Crow Canyon High School Archaeology Camp

Scholarships Available! Check out the application packet!

This one-week program (July 21 to July 27, 2013) is an extraordinary opportunity for you to learn about archaeology while working side-by-side with professional archaeologists and educators engaged in the Center's ongoing investigations into the ancestral Pueblo Indians of the Mesa Verde region. The program includes excavation, laboratory work, and a variety of hands-on activities designed to give students an appreciation for ancient lifestyles and technologies. The week culminates in a daylong tour of Mesa Verde National Park, a World Heritage site. It will be a memorable summer camp experience!
Application and scholarship form deadline: May 10, 2013

For information packet and scholarship form, visit Crow Canyon Archaeology Camp.
 

Albuquerque Community Foundation

Scholarship & Financial Aid Programs

Albuquerque Community Foundation has a number of scholarship and financial aid programs.
All information on programs and applications is available on their website under the Student Aid tab.

Albuquerque Community Foundation

 

College Horizons

Futures for Children Sophomores and Juniors

College Horizons is a five-day “Pre-College Workshop” geared specifically for American Indian students. This remarkable program is held twice annually on college campuses around the nation. Students must maintain a 3.0 GPA or higher to apply (academic transcript required). Please read application requirements carefully.

If you are accepted by College Horizons, Futures for Children will pay for 15 scholarships (round trip airfare and program fees). All enrolled Futures for Children Friendship and Youth Leadership students who qualify with College Horizons are eligible for the scholarship.

College Horizons
 

Gates Millennium Scholarship

Outstanding Students Recognized for Leadership, Academic Achievement, and Service

The Gates Millennium Scholar Program initiative, funded by a grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, is aimed at expanding access and opportunity to higher education to those citizens who will help reflect the diverse society in which we live. The Foundation seeks to increase the number of African Americans, American Indians/Alaska Natives, Asian & Pacific Islander Americans, and Hispanic Americans enrolling in and completing undergraduate and graduate degree programs. The goal is to promote academic excellence and to provide an opportunity for thousands of outstanding students to reach their fullest potential. The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation has established this initiative to encourage and support students in completing college and in continuing on to earn masters and doctoral degrees in disciplines where ethnic and racial groups are currently underrepresented.

Gates Millennium Scholarship
 

Sources of Financial Aid - American Indian Students

Indian Resource Development at New Mexico State University publishes the “Sources of Financial Aid Available to American Indian Students” booklet. This booklet provides up-to-date information on financial aid and internship opportunities for Native American students.

Financial Aid
 

Center for Native American Youth Scholarship - Summer Program

Summer Program for High School Students at Columbia University

The Center for Native American Youth at The Aspen Institute is partnering with Columbia University's Secondary School Programs to offer one full tuition and residential scholarship for a Native American student to attend Columbia's Summer Program for High School students during summer 2012 in New York City.
Keep checking for next year's opportunity!

For information packet and scholarship form, visit
Application_Summer_Programs_for_High_School_Students_Columbia_University


 

Native American Scholarships

Check Out These Great Opportunities!

List of Native American Scholarships

Native American Scholarships


 

American Indian Education Foundation Scholarship Program

Check Out This Scholarship Program!

Up to $2,000 for Freshman Scholarships!

American Indian Education Foundation
 

Tools for Success

A Guide to Seniors, Families Counselors & Others

A 28-page guide published by the American Indian Education Foundation.

Tools for Success
 

Cappex

College Search Made Simple

Millions in Scholarships! Look for the Native American page!

Cappex
 

KnowHowToGo.com

Learn the four steps to college and more!

KnowHowToGo.com
 

American Indian College Fund

Scholarship Opportunities! Visit their website.

American Indian College Fund
 

Native Arts and Cultures Foundation Opportunities!

It is the Native Arts and Cultures Foundation’s (NACF) mission to provide financial support to artists and organizations to help our Native cultures flourish. NACF recently awarded its first grants to 26 American Indian, Alaska Native and Native Hawaiian artists and organizations. To learn more about the NACF and to find out more about all of the grants awarded across the United States, visit their website.

Native Arts and Culture Foundation
 

Fastweb Scholarship Search

Free Scholarship Search Solution!

For additional information, visit Fastweb.
 

Buick Achievers Scholarship Program

You're already making a difference. Achieving academic goals. Helping your community. Now comes college. The Buick Achievers Program wants to find you...and then help.

Buick Achievers Program
 

American Indian Higher Education Resources

The American Indian Higher Education Resources (AIHER) project is a much needed centralized place of information and support for American Indian students and parents who plan to attend mainstream colleges and universities. AIHER will provide American Indian students with essential information about colleges, the application process, financial resources, scholarship, internships, fellowships and apprenticeships to take away the stress and confusion factor to contribute to students' success.

Amerian Indian Higher Education Resources

 

American Indian Graduate Center

Look for many great opportunities at AIGC, American Indian Graduate Center

The American Indian Graduate Center, Inc. announces the availability of fellowships and loans for service to American Indian and Alaska Native undergraduate and graduate students.

Amerian Indian Graduate Center

 

Native American Finance Officers Association

Many Great Opportunities!

The Native American Finance Officers Association builds the financial strength of tribal governments and their enterprises by providing educational forums and resources, and by instilling finance and accounting best practices.
Go to their website and click on Education tab.

Native American Finance Officers Association
 

New Mexico Educators Federal Credit Union Scholarship

Great Opportunity for New Mexico Students!

New Mexico’s students, take the opportunity to apply for an education scholarship through the New Mexico Credit Union Education Foundation.

New Mexico Educators Federal Credit Union Scholarship


 

Native American Scholarships

Many Great Opportunities!

Visit Powwows.com to learn about these Native American Scholarships.

Powwow.com.
 

QuestBridge

QuestBridge offers opportunities for outstanding low-income students.

QuestBridge is a non-profit program that links bright, motivated low-income students with educational and scholarship opportunities at some of the nation's best colleges. QuestBridge is the provider of the National College Match Program and the College Prep Scholarship.

QuestBridge
 

DoSomething.org Opportunities

Look for the many DoSomething.org Opportunities for Scholarships!

They're giving away money! Do you want to make a change, but lack the funds? DoSomething.org has tons of grants just for you, so check them out.

For additional information, visit DoSomething,org.
 

Young Native Writers Essay Contest

The National Museum of the American Indian, in partnership with the Holland & Knight Charitable Foundation

The National Museum of the American Indian, in partnership with the Holland & Knight Charitable Foundation, is pleased to announce a call for entries for the annual Young Native Writers Essay Contest.

Young Native Writers Essay Contest
 

TradeUp New Mexico

Training & Careers

If you are considering beginning a career in the building trade, TradeUp New Mexico can help you; they help you build a career. They assist in choosing a professional path, completing an apprenticeship, and beginning your career.

For additional information, visit TradeUp New Mexico.
 

Youth Leadership Regional Reports

2008-2009 School Year

Acoma Boys & Girls Club
Chinle Elementary School Program
Chinle High School Program
Chinle Junior High School Program
Chinle Office of Youth Development Program
Crownpoint High School Program
Ganado Middle School
Holbrook High School
Hopi Day School
Hopi Junior Senior High School
Jeeh Deeza Academy
Lukachukai Community School
Many Farms High School
Mishongnovi Village Youth Program
Moencopi Day School
Na Neelzhiin Ji Olta Day School
Navajo Middle School
Navajo Preparatory School
Ramah Navajo SETS Program
Red Mesa High School
Red Mesa Junior High School
Rehoboth Christian School Program
Rock Point Community School
Round Rock Elementary Junior High School
Santa Fe Indian School
Santo Domingo Community
Santo Domingo Middle School
Tamaya Peer Mentors Program
Tohatchi High School
Tsaile Public School
Window Rock Gifted & Talented Program
Wingate Elementary School
Zuni Afterschool Program
Zuni Tribal Youth Program




 

College Horizons

Futures for Children Sophomores and Juniors

College Horizons is a five-day “Pre-College Workshop” geared specifically for American Indian students. This remarkable program is held twice annually on college campuses around the nation. Students must maintain a 3.0 GPA or higher to apply (academic transcript required). Please read application requirements carefully.

If you apply and are accepted by College Horizons, Futures for Children will pay for 15 scholarships (round trip airfare and program fees). All enrolled Futures for Children Friendship and Youth Leadership students who qualify with College Horizons are eligible for the scholarship.

College Horizons
 

Patty Iron Cloud Program

Association of American Indian Physicians

Through its cooperative agreement with the Office of Minority Health, the Patty Iron Cloud National Native American Youth Initiative is an intense academic enrichment, and reinforcement, program designed to better prepare American Indian / Alaska Native (AI/AN) high school students to remain in the academic pipeline and pursue a career in the health professions and/or biomedical research.

Patty Iron Cloud Program
 

Dream Catcher Science Program

Sandia National Laboratories

The Dream Catcher Science Program is a hands-on science and engineering program designed for American Indian middle-school and high-school students in grades 6 through 12 who are interested in science, math, and engineering. There is no cost to attend the program and parents are invited to attend workshops with their student(s).

Dream Catcher Science Program
 

Morris K. Udall Native American Congressional Internships

Washington D.C.

The Native American Congressional Internship Program provides college Juniors and Seniors with an insider's view of the federal government. The ten-week internship in Washington, D.C., places students in Senate and House offices, committees, Cabinet departments and the White House, where they are able to observe government decision-making processes first-hand.

Morris K. Udall Native American Congressional Internships
 

Young Scholars Program

Jack Kent Cooke Foundation

The Jack Kent Cooke Young Scholars Program offers one of the most personalized scholarship programs for high-achieving students in the nation. The Foundation’s Young Scholars Program is designed to nurture exceptional students who have demonstrated, through academic excellence and extracurricular activities, that they have the potential to excel. Students apply for the program in 7th grade, enter the program in 8th grade, and continue through high school. Each Young Scholar receives a unique combination of opportunities that may include:
• Guidance in selecting a high school and, if necessary, support in applying to a private or magnet high school.
• Summer academic or enrichment programs.
• Computers, software, or other learning technology.
• Specialized support in music, art, science, math, or other subjects.
• Connection with a nationwide community of Young Scholars.
• Resources for career exploration and mentorship.
• College advising and counseling.

Jack Kent Cooke Foundation
 

Leadership Development

For over two decades, Youth Leadership has provided thousands of American Indian students with resources to turn possibilities into realities.

Youth Leadership began in 1986 as a week long summit for a handful of students. It has grown into a community based program serving over one thousand students and their communities.

At no cost to the communities and schools, Futures for Children provides training, curriculum, and follow-up support. Through experiential based leadership activities, planning, and implementing student driven leadership projects, students gain the knowledge and skills to become the leaders of tomorrow.

Each year, Futures for Children orchestrates Youth Leadership Summits so that groups can network with one another and build on the skills learned with their home group.


 

Mescalero Apache High School Youth Leadership Students

Culinary Internships for YL Students

With the cooperation of the chefs at Inn of the Mountain Gods Casino & Resort (IMGCR), Mescalero Apache Youth Leadership (YL) students developed an internship program to complement the school’s ProStart Culinary Program. ProStart Culinary is a two-year program that introduces students to the culinary skills necessary for food preparation careers. The YL students attended several meetings with the IMGCR’s Board of Directors to discuss the parameters of these internships. Chefs from IMGCR visited the high school to evaluate their culinary equipment and to discuss the guidelines of this partnership. A summer internship program was also established and several of the YL students interned at IMGCR during the summer of 2012. This opportunity afforded them additional experience in the culinary field and supplied them with summer employment. The crowning achievement for the YL group was the opportunity to assist with cuisine preparation for the Senior Banquet, held for the first time at the Inn. One student from the group was able to attend the 2012 High School Youth Leadership Summit at Fort Lewis College in Durango, CO where she presented a slide presentation detailing her peers culinary internship accomplishments. The YL program is new to the Mescalero Apache community and generated a great deal of interest and enthusiasm among residents. This support was instrumental in launching the internship program.
 

Friendship

Futures for Children connects American Indian youth in grades K-12 with a mentor from across the United States or around the world. Mentors are from all 50 states and 21 countries! A friendship of support is built through letters and at times emails and phone conversations.

Mentored students often feel that their mentor is a close friend. Mentors give encouragement for your studies and activities, help you build self-confidence and courage. The two of you can share culture and tradition with each other. Through the program, your mentor provides some financial assistance for school necessities.


Futures holds the following expectations of the students in the program:

Communicate
With your mentor at least every other month (six times a year) and acknowledge gifts from your mentor.

Complete
Fall and Spring Student Update forms twice a year. Students are required to submit their current report card and a current photo. Following each completed update form, students receive incentive checks for books, school supplies, clothing, or other educationally-related items.

Maintain
A 2.0 (C) grade point average, as well as good school attendance.

Demonstrate
Good behavior at school and in your community. Friendship students are expected to be role models.

 

Youth Leadership Summits

Leadership. Goal Setting. Self Awareness.

Futures began the Youth Leadership Program in 1986. Youth Leadership started as a weeklong camp involving high school juniors and seniors for leadership development activities.

To continue this vision and success, Futures for Children hosts annual Youth Leadership Summits. At the summits, Youth Leadership participants are teamed up with fellow students from other tribes, communities, and schools. The main focus of the summits is to bring students from diverse cultures together to enhance their leadership skills and accentuate their teambuilding capabilities.

Students from Hopi, Navajo, and Pueblo communities participate in a number of valuable activities, including confidence building ropes courses, environmental outreach workshops, service learning projects, question and answer sessions with American Indian professionals, public speaking exercises, and team development activities.

The summit is crucial in exposing students to people and cultures they have not ever been introduced to, in increasing self-reliance by being away from home and their “comfort zone,” in creating lifelong friendships, and in further reinforcing the importance of teamwork and leadership, in individuals and in communities.