Category: Scholarships
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TEDNA Presents A Merit Award Essay Contest
TEDNA is proud to present our first Merit Award Essay Contest. We invite Native American incoming college freshman and undergraduate students whose tribe is a member of TEDNA to submit an essay by August 24, 2015. This year’s theme is “The Importance of Culture in Education”. Three awards will be given in the amount of:…
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Guest Post from Ansley Sherman: Colorado In-State Tuition Bill Dies
On Monday, May 4, 2015, the Colorado Senate Committee on State, Veterans, and Military Affairs voted to postpone HB 15-1027 indefinitely, effectively killing the bill. As we have previously mentioned, this bill would have required state-supported institutions of higher education to classify Native American students with historical ties to Colorado as in-state students for tuition…
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AIGC: Cobell Scholars Application Now Open
Here. An excerpt: We are happy to announce the opening of the Cobell Scholars Program scholarship application. The American Indian Graduate Center will manage the Cobell Scholars Program which was established as a result of the Cobell v. Salazarlitigation. The Cobell Scholars Program is intended to provide financial assistance in the form of scholarships to…
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Cherokees give more than $4 million in car tag revenue to area schools
From Tulsa World, here. An excerpt: CATOOSA — Cherokee Nation officials handed out more than $4 million in car-tag revenue funds to area school districts Friday as part of its annual Public School Appreciation Day at Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Tulsa. Each year, the tribe allocates 38 percent of the revenue generated by its…
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Scholarship Created In Memory of Evelyn Stevenson
H/t to Turtle Talk. Scholarship Created In Memory of Evelyn Stevenson Evelyn Stevenson touched many lives throughout her lifetime. She will be greatly missed, not only in Indian country but throughout the world. Fortunately, her strong and passionate advocacy for Indian people and tribal sovereignty will continue to ripple forward through those she mentored, mothered…
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Scholarship: Reaching Out to Native American Youth to Inspire Reading, Writing, And Higher Education
The Young Native Writers Essay Contest is a writing contest for Native American high school students and is designed to encourage young Native Americans to write about their experiences as a member of a Native American community and the culture that inspires them. The voices that emerge from this program honor the legacy of every…