be received or postmarked on or before April 15, 1999 at the In dian Health Service Portland Area Office in Portland, OR. The application deadline for CON TINUING 437 SCHOLARSHIP RE CIPIENTS has not been extended. Your continuing 437 scholarship packet is due by April 1, 1999 at Indian Health Service Scholarship Branch in Rockville, MD. Follow ing are some tasks that you should be working on now! 1. You will need a copy of your Tribal Identification; if your are not a member of a federally-recognized tribe, but are a "descendant" of a member you can apply for the "prepatory" portion of the IHS Schol arship. 2. Request your OFFICIAL Col lege Transcripts now. You must pro vide all transcripts from all colleges attended. If you have not attended college yet you will need your OF FICIAL high school transcripts. 3. You will need a copy of your acceptance letter to your college. If you have applied to a college but the college has not yet informed you of your status, your registrar's office can provide you with an "Intent to Register" document. 4. You will need two people who will sign and fill out an evaluation form and write you a letter of rec ommendation. These people should be able to attest to your abilities. Ideally you should have recommen dations from Tribal Council people, tribal health professionals or tribal administration people. Start look ing for these individuals now! If you can get these tasks accomplished by mid-March you will be doing your self a great service. A new category has been added this year, Business Administration, B.S. and M.S. Check with the Portland Area Indian Health Service at (503) 326-2015 to see if your field of study is applicable to this scholarship. TITLE IX STUDENTS: Poster Art Contest needs entries The Office of Indian Education, U.S. Department of Education, is seeking designs for a poster to be distributed at the 30th Annual Con vention of the National Indian Edu cation Association. This convention will be held in Oklahoma City,, OK, October 17-20, 1999. The winning poster design will be mass produced and distributed nationally. Requirements: The design should include an Indian Education theme and may include the concept of looking to the year 2000 and later. The design should be in color in any medium and submitted in an 8-12" x 11" format on white bond paper. Each submission should include stu- . dent name, age, tribal affiliation and school. An individual may only sub mit one design. Eligible Contestants: Title IX eligible students in grades K-12 are encouraged to submit a design. Awards: The student who submits the winning design will be provided with lodging and expenses for the student and chaperone to be recog nized at the 1999 NIEA convention in Oklahoma City. All design entries must be postmarked no later than April 1, 1999. Entries should be mailed to: OIE Poster Contest, Of fice of Indian Education, U.S. De partment of Education, 400 Mary land Ave. SW, Room 3W111, Wash ington, DC 20202-6335. Selection will be announced on May 15, 1999. OC-3SU summer program The Oregon Health Sciences University announces a summer program for economically andor socially disadvantaged high school students in terested in pursuing careers in the biological sciences, with an emphasis on biomedical research. This High School Research Apprenticeship Program is funded by a grant from the National Institutes of Health. Its purpose is to provide students the opportunity to gain valuable laboratory work experience in health-related research and to aid them in making career choices. The deadline date to submit a completed application is March 26, 1999. Applications are available at the Tribal Education office, contact Marion Merrier at 879-2284 or 1-800-422-0232, ext. 2284 to request an applica tion. For more information please contact Tiffany Brandreth at (503) 494-7574 at the High School Research Apprenticeship Program. This is a three part application: Part I is for the student to complete; Part II is for the parent to complete; and Part III is a Teacher Recom mendation Form. Apprentices work and study full-time during the eight week summer prograu; they must provide their own transportation to and from work and they are paid $6.50 per hour. Tat 13HD BIA to sponsor training programs CTGR Main Office: 1-800-422-0232 CTGR Job Line: 1-877-TRIBEGR Community Resources: 1-800-242-8196 Domestic Violence Crisis Line: 1-888-654-8198 Gaming Commission: 1-877-419-1771 Human Services Division: 1-800-775-0095 Nanitch Sahallie: 1-800-552-0939 Risk Management: 1-800-442-0346 Spirit Mountain Casino: 1-800-760-7977 Spirit Mountain Lodge: 1-888-668-7366 0 D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D I D D 0 0 0 D a The Bureau of Indian Affairs is sponsoring the Water Resources Technician Training Program and the Surveyor's Technician Train ing Program in the spring and sum mer of 1999. Applications are now being accepted. There will be two Water Resource Technician Training Programs. One will run at New Mexico State Uni versity, and one will runin Alaska. The Surveyor's Technician Train ing Program will run at NMSU. Students who successfully com plete the training will receive a voucher, good for one year, for full- time temporary employment with their tribe as an entry-level Water Resources Technician or Surveyor's Technician. At NMSU, graduates from the Surveyor's Technican Training Program will receive 3 col lege credit hours, and those complet ing the Water Resources Technician Training Program will receive 6 col lege credit hours. For more information, please con tact: Mo Baloch, BIA Branch of Wa ter Resources at (202) 208-4004 or (202) 208-6042; or Cindy Adair, NMSU Program Administrator at (505) 646-5375. Second Hatfield Fellow sought The Tribe is accepting applications for the second Mark O. Hatfield Con gressional Fellowship. Each year, the Hatfield Fellow will be selected' from Native American applicants to' serve as an intern for a member of Oregon's Congressional delegation. Applicants must be adult members of a federally-recognized tribe in Or egon, Washington, Idaho, or Mon tana. Preference will be given to the nine recognized Oregon tribes. Application packets may be ob tained by contacting Amber M. Russell at Spirit Mountain Casino. The address is P.O. Box 39, Grand Ronde, Oregon 97347. Interested applicants may also call 1-800-760-7977, extension 3240. The deadline for completed Fellowship applications is 5 p.m. on Wednesday, March 31, 1999. "INDIAN TRIBES AS SOVEREIGN GOVERNMENTS" ANTH 410510, 3 credits . Spring Term 1999 (April-June 4) Thursday Evenings 6:40-9:20 Portland State University Professor Robert Miller is an at torney who practices in the field of Indian Law with the Portland law firm of Hobbes, Straus, Dean, and Walker. He also teaches In dian Law at the Northwestern School of Law of Lewis and Clark College, and has wide experience in representing tribes. Topics to be covered in this course include treaties, tribal gov ernment, sovereignty, economic development, hunting and fishing rights, religious and cultural rights, and government-to-government relations. Students may register for either upper-division undergraduate or graduate credit. For a class schedule: call (503) 725-3412; access on-line registra tion at www.ess.pdx.edyadm schedule.; or visit PSlTs Neuberger Hall (SW Broadway and SW Har rison in downtown Portland).
