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Cherokee Nation Angel Tree, OK
Minnesota Fire Service Foundation Receives Shakopee Mdewakanton Grant, MN
November Giveaway for Tribes and Native American Businesses & Nonprofits, VA
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Morongo Band of Mission Indians offers the Rodney T. Mathew Jr. Memorial Scholarship program open to any enrolled member of a California Indian tribe who is a full-time student at an accredited college or university and has a minimum GPA of 2.75, CA
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Minnesota Fire Service Foundation Receives Shakopee Mdewakanton Grant, MN
Prior Lake, Minnesota - Firefighters who have given their lives in service of others will be honored in a grant from the Shakopee Mdewakanton Sioux Community. The $25,000 grant will help fund a permanent memorial to be built on the grounds of the Minnesota State Capitol. The memorial will contain a life-sized cast bronze sculpture depicting a firefighter rescuing a child.
"The Firefighter Memorial is an opportunity for the citizens of Minnesota to have a place where they can feel and understand the significance of firefighting. It is a place to honor those who have bravely served as firefighters, as well as to pay tribute to the 20,000 men and women who serve Minnesota as firefighters in nearly 800 departments, who continue to protect our families, communities, and businesses each and every day," wrote Tom Pressler, President of the Minnesota State Fire Department Association and Board Member of the Minnesota Fire Service Foundation.
"The members of the Shakopee Mdewakanton Community honor firefighters who have given their lives so that others might be safe. It will be good for there to be a permanent site to honor those who have fallen in the line of duty as well as those who continue to risk their lives daily for the public good," said SMSC Chairman Stanley R. Crooks. "We thank them for their service."
The Shakopee Mdewakanton Sioux Community operates an ambulance service as well as a fire, rescue, and hazardous materials response unit which serves Community members, guests of the Community, and residents of nearby communities by request through mutual aid agreements. The department also administers the Mdewakanton LIFE program which donates free and low cost defibrillators to charitable organizations and schools and provides free training on their use.
The Shakopee Mdewakanton Sioux Community’s charitable giving program comes from a cultural and social tradition to assist those in need.
About the Shakopee Mdewakanton Sioux Community
The SMSC utilizes its financial resources from gaming and non-gaming enterprises to pay for all of the internal infrastructure of the Tribe, including but not limited to housing, roads, water and sewer systems, emergency services, and essential services to its Tribal members in education, health, and welfare. The Shakopee Mdewakanton Sioux Community, a federally recognized Indian Tribe in Minnesota, is the owner and operator of Mystic Lake Casino Hotel, Playworks, Dakotah! Sport and Fitness, and other enterprises on a reservation south of the Twin Cities.
ThreeHoops' November Giveaway for Tribes and Native American Businesses & Nonprofits
Cherokee Nation Angel Tree, OK
American Indian Owned NativeCountryCareers.com
Provides Link for Native American Employers Seeking Qualified Employees
“We are thrilled to be able to provide a unique and targeted service throughout Indian Country in an effort to attract qualified candidates for key positions,” remarked Nakia Lent (Santa Ynez Band of Chumash/Comanche), Co-Founder and President of NativeCountryCareers.com.
Santa Ynez, CA – With the rapid expansion of economic development growth in Native American communities across the nation and the need to find qualified, experienced, capable employees fast - NativeCountryCareers.com has launched as the premier Native American employment web site for those employers seeking to recruit candidates nationally. As an introduction to employers, NativeCountryCareers.com is offering a pro-rated 3 month job posting with 1 month FREE!
“We are thrilled to be able to provide a unique and targeted service throughout Indian Country in an effort to attract qualified candidates for key positions,” remarked Nakia Lent (Santa Ynez Band of Chumash/Comanche), Co-Founder and President of NativeCountryCareers.com. Ms. Lent’s vision of “linking people and Tribes for success” is based on her desire to serve her heritage, people and economic endeavors, which will sustain the needs of Tribes for generations to come.
Developed by experienced American Indian human resources experts, NativeCountryCareers.com solves the continuous challenge of quickly finding applicants by offering Native American employers with a technology vehicle to post job openings in a wide range of categories and receive resumes in real-time. For interested applicants, NativeCountryCareers.com provides a user-friendly online resource, Resume Builder, to design and upload a resume for inclusion in the database.
Between the three key partners of NativeCountryCareers.com, which include CEO Desi Zavalla (Santa Ynez Band of Chumash/Comanche) and Office Manager Antonia Flores (Santa Ynez Band of Chumash), have over a decade of experience directly in Native American tribal enterprise human resource and administrative experience.
To list a job opening, post your resume or find out more information about the pro-rated 3 month offer go to www.NativeCountryCareers.com or call (805) 688-2122.
The Riverside Press Enterprise, CA
Spreading the wealth
12:08 AM PDT on Sunday, October 9, 2005, By SARA FEASTER / The Press-Enterprise
In a groundbreaking step, the Morongo Band of Mission Indians tribe near Cabazon presented three American Indian women from other tribes with new scholarships designed to provide financial aid to California tribal members.
Unlike other scholarships offered through Morongo and other tribes, the Rodney T. Mathew Jr. Memorial Scholarship program is open to any enrolled member of a California Indian tribe who is a full-time student at an accredited college or university and has a minimum GPA of 2.75, according to a Morongo press release.
"I think what Morongo did was unique and wonderful," said Carly J. Tex, a 21-year-old student at Sonoma State University who was one of the three recipients of the $10,000 scholarships. The scholarship "took a lot of weight off of my shoulders and now I can think about school instead of rent." She is a member of the North Folk Mono Rancheria
Christina A. Brown, a member of Owens Valley Paiute Tribe and a student at the University of North Dakota School of Medicine, and Ki-Shan D. Lara, a member of the Hupa Valley Tribe and a student at Arizona State University, are the other two recipients. .
Applicants wrote two essays on the topic of Native American reservations, were required to have two recommendations from advisers and one from a American Indian community which the applicant was involved in, as well as a financial aid analysis, itinerary of expenses, two current transcripts and a list of courses the student was planning to take, according to Tex. "Morongo has extended aid to people of different tribes...I think its great and I hope they keep it up," Tex said over the phone.
Deadline for the 2006 submission is April 1. The application may be downloaded from www.morongonation.org
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