The All New Improved www.uihs.org

We are very pleased to introduce our all new improved UIHS web-site at 
http://uihs.org

After considerable staff time and very creative energy spent over the last year in redesign, the new site offers more up to date information about our many programs and services that we provide along with descriptions of each of our six (6) sites in Humboldt and Del Norte Counties. Please take the time to visit and search the site. Be sure to visit the Photo Gallery at http://uihs.org/galleries It includes many not seen before pictures of the construction of Potawot as the tilt-up concrete walls  begin going up in 2000, along with photos of the easement and gardens as well as our Youth Summer Camp and La Chomp Chay.

Your comments are welcome.

Jerome

Jerome J. Simone
Chief Executive Officer
United Indian Health Services, Inc.
1600 Weeot Way
Arcata, CA 95521
707-825-5000
707825-6747 (fax)

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Advocates at Berkeley (language)

Endangered Languages Find Advocates at Berkeley

In a temperature-controlled room in Dwinelle Hall’s basement, almost a dozen gray metal cabinets hold paper notes from decades of field work in California’s endangered native languages: a speckled box of index cards that make up the only comparative dictionary of the Chumash languages, yellowed notebooks detailing Eastern Pomo vocabulary and manuscripts recording early research into the languages of the northern Sacramento valley.  Complete story @ http://tinyurl.com/ybqspcb

Saving Our Language-Saving Our Culture (event/education)

33rd Annual California Conference on American Indian Education

“Saving Our Language-Saving Our Culture”
March 25-27, 2010 santa Clara, CA

The host hotel is the Santa Clara Marriott, 2700 Mission College Blvd. Santa Clara, CA 95054, make your reservations as early as possible and reference CCAIE (conference rate is $89 plus tax.) (408) 988-1500 .  Early Bird Registration Must Be Received By January 21, 2010!

For complete information and to download the "Call To Conference" please go to www.cieda.org

Association of American Indian Physician (opportunity)
Association of American Indian Physicians Press Release
 
The National Institute of Diabetes & Digestive & Kidney Diseases (NIDDK), Office of Minority Health Research Coordination offers scholarships to undergraduate AI/AN college students to attend the 39th AAIP Annual Meeting & Health Conference in Albuquerque, NM. 
   The Association of American Indian Physicians (AAIP) announces scholarships available to attend the 39th AAIP Annual Meeting and Health Conference in Albuquerque, NM, August 5 - 9, 2010. The conference will have presentations offered by experts and leaders in American Indian and Alaska Native (AI/AN) healthcare and policy making issues.  Presentations include current trends, policy, research, and practice issues concerning AI/AN populations.

 The National Institute of Diabetes & Digestive & Kidney Diseases (NIDDK), Office of Minority Health Research Coordination will award scholarships to ten undergraduate level AI/AN students to attend the AAIP Annual Meeting and National Health Conference. Applicants must have a minimum 3.0 GPA and have an interest in biomedical research relevant to NIDDK's mission areas, i.e., diabetes, endocrinology, metabolism, nutrition, obesity, and digestive, liver, urology, kidney, and hematologic diseases.  Selected scholars will be required to attend a NIDDK session to be held during the conference. The remainder of the conference will be yours to attend all the other scheduled sessions and social activities.  This scholarship provides for the student's airfare, hotel lodging, and meals. This scholarship is awarded on a one-time only basis.

Application Process 
  • NIDDK Primary Data Sheet
  • One-page letter regarding your interest in biomedical research relevant to NIDDK's mission areas, i.e., diabetes, endocrinology, metabolism, nutrition, obesity, and digestive, liver, urology, kidney, and hematologic diseases
  • Copy of Certificate of Degree of Indian Blood or Tribal Identification
  • Current resume / CV
  • Recent College/University Transcript - Must have a minimum 3.0 GPA
  • Letter of Recommendation - Must be completed by a College/University faculty member, preferably a science professor
  • Recent photograph
 
Applications must be postmarked by Friday, May 28, 2010. Applications can be downloaded from the AAIP homepage at www.aaip.org.  Click on NIDDK scholarship located under "What's New" section. For further questions, contact AAIP Student Programs at (405) 946-7072, or email lmyers@aaip.org.

 Mail completed applications to the AAIP office:
Association of American Indian Physicians
Attn: Student Programs - NIDDK Scholarship
1225 Sovereign Row, Ste. 103
Oklahoma City, OK 73108
Association of American Indian Physicians
Lucinda Myers, M.S.W.
Health Careers Student Programs Director
lmyers@aaip.org
405.946.7072
 




Harlem & The Rez (education)

Local educators look toward Harlem-N.Y. program targets poverty, teen pregnancy 

  

A program designed to help disadvantaged children in Harlem succeed at school and get into college could help solve some of the problems facing youth in Del Norte County, local officials said. 

 

Earlier this month, a group of people from the Del Norte County Unified School District and First 5 Del Norte went to a conference in New York City about the Harlem Children's Zone. 

 

After returning, they discussed what elements the program could work in Del Norte, perhaps to address issues such as teen pregnancy and poverty. 

 

The California Endowment selected Del Norte as one of 14 California communities to participate in the "Building Healthy Communities" program. The organization will give grants to each community over the next 10 years. 

 

Margaret Keating School on the Yurok Reservation in Klamath already has a similar structure to the Harlem Children’s Zone, Moorehouse said. In addition to the the K-5 school, there is Head Start and First 5 all on one site. 

 

Click the link below to read the rest of the article: http://tinyurl.com/ybtdfl8

MURAP Summer Student Fellowships (opportunity)

Moore Undergraduate Research Apprentice Program
Announcement of Summer Student Fellowships
May 23-July 29, 2010
 
The Moore Undergraduate Research Apprentice Program (MURAP) is a paid summer fellowship designed to foster the entrance of talented students from diverse backgrounds within the humanities, social sciences, and fine arts into graduate school and faculty positions in U.S. colleges and universities.  More broadly, the program seeks to increase the presence of minorities and others who demonstrate a commitment to eradicating racial disparities in graduate school and eventually in academic ranks.  The program serves the related goals of providing role models for all youth and structuring campus environments so that they will be more conducive to improved racial and ethnic relations.  MURAP aims to achieve its mission by identifying and supporting students of great promise and helping them to become scholars of the highest distinction.

Each summer, the program brings a cohort of 18-22 undergraduates (rising juniors and seniors) from colleges and universities in the U.S. to the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill campus for an intensive, ten-week research experience. Students are expected to develop a 20-page research project under the guidance of a faculty mentor with whom they are paired according to areas of study and research interests. In addition to meeting at least three times a week with faculty mentors, students will attend weekly 3-hour seminars where they will present their research and discuss it with faculty and other students in the program, receive required biweekly instruction in preparation for the Graduate Record Examination (GRE), attend biweekly writing and presentation skills workshops, and participate in a variety of informative workshops, social events and conferences designed to expose them to the graduate experience. Participants will submit their final research paper based on their project and must receive approval through the signature of their faculty mentor. For a student to complete the program successfully and receive the entire stipend, participation in all of these activities and completion of the research paper are required.  A sample calendar of required activities and deadlines is available on our website.

For their participation in the program, student fellows will receive a generous stipend of $3500 (in the case of students holding Mellon Mays Undergraduate Fellowships, they receive the difference between their summer stipend and MURAP’s), an allowance for meals of $1450 and travel allowance up to $500 to cover the cost of transportation to and from Chapel Hill.  Additionally, students will be provided on-campus housing at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. 

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Applying to MURAP
APPLICATION DEADLINE: February 5, 2010

Program applicants should be mindful that MURAP offers an intensive research experience which requires a substantial commitment of time, intellectual resources and effort.  Therefore, students may not be employed or take classes while enrolled in the program.  Student fellows are selected based on a variety of factors that may include their academic promise, clarity and quality of their statement of research interests, availability of an appropriate mentor match, their demonstrated commitment to increasing opportunities for underrepresented minorities in academic settings in the fields designated above, serious intent to pursue graduate (as opposed to professional) studies, and willingness and ability to participate in all aspects of the MURAP program. 
Applicants must be U.S. citizens or permanent residents, must have completed at least four semesters of undergraduate study, and must have at least one semester of undergraduate work remaining when they enter MURAP. 

In completing the statement included in the application, students must demonstrate clearly their fit with and suitability for the program given MURAP's mission and selection criteria. For more information about the program and to learn how to apply please visit the MURAP website http://www.unc.edu/depts/murap/index.html.
Rising seniors applying to MURAP should consider applying simultaneously to the Associate Program of the Institute for Recruitment of Teachers (IRT), as it would be of great help during the graduate school application process.  For more information consult http://www.andover.edu/irt

HUNAP Opportunities Newsletter (opportunity)

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This is the Opportunities Newsletter compiled by the Harvard University Native American Program for Friday, December 4, 2009.

 Opportunities Table of Contents

I.                    CALL FOR APPLICATIONS: 2010 Honoring Nations Award Program:

II.                 College Horizons Program/ Graduate Horizons Program

III.               Internship Opportunities

IV.               Employment Opportunities

V.                 Scholarship Opportunities

VI.               Fellowship Opportunities

VII.            Call for Papers

VIII.          Conference Opportunities

IX.               Miscellaneous

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CALL FOR APPLICATIONS: 2010 HONORING NATIONS AWARD PROGRAM
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2">Harvard Opportunity Announcement

Title: Call for Applications: 2010 Honoring Nations Award Program
Contacts: Megan Hill (Megan_Hill@harvard.edu or 617-496-4229) or Misko Beaudrie (Manon_Beaudrie@ksg.harvard.edu or 617-496-9446) if you have any questions.

On behalf of the Harvard Project on American Indian Economic Development and the Honoring Nations Board of Governors, we invite you to apply for the 2010 Honoring Nations Award Program.

Honoring Nations is a national awards program that identifies, celebrates, and shares outstanding examples of tribal governance. The award-winning programs address a broad range of topics, including cultural affairs, economic and community development, education, environment and natural resources, government performance, health and social services, intergovernmental relations, and justice.  They offer insight into effective problem solving and provide fresh ideas for strengthening sovereign Nations through self-determination.

You can access the online application at: http://www.hks.harvard.edu/hpaied/hn_apply.htm.  Share it with your colleagues or tribal Nation programs that would be good candidates for Honoring Nations.

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COLLEGE & GRADUATE HORIZONS PROGRAMS
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College Horizons Program

Title: College Horizons: A Pre-College Workshop For Native American High School Students
Deadline: February 1, 2010 (priority); February 26, 2010 (2nd round)

Program Dates: 
June 12-16, 2010 - University of Hawai'i Hilo (Hilo, HI)  
June 26-30, 2010 - Lawrence University (Appleton, WI) 
June 26-30, 2010 - University of Puget Sound (Tacoma, WA) 

College Horizons is a five-day “crash course” in preparing for college.  The individualized program helps students select colleges suitable for them to apply to, get admitted to, and receive adequate financial aid. Students research their top 10 schools; complete essays, resumes, applications, and the FAFSA; receive interviewing skills and test-taking strategies (on the ACT and SAT) and financial aid/scholarship information.   Eligible participants must be American Indian (enrolled members only), Alaska Native (proof of status) or Native Hawaiian; current sophomores and juniors with a minimum GPA of 3.00 (in academic courses). 

Applications will be accepted on a space-available basis to May 1 (after March 1, please contact us to see which site may still have spaces). Complete program cost is $200 (includes tuition, room, meals, all materials and transportation to campus from the designated airports). Students are responsible for their own airfare, but substantial funds are available for travel and tuitionassistance (each year we award travel assistance to over 50% of our students). 

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Graduate Horizons Program

Title: Graduate Horizons: A Pre-Graduate Workshop For Native College Students & College Graduates
Deadline: February 1, 2010 (priority); February 26, 2010 (2nd round)

Program Dates: 
July 17-20, 2010 - Arizona State University (Tempe, AZ)

Graduate Horizons is a four-day “crash course” for Native college students, college graduates, master’s students in preparing for graduate school (master’s, Ph.D. or professional school).  Faculty, admission officers and deans from a host of graduate and professional schools and representing hundreds of graduate disciplines work with students to consider career paths and related graduate studies; complete personal statements, resumes, applications; and receive test-taking strategies (on the GRE, GMAT, LSAT, MCAT) and financial aid/scholarship information.  Eligible participants must be American Indian (enrolled members only), Alaska Native (proof of status), Native Hawaiian, First Nations of Canada; a college student, master's student, or college graduate. 

Applications will be accepted on a space-available basis to June 1 (after May 1, please contact us to see which site may still have spaces). Complete program cost is $200 (includes tuition, room, meals, all materials and transportation to campus from the designated airport). Students are responsible for their own airfare, but substantial funds are available for travel and tuitionassistance (each year we award travel assistance to over 50% of our students). 

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INTERNSHIP OPPORTUNITIES
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Internship Opportunity Announcement

New Opportunity!
Title: Student Summer Internship (SSI) Program, Institute for Tribal Environmental Professionals
Application Deadline: February 15, 2010 (supporting documentation due February 22, 2010)
Contact: Mansel A. Nelson
Phone: 928-523-1275
Website: www.nau.edu/eeop

The Environmental Education Outreach Program (EEOP) staff is recruiting interns for Summer 2010.  The host sites selected will be published on the website by January 15th and the intern selection process will begin February 15th.  Interns are eligible for host sites that will be selected from across the nation.  The internship is designed to give college students an opportunity to:

  • Assist EPA/Tribal agencies with environmental issues.
  • Acquire ready-to-use skills.
  • Gain actual experience while contributing to a project.
  • Earn $4,000 during the ten week experience.
  • Receive a limited housing allowance.
  • Receive a limited travel allowance.

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Internship Opportunity Announcement

Title: Public Health/Psychology Intern
Deadline: Open until filled.
Location: Cambridge, MA and Ipswich, MA
Contact: Shelley A. Welch, MA, Project Director

2010 Honoring Nations Award Program Call for Nominations (opportunity)

 
 
2010 Honoring Nations Award Program Call for Nominations
 
Dear Friends and Colleagues:

On behalf of the Harvard Project on American Indian Economic Development and the Honoring Nations Board of Governors, we invite you to apply for the 2010 Honoring Nations Award Program.

Honoring Nations is a national awards program that identifies, celebrates, and shares outstanding examples of tribal governance. The award-winning programs address a broad range of topics, including cultural affairs, economic and community development, education, environment and natural resources, government performance, health and social services, intergovernmental relations, and justice.  They offer insight into effective problem solving and provide fresh ideas for strengthening sovereign Nations through self-determination.

Attached you will find the 2010 Honoring Nations application. You can also access the online application at: http://www.hks.harvard.edu/hpaied/hn_apply.htm.  Share it with your colleagues or Tribal Nation programs that would be good candidates for Honoring Nations.

Please contact Megan Hill (Megan_Hill@harvard.edu or 617-496-4229) or Misko Beaudrie (Manon_Beaudrie@ksg.harvard.edu or 617-496-9446) if you have any questions

 
Kerry R. Venegas
National Indian Education Association
High School Policy Initiative
Doctoral Candidate - Harvard Graduate School of Education
email: kvenegas@niea.org
phone: 202-544-7290
www.niea.org