Resource Directory
Here is the Resource List which was compiled for the First Alaskans Institute. If you wish to contribute to the Resource List, please email Sean Topkok.
To see how the directory is categorized, go to Directory Categories
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RESEARCH |
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Tuzzy Higbee Consortium Library:Organization Type: University/College Category: Research David Ongley Director tuzzy@tuzzy.org http://www.ilisagvik.cc/Tuzzy/library/default.htm P.O. Box 749 Barrow, AK 99723 Resources held by the library include: books, videotapes, audio tapes, microforms, newspapers, periodicals, CD-Rom databases, and local, state and federal documents. Special Collections include a growing Alaskana section with particular emphasis on arctic and polar regions information, the North Slope, and the Inupiaq history, language and culture. School District: North Slope Borough School District ANCSA: Arctic Slope Regional Corporation Census Area: North Slope Borough |
University of Alaska Fairbanks School of Education:Organization Type: University/College Category: Research Oscar Kawagley rfok@uaf.edu P.O. Box 756730 Fairbanks, AK 99775 Angayuqaq Oscar Kawagley is a Yupiaq indigenous educator and faculty member of UA's School of Education. In addition to working as a rural teacher for many years, he has served as CEO for various enterprises including a Native corporation. From 1980 -1986 he was a member of the Executive Committee of the Inuit Circumpolar Conference, and has also served on numerous state and regional task forces on Native education. School District: Fairbanks North Star Borough School District ANCSA: Doyon, Limited Census Area: Fairbanks North Star Borough |
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Ahtna Heritage Foundation:Organization Type: Regional Native Foundation/AEC Category: Student Financial Support Dorothy Shinn Executive Director ahtnahf@alaska.net http://www.ahtna-inc.com/AHFnd.htm P.O. Box 213 Glennallen, AK 99588 The mission of the Foundation is to perpetuate Ahtna Heritage and enhance the socio-economic status of the Ahtna people. The Foundation shall use traditional culture, in all its facets, as the primary means to enhance the education, life skills, pride, and self-esteem of the Ahtna people. The past shall be used as a bridge to help the Ahtan people move from their traditional lifestyle to a socio-economic position of self sufficiency in the current and future Alaskan society, while at the same time retaining the positive aspects of the Ahtna history and culture. The Ahtna Heritage Foundation Scholarship Program is a supplemental educational program designed to assist individuals of the Ahtna Athabascan tribe who wish to obtain an education to increase their career potential. To qualify for the Ahtna Heritage Foundation Scholarship an applicant must be an enrolled shareholder, in a shareholder's immediate family, a direct descendant or an heir of Ahtna stock. The applicant must also enroll full-time in an accredited institute for a minimum of six weeks for 30 clock hours per week or 12 or more credits. School District: Copper River School District ANCSA: Ahtna, Incorporated Census Area: Valdez-Cordova |
Alaska Process Industry Careers Consortium:Organization Type: For Profit Category: Student Financial Support Sharon Keller sharon@apicc.org http://www.apicc.org P.O. Box 240608 Anchorage, AK 99524 The Alaska Process Industry Careers Consortium (APICC) is an industry led partnership with education to develop the skilled workforce needed for the future of our industries in Alaska. APICC will work to ensure the availability of highly trained Alaskans, sufficient to staff the process industry competitively in the years to come. Provides scholarship to Alaska Native students planning to enroll in the Process Technology 2 year degree program at UAA, UAF, or KPC. School District: Anchorage School District ANCSA: Cook Inlet Region Incorporated Census Area: Anchorage |
Alaska Village Electric Cooperative:Organization Type: For Profit Category: Student Financial Support Georgia Shaw Manager-Member Services membersvcs@avec.org http://www.avec.org/scholarship.html 4831 Eagle Street Anchorage, AK 99503 The AVEC Scholarship Committee awards $2,000 scholarships each year in accordance with AVEC board policy. These scholarships may be used for trade schools, vocational/technical schools, and colleges. Qualified applicants must maintain their primary residence within the AVEC system. School District: Anchorage School District ANCSA: Cook Inlet Region Incorporated Census Area: Anchorage |
Aleutian/Pribilof Islands Association Education Services:Organization Type: Regional Native Non-Profit Category: Student Financial Support Dimitri Philemonof President/CEO dimitrip@apiai.com http://www.apiai.com/ 201 East 3rd Avenue Anchorage, AK 99501 This program provides financial aid to eligible Alaska Native students are attending a college/university in pursuit of a 4-year degree. The scholarship may be used towards tuition, books, and fees. This maximum award is $1,500 per semester, determination based on unmet need as reported by the college/university. School District: Anchorage School District ANCSA: Cook Inlet Region Incorporated Census Area: Anchorage |
Alyeska Pipeline Service Company - Alaska Native Individual Education Scholarship:Organization Type: For Profit Category: Student Financial Support Jane Stinson http://www.alyeska-pipe.com/Employment/NativeEducationScholarship.asp 1835 South Bragaw. Street, MS-536A Anchorage, AK 99512 School District: Anchorage School District ANCSA: Cook Inlet Region Incorporated Census Area: Anchorage |
American Indian Graduate Center:Organization Type: Category: Student Financial Support Norber S. Hill Executive Director norbert@aigc.com http://www.aigc.com 4520 Montgomery Blvd. NE, Suite 1B Albuquerque, NM 87109 Building Self Sustaining American Indian and Alaska Native Communities through Education. AIGC was founded to help open the doors to graduate education for American Indians and to help tribes obtain the educated Indian professionals they need to become more self-sufficient and to exercise their rights to self-determination. School District: ANCSA: Census Area: |
American Indian Graduate Center / Gates Millennium Scholars Program:Organization Type: Category: Student Financial Support Michelle Pasena Coordinator of Outreach michelle@aigc.com http://www.aigc.com/AIGC%20Scholars/about-gmsp.htm 4520 Montgomery Blvd. NE, Suite 1B Albuquerque, NM 87109 The Gates Millennium Scholars is a scholarship program funded by a one billion dollar grant from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. The grant is a twenty year commitment designed to fund the college education of twenty thousand high achieving, low income, minority students. This program is also designed to help develop a group of leaders that represent the ethnic diversity of America in the 21st century. School District: ANCSA: Census Area: |
Arctic Education Foundation:Organization Type: Regional Native Foundation/AEC Category: Student Financial Support Leona Okakok Manager lokakok@asrc.com http://www.asrc.com/page10.html P.O. Box 129 Barrow, AK 99723 The Arctic Education Foundation (AEF) mission is to promote, develop, implement, sponsor and maintain programs of assistance for worthy and needy Inupiat Natives of the Arctic Slope Region of Alaska, or descendants of such persons, so as to aid them in the furtherance of their education or vocational training. School District: North Slope Borough School District ANCSA: Arctic Slope Regional Corporation Census Area: North Slope Borough |
