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IHS extends deadline. But now is not the time to sit back and relax.
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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.
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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
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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).