Scholarships

Navajo Nation Scholarship

All applicants must be officially and fully admitted to a post-secondary institution accredited by one of six regional accrediting associations as recognized by the Navajo Nation. Applications for this scholarship are available in at the Native American Affairs office.

Criteria:

• Application
• Certificate of Indian Blood (CIB)
• Transcript
• Letter of Admission
• Financial need analysis (FNA)
• Graduation/Degree Check list

Deadlines:

• Academic Year (Fall/Winter/Spring)
  • Application and CIB are due May 1
  • Letter of Admission (Enrollment Verification), FNA are due June 25
• Winter/ Spring Term only:
  • Application and CIB are due Oct. 1
  • Letter of Admission (Enrollment Verification), FNA are due Nov. 25
• Summer Term:
  • Application and CIB are due Apr. 1
  • Letter of Admission (Enrollment Verification), FNA are due Apr. 25

Association on American Indian Affairs

Criteria:

• Application/Financial Need Analysis Form with FAO Signature
• Certificate of Indian Blood showing at least ¼ Indian blood
• Proof of Tribal Enrollment
• Student Essay
• Two letters of Recommendation
• Current Financial Aid Award Letter
• Most Recent Transcript

Continental Society Daughters of Indian Wars Scholarship

Criteria:

• Must be enrolled tribal member
• accepted to or attending accredited school
• 3.0 GPA.
• Preference given to students entering their Junior year.

For more information, please visit: http://www.fredonia.edu/na/fa_continental.asp

Submit self-addressed, stamped envelope when requesting application.

Contact:

Mrs. Donald Cecil Trolinger
Scholarship Chairman
61300 East 110 Road, Miami, OK 74354-4726
E-mail: ottawahillpt@neok.com

Center for American Archeology’s American Indian Program

This scholarship is for undergraduate students. CAA offers a limited number of partial scholarships to Native American women interested in participating in the CAA High School Field School (June) or Adult Field School Program (July) in Kampsville, IL.

Benefits include:

• Tuition for program
• Room, board, and training in Anthropological/archeological research, excavation and analysis

For more information, please visit: http://www.fedonia.edu/na/if_caa.asp

Contact:

Center for American Archeology’s American Indian Program
Phone: 618.653.4316
E-mail: caa@caa-archeology.org
URL: www.caa.archeology.org

Bureau of Indian Affairs Higher Education Grant Program

This scholarship is for undergraduate Indian students attending an accredited institutions of higher education for the 2007–2008 academic year.

Requirements:

• Must be affiliated with federally recognized Nations, including Tonawanda Seneca Nation Cayuga, Onondaga, Tuscarora.
• Awards vary.

For more information, please visit: http://www.fredonia.edu/na/fa_bia.asp

Contact:

Roxanne Brown
Phone: 615.564.6636

General Motors Engineering Scholarship

This scholarship is for enrolled American Indian students who are full-time juniors, seniors, or graduate students at an accredited four year or graduate college or university seeking a bachelor’s or graduate degree in an engineering field. Award is $3,000 per academic year.

Requirements:

• Must be an AISES member to apply.

For more information, please visit: http://www.fredonia.edu/na/fa_gm.asp

Contact:

Tina Pino
Phone: 505.765.1052 ext. 105
E-mail: tina@aises.org
URL: www.aises.org/highered/scholarships/

Rayla Parraz Memorial Scholarship

Scholarship for Hispanic and Native American undergraduate students.

Requirements

• Full-time student
• 2.5-3.5 cumulative GPA
• Undergraduate student
• Financial need