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2013 Summer Internship Announcement
Title: Summer 2013 Internships at the Peabody Museum at Harvard University
Sponsor: The Harvard University Native American Program and the Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology at Harvard University
Application Deadline: February 17, 2013
Location: Cambridge, MA

The Peabody Museum and the Harvard University Native American Program invite applications for the summer internships at the Peabody Museum for undergraduate (or recent graduates) and graduate students. Opportunities vary from year to year, but generally the internships are designed to offer experience in museum activities such as curatorial research, collections management, archives, museum education, public programming, publications and/or conservation.

• Internships are supervised by Museum professional staff.
• Internships are for 20 hours per week over 8 weeks: June 3 to July 26.
• The Peabody offers a small stipend in accordance with applicable laws. Please note, the Peabody cannot offer assistance in obtaining housing or a housing subsidy.
• Interns must attend an orientation on June 3, 9:30–4:30
• Interns must be available for a brown-bag lunch 12:00–1:30 pm on Wednesdays during the internship period.
• All interns are required to give a presentation to staff at the end of the internship.
• Internship projects are described below: Applicants should apply for one (maximum of two) of the specific projects listed below.

PROJECTS

Osteology and Conservation
This internship has two distinct parts and is geared toward a student interested in learning about analysis, conservation, and curation of osteological collections. The primary focus of the project will be to work with museum staff in the Osteology Department to ready osteological collections for teaching in a new space in Fall 2013. This will involve rehousing casts of fossils and human and non-human primate skeletal remains, and creating new, descriptive labels to facilitate their use in teaching. Approximately two weeks of time will be devoted to the conservation of a complicated mount of a cast of “Lucy” working in the Conservation Laboratory with museum conservators. The second part of the internship involves assessing human skeletal remains from a pre-dynastic Egyptian archaeological site. Several weeks will be devoted to this project. The intern will learn museum standards for analyzing and recording demographic information. Applicants should have course-level and/or practical experience with human osteology collections. Required skills include attention to detail, fine hand skills, and familiarity with using sharp tools safely.

Publications/Peabody Museum Press
This internship is geared toward a student interested in gaining practical experience in all aspects of museum and scholarly publishing, from acquisitions through editorial, design, production, and post-production activities. It will also introduce the intern to diverse anthropological subject matter and a wide range of museum collections. Areas of activity may include:

• Acquisitions: Research readers for manuscripts; correspond with peer reviewers; send MSS out for review; track responses. Read and comment on manuscripts as part of internal review process.
• Production: Assist with manuscript preparation and proofing; assemble and organize illustrative materials for books; obtain permissions and digital files; prepare images for print; record data in electronic database.
• Post-Production: Populate the publications database, entering publishing history and metadata for recently published books. Following FAS procedures, archive paper and electronic publishing records.
• Applicants should have superior writing skills and attention to detail; knowledge of anthropology/archaeology subject matter; and familiarity with some or all of the following programs: FileMaker, Excel, InDesign, PhotoShop.

Curatorial: Harvard Yard Excavation Documentation
This internship is geared towards a student who is interested in eastern North American archaeology and ethnology. It focuses on recent archaeological excavations in Harvard Yard, which have recovered artifacts related to the early history of the College. Intern will assist museum staff with the documentation and analysis of historical archaeological collections toward comprehensive report of recent excavations, involving compilation and refinement of data into the museum database and, if possible, specialized analysis on some parts of the collection. Applicants should have course-level and/or knowledge of North American anthropology.

Registration
This internship is directed towards a student with an interest in museum record-keeping, exhibition and loan protocols, and data entry. The intern will work with Registration Department staff to create retrospective records in the Peabody’s TMS database. The intern will review archival loan and exhibition records, extract relevant information, create and populate loan and exhibition records in the TMS database, scan original documents as appropriate, and attach these scanned documents to the database records. If time allows, the intern will review TMS records for the Peabody’s collection of Inman paintings to verify past location accuracy. Initial training in TMS basics offered to all interns will be supplemented by in-depth training in the system’s Loan and Exhibition modules provided by the Registration staff. Applicants should have experience working with archival or museum records and databases. Attention to detail and ability to work independently are required.

Website: https://www.peabody.harvard.edu/node/60?q=node/186

Download Application: Available internships and application.

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Information:
The internship is designed to give current 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.

Eligibility:

• Be a US Citizen.
• Possess at valid driver’s license.
• Be a full-time student during Spring 2013 (12 hrs undergrad, 9 hrs grad) with at least a 2.5 cumulative GPA.
• Be majoring in an environmental or related field like science, engineering, planning, policy, law, management, political science, anthropology, health, etc and have an interest in pursuing an environmental career upon graduating from college.
• Possess proficient verbal and written communication skills.
• Have a strong interest in working with Native American tribes or topics.

Application: Applications are submitted through the website; letters of reference must be sent electronically. For further details: http://www.newberry.org/fellowships

http://www4.nau.edu/eeop/internships/ssi_internship.asp

Contact: Graylynn Hudson at Graylynn.Hudson@nau.edu or 928-523-8864

Internship Opportunity Announcement
Title: 2013 Causal Consequences of Variation Summer Undergraduate Research Internship Program
Location: Harvard Medical School
Duration: 10-week internships beginning in mid-June 2013
Deadline: Friday, March 15, 2013

The Church Lab (Department of Genetics) is offering this paid internship to sophomore, juniors, and seniors who have not yet earned their bachelor’s degree. Applicants must be U.S. citizens or permanent U.S. residents (green card holders) from underrepresented minority groups. The internship will provide the opportunity to gain research experience in many areas of genome science research. It will also provide a more in depth knowledge of biological science and genomics. Among other things, interns will be able to work on supervised independent projects, work closely with scientists, and seminars provided by scientists and researchers from various institutions. The internship requires 40 hours a week are devoted and provides a stipend of $4000.

Applications: send to Alex Hernandez-Siegel (ahs@genetics.med.harvard.edu)

Contact: For more information, see http://ccv.med.harvard.edu/diversity_summer_internships.htm

Fellowship Opportunity Announcement
Title: Native American Environmental Leaders of the Future

Description:
SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry (SUNY ESF) will offer five fellowships to students of Native American heritage, attending ESF beginning in Fall 2013. The goal of the Fellowship program is to educate a new generation of indigenous environmental leaders. The Fellowship includes a $5000 annual scholarship for 4 years---as well as a program especially designed to provide Native students with a supportive cultural community, challenging academic courses and educational enrichment such as field trips, research experiences and opportunities for applying your environmental education in community service. Students will join a weekly small, focused seminar which supports academic, personal and professional growth in a close knit group of students and mentors from the ESF Center for Native Peoples and the environment. The mission of the Center for Native Peoples and the Environment is to bring together the wisdom of both indigenous knowledge and environmental science, for our shared concerns for the earth.

Application:
If you are applying for the spring 2013 semester or as a fall 2013 Early Decision freshman applicant and the effects of Hurricane Sandy have impacted your ability to submit your application materials, please call the Office of Undergraduate Admissions at the number below to speak to an Admissions Counselor about your application.

Qualifications:

• High school grades of at least 85%
• Combined science and math SAT scores of 900
• Participation in extra---curricular activities or community affairs
• Letters of recommendation
• Strong motivation to study natural resources and environment
• Both freshman and transfer students are encouraged to apply

Contact: Dr. Robin Kimmerer PH: (315) 470---6760 E: rkimmer@esf.edu

Website: http://www.esf.edu/nativepeoples/NativeScholarships.pdf
http://www.esf.edu/

Internship Opportunity Announcement
Title: Media and Communications Internship
Application deadline: The recruitment process is open until positions are filled.

Qualifications:

• Excellent writing and communication skills, preferably experience reporting on issues for newspapers, journals, and other publications.
• Experience with web and library research.
• Basic-to-intermediate facility with spreadsheet software, web design, and blogging software.
• Demonstrated experience in and passion for Indigenous issues--and for the importance of accurate information and analysis to guide decision-making.
• Demonstrated interest and capability in synthesizing complex sets of data.
• Coursework reflecting interest and knowledge in human rights, Indigenous issues, sustainable business practices, and environmental sustainability.
• Experience working for development, Indigenous, environmental, or other sustainability-oriented organizations, as well as international experience, are a plus.

The work requires attention to detail and an ability to carefully and accurately document authoritative sources for all information gathered. Successful interns are comfortable contacting experts to track down data and other information. A curiosity about how Indigenous issues relate to social, political, and economic realities and a capacity to see connections across fields and specialties are critical.

Description:
The Media and Communications Internship with First Peoples Worldwide is a unique opportunity to support and participate in research that drives Indigenous policy and development. The intern will work closely with the First Peoples staff to design, organize, and develop web information and content that will contribute to our efforts to spur development and investment in Indigenous Peoples and communities. Responsibilities include: designing the presentation of online information and data, managing web content, and helping to create a multi-media component to the project. Interns will have the opportunity to have their articles published in major news outlets, gain experience in writing press releases and opinion editorials, do effective reporter outreach, and stage events.

Contact:
To apply, please send a resume, cover letter, and writing sample to npelosi@firstpeoples.org with "First Peoples Intern" in the subject line.
Website: http://www.firstpeoples.org/

Internship Opportunity Announcement
Title: PRIDE Summer Institute in Cardiovascular Genetic Epidemiology
Duration: Summer 1: 3 weeks in July/Aug
Mid Year Visit: 2 days plus travel tentatively in January
Annual Workshop-Conference in Washington, DC area: 3 days in May
Summer 2: 3 weeks in July/Aug
Application deadline: Accepting Applications for Summer 2013 for Cohort 3
July 10-July 31, 2013 (New Cohort)
July 28-Aug 15, 2013 (Returning Cohort)

Qualifications:

• A U.S. Citizen or Permanent Resident.
• A member of an Under Represented Minority or a person with a disability
• A junior faculty or scientist at an American institution
• A letter of support from the Department Chair that allows the mentee to fully participate in the program, and to
  • Devote 5% protected time and effort throughout the program
  • Devote 100% effort to all program activities
  • Have access to institutional resources for preparing grant applications

Description:
The primary objective of the Summer Institute in Genetic Epidemiology is to provide all-expense-paid training and mentoring in genetic epidemiology and risk factors to junior-level faculty and scientists from minority groups that are under-represented in the sciences and/or with a disability, so that they can competently and effectively develop independent research programs on cutting edge Heart, Lung, Blood, and Sleep (HLBS) disorders. This initiative to bring faculty and scientists particularly from minority groups into research is important because of the major public health burden of these diseases, especially in minority populations.

This Summer Institute program was designed to provide a working knowledge and appreciation for genetic epidemiology and bioinformatics methods and to integrate these skills with the Mentee’s substantive research interests in CVD and HLBS problems. It will (1) require participation in 3-week summer institutes during each of two summers, (2) attending a mid-year meeting, and (3) involve long-term networking with a Mentor to advance one's own research career.

Toward this mission, our objectives include:

1. To provide fundamental training in genetic epidemiology and bioinformatics, with an emphasis on hands-on learning in addition to pure didactic course work.
2. To advise and mentor the mentees during the following year in terms of career development for developing independent research plans dealing with HLBS disorders.
3. To help the mentees apply for independent career development research grants by taking full advantage of the extraordinary resources of the participating institutions and mentors.

Contact: PH: 314-362-1565 F: 314-362-2693 E: PRIDE-GE@wubios.wustl.edu
Website: www.biostat.wustl.edu/pridege

Internship Opportunity Announcement
Title: Washington Internship for Native Students
Location: Harvard Medical School

The American University's Washington Internships for Native Students (WINS) Program is an exciting opportunity for American Indian/Alaskan Native/Native Hawaiian (AI/AN/NH) students to intern and study in Washington, DC, for the semester or the summer. Students intern 35-40 hours a week in a federal agency, or private organization, which sponsors AI/AN/NH students from across the country in a Washington, DC, internship. WINS student interns take three courses in the fall or spring term, earning 12 credit hours or 2 courses in the summer, earning 6 credit hours.

Through the WINS sponsorship program interns receive:

• transportation to and from DC
• tuition & books
• stipend for incidentals
• housing at American University's Tenley Campus dormitories
• meal plan
• social and cultural activities.

Eligibility: You are eligible if you are currently enrolled in an academic program (or have completed your degree within 6 months), will have a minimum of 45 credits earned by program start date and maintain at least a 2.5 cumulative GPA.

Deadline: Varies depending on semester.

Contact: PH: 202-895-4900 F: 202-895-4882 E: wins@american.edu

For more information, see http://www.american.edu/spexs/wins/index.cfm

About applying, see http://www.american.edu/spexs/wins/How-to-Apply.cfm

Fellowship Opportunity Announcement
Title: Toihuarewa Visiting Indigenous Fellowship 2013
Deadline: February 22, 2013
Location: Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand

The aim of the Toihuarewa Visiting Indigenous Fellowship Scheme is to attract international Indigenous scholars to Victoria University of Wellington for a short term and provide opportunities to build Indigenous research capacity and enhance Indigenous engagement and collaboration with Victoria’s Maori research program. It is expected that the successful applicant/s will take up the fellowship in the second half of 2013. Visiting Fellows are expected to participate in Toihuarewa meetings and seminars, meet regularly with faculty and commit to an agreed research outcome of which a comparative Maori component is encouraged. Awardees are encouraged to maximize the impact of their fellowship, supplementing their main proposed activity with public talks, meeting with postgraduate students and so on. Victoria University of Wellington’s location provides an opportunity to engage with politicians and policy makers and national institutions that house New Zealand’s creative and documentary heritage. Toihuarewa members also maintain a wide network of connections with Maori communities that awardees may be able to draw on.

Program Benefits:

• A $4,000 stipend is provided for all participants.
• Housing and round-trip travel are also available for out-of-state students.
• Sponsorship to attend a national scientific meeting following abstract submission
• Sponsored membership in the American Public Health Association (APHA)

Eligibility Requirements:
Selection is determined by strategic research priorities identified by Toihuarewa in any given year. Toihuarewa’s strategic research priorities for 2013 are:

• Indigenous Language Revitalization;
• Indigenous Peoples and Constitutional Arrangements;
• Indigenous Land Tenure;
• Indigenous Education;
• Indigenous Business Development
• Indigenous Media
• Indigenous Literature

Eligible applicants must be Indigenous and have a suitable academic background (PhD completed or in progress).

Application Guidelines:
Applications should be submitted by email to:

Paul Meredith c/- The Office of the PVC Maori Victoria University of Wellington E-mail: paul.meredith@vuw.ac.nz. Please include ‘Toihuarewa Visiting Indigenous Fellowship’ in the subject line of your email. Applicants should expect an acknowledgement of receipt of application within 24 hours. The application will be forwarded to the Steering Committee for consideration.

Contact:
For further information about the Toihuarewa Visiting Indigenous Fellowship, contact Paul Meredith, email paul.meredith@vuw.ac.nz or telephone +644 463 5222.

Internship Opportunity Announcement
Title: First Alaskans Institute’s 2013 Summer Intern Program
Deadline: March 1, 2013
Location: Chicago, Illinois

Description:
The ten-week program (June 3 – August 9) is a full-time paid internship open to Alaska Native/American Indian/Rural Alaskan college students in good academic standing, or recent college graduates. Interns will spend two weeks in Anchorage participating in leadership training, and will be placed with statewide employer partners for eight weeks. Partner organizations are asked to develop leadership, managerial or policy making level work plans for the interns, provide a supervisor and mentor, as well as contribute a placement fee for the intern. Both intern and partner application forms must be received by 5pm, March 1, 2013.

Basis for Selection:
Students must be currently enrolled in a higher education institution, or have graduated within the previous school year. First Alaskans Institute and employer placement representatives will screen complete application packets. Interns will be required to follow the Human Resource policies set forth by the organization in which they are placed—these policies may include drug and alcohol testing.

Contact: lenajacobs@firstalaskans.org PH: 907.677.1700 F: 907.677.1780
Web: www.firstalaskans.org

Internship Opportunity Announcement
Title: Summer Internship for Native Americans in Genomics (SING) Workshop
Deadline: March 31, 2013
Location: Institute for Genomic Biology

Description:
The Institute for Genomic Biology will once again be hosting the Summer Internship for Native Americans in Genomics (SING) Workshop. The workshop will take place from August 4-10, 2013, at the IGB to discuss genomics as a tool for Native American communities and assist in the training of Native Americans in the concepts and methods currently used in genomics. The aims of the workshop are to facilitate discussions on indigenous values and whether scientific methods can be beneficially incorporated with these values, and to provide awareness of how genomics is currently used as a tool to assist in projects focused on natural resources, history and biomedicine. Additional instruction in fundamental concepts and methods in genomics and bioinformatics, including both theoretical aspects and practical laboratory- and computer-based training, will take place. Combining ethical, legal, and social discussions surrounding historical Native American encounters with science and hands-on training in the latest genomics techniques and analytical programs, the goal of the workshop is to help prepare participants for future leadership positions in science research and teaching careers.

The workshop is open to tribal college students, community college students, university undergraduate students and graduate students, and individuals who would like to continue their education in the sciences.

Registration is now open, and full details can be found at http://conferences.igb.illinois.edu/sing/.
http://www.igb.illinois.edu/news/summer-internship-native-americans-genomics-sing-workshop

Internship Opportunity Announcement
Title: Native American Encampment Site Project
Deadline: April 1, 2013
Location: 1490 Agency House Road, Portage, Wisconsin

Description:
The Native American Encampment Site Project will result in an interpretive manual for docents and visitors that will provide historical context for this educational element. The selected candidate will also research and acquire reproduction artifacts and/or other material culture that will support these interpretive materials. Finally, this project will involve management of a small-scale budget specifically intended for research-related costs and the purchase of appropriate material culture items. Our site is currently undergoing a interpretive shift that will better communicate the role of our Indian Agent Kinzie, the many and varied expectations and realties of his position, and his relationship with the local indigenous peoples. Yet we still need to do a better job of interpreting day-to-day life of Native Americans, and how their centuries-old culture was rapidly changing due to the American “acquisition” and settlement of Native lands. These are obviously sensitive and multi-faceted historic themes, but they are inarguably essential to understanding how America became what it is today. The selected intern will be tasked with telling these stories in the setting of an already-existing, yet very rudimentary “Native American Interpretive Site.” This site element is intended to be a permanent, educational addition to our standard guided tour and, we hope, a future venue for Native interpretation, demonstrations and programming. This recreated encampment site has progressed with the invaluable assistance of the Ho-Chunk Nation’s Tribal Historic Preservation Office—as the Ho-Chunk are the ancestral inhabitants of this area, HIAH places much value on the Nation’s cooperation. It will be a requirement of the internship that throughout the duration of this project, the selected candidate will continue this relationship with the Ho-Chunk Nation, as both a source of knowledge and a respected educational partner.

Qualifications:
Graduate student (or advanced undergraduate, based on the recommendation of professors or other acceptable references) enrolled at an accredited college or university, preferably in History, Public History, Museum Studies, Anthropology or Education. Must be creative, have excellent verbal and written communication skills, possess an attention to detail, and be both self-directed and able to work within a team. Proficiency with Microsoft Office preferred but not required. Background in Wisconsin history preferred but not required.

Application:
Applicants should submit a resume that details their relevant work and educational experiences, including the contact information for THREE references (two professional/academic and one personal). Applicants should mail all materials, along with a cover page outlining their interest in the position, to:

Destinee K. Udelhoven, Director
Historic Indian Agency House at Fort Winnebago
P.O. Box 84
Portage, Wisconsin 53901

Email applications will also be accepted at:
destineekae@hotmail.com

Email submissions should state “Summer 2013 Internship” in the subject line.

Fellowship Opportunity Announcement
Title: The ACHIEVE Research Partnership
Duration: Summer 2013
Application deadline: February 13, 2013

Qualifications:

• PhD completed within the past 3 years OR Health professional degree1 + Master’s level degree (Master’s degree completed within the past three years)
• 2 year term: September, 2013 – August, 2015
• Stipend: Based on CIHR guidelines for qualified candidates
• Fellows are required to complete all training program components within the two years
• 3-5 Fellows may be accepted for the 2013-2015 term
• Fellows are required to work onsite in Toronto, Canada

Required Curricular Elements

1. Mentorship in Developing an Independent Program of Inner City Health Research
2. Collaborative Team Research Project for Inner City Health
3. Learning Modules in Research Methods, Knowledge Translation and Research Ethics
4. Professional Enrichment

Competencies
ACHIEVE is designed to equip new researchers with competencies that are typically unavailable through traditional research training, yet are necessary for closing the gap between measuring urban health inequities and reducing them.

• Population Health and Health Services Interventions Research

  o Research skills to understand and monitor the health of inner city health populations
  o Research skills to understand and evaluate complex program and policy interventions

• Community-Engaged and Partnered Research

  o Capacity to participate in and lead integrated knowledge translation projects to inner city health research
  o Capacity for transdisciplinary and interprofessional teamwork, including engaged research partnerships
  o Knowledge of critical ethical/cultural/legal issues relevant to inner city health research collaborations.

Description:
ACHIEVE is a Strategic Training Initiative in Health Research Training Program housed at the Centre for Research on Inner City Health in the Keenan Research Centre of St Michael’s Hospital that aims to equip new researchers with the competencies necessary for closing the gap between measuring inner city health inequities and reducing them. The program has two main foci:

• Population Health and Health Services Interventions Research
• Community Engagement, Partnerships, and Knowledge Translation

We are motivated by the CIHR’s goal to produce the next generation of “creative agents for change,” and by the Institute of Population and Public Health’s call for interventions research, defined as “the use of scientific methods to produce knowledge about policy and program interventions that operate within or outside of the health sector and have the potential to impact health at the population level.

Contact: ACHIEVE@smh.ca
Website: www.achieveresearchtraining.ca

Internship Opportunity Announcement
Title: Summer Student Internship Program
Deadline: February 22, 2013

Information:
The internship is designed to give current 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.

Eligibility:

• Be a US Citizen.
• Possess at valid driver’s license.
• Be a full-time student during Spring 2013 (12 hrs undergrad, 9 hrs grad) with at least a 2.5 cumulative GPA.
• Be majoring in an environmental or related field like science, engineering, planning, policy, law, management, political science, anthropology, health, etc and have an interest in pursuing an environmental career upon graduating from college.
• Possess proficient verbal and written communication skills.
• Have a strong interest in working with Native American tribes or topics.

Application:
Applications are submitted through the website; letters of reference must be sent electronically. For further details: http://www.newberry.org/fellowships
http://www4.nau.edu/eeop/internships/ssi_internship.asp

Contact: Graylynn Hudson at Graylynn.Hudson@nau.edu or 928-523-8864
Website: http://www4.nau.edu/eeop/internships/ssi_internship.asp

Internship Opportunity Announcement
Title: 2013 Causal Consequences of Variation Summer Undergraduate Research Internship Program
Deadline: Friday, March 15, 2013
Location: Harvard Medical School
Duration: 10-week internships beginning in mid-June 2013

The Church Lab (Department of Genetics) is offering this paid internship to sophomore, juniors, and seniors who have not yet earned their bachelor’s degree. Applicants must be U.S. citizens or permanent U.S. residents (green card holders) from underrepresented minority groups. The internship will provide the opportunity to gain research experience in many areas of genome science research. It will also provide a more in depth knowledge of biological science and genomics. Among other things, interns will be able to work on supervised independent projects, work closely with scientists, and seminars provided by scientists and researchers from various institutions. The internship requires 40 hours a week are devoted and provides a stipend of $4000.

Applications: send to Alex Hernandez-Siegel (ahs@genetics.med.harvard.edu)

Contact: For more information, see http://ccv.med.harvard.edu/diversity_summer_internships.htm

Internship Opportunity Announcement
Title: Washington Internship for Native Students
Location: Washington D.C

The American University's Washington Internships for Native Students (WINS) Program is an exciting opportunity for American Indian/Alaskan Native/Native Hawaiian (AI/AN/NH) students to intern and study in Washington, DC, for the semester or the summer. Students intern 35-40 hours a week in a federal agency, or private organization, which sponsors AI/AN/NH students from across the country in a Washington, DC, internship. WINS student interns take three courses in the fall or spring term, earning 12 credit hours or 2 courses in the summer, earning 6 credit hours.

Through the WINS sponsorship program interns receive:

• transportation to and from DC
• tuition & books
• stipend for incidentals
• housing at American University's Tenley Campus dormitories
• meal plan
• social and cultural activities.

Eligibility:
You are eligible if you are currently enrolled in an academic program (or have completed your degree within 6 months), will have a minimum of 45 credits earned by program start date and maintain at least a 2.5 cumulative GPA.

Deadline: Varies depending on semester.

Contact: PH: 202-895-4900 F: 202-895-4882 E: wins@american.edu

For more information, see http://www.american.edu/spexs/wins/index.cfm

About applying, see http://www.american.edu/spexs/wins/How-to-Apply.cfm

Call for Proposals
Title: Traces of Early America
Date: September 26 to 28, 2013
Location: McNeil Center for Early American Studies, University of Pennsylvania
Deadline: March 15, 2013

Scholars encounter early America through its traces, the vestiges and fragments left behind. And in reconstructing the fleeting and ephemeral, scholars also attempt to trace early American encounters. This conference will bring together graduate students from a wide variety of disciplines to explore the various meanings of traces—as material objects, cultural representations, and academic practices. Papers might consider how people deliberately and unwittingly left traces as they moved through space and time; what traces or remnants of the past get privileged while others are marginalized or occluded; how written, visual, and other texts are both material objects and traces of lives and experiences; and where we look for the traces of different communities and conflicts in early America. More generally, papers might address tracing as a method of historical inquiry, one that both uncovers and constitutes objects and archives, as well as the methodological traces that have reconfigured early American studies, such as Atlantic history, diaspora studies, hemispheric studies, and circum-Caribbean and Latin American studies. We welcome applicants from a wide variety of disciplines—among them history, literature, gender studies, ethnic studies, anthropology, archeology, geography, art history, material culture, religious studies, and political science—whose work deals with the histories and cultures of North American and the Atlantic world before 1850. Applicants should email their proposals to mceas.traces.2013@gmail.com by March 15, 2013. Proposals should include an abstract of no more than 250 words along with a one-page c.v. Paper presentations should be no more than 20 minutes. Limited financial support is available for participants’ travel expenses. Decisions will be announced by May 15, 2013.

Contact: E: mceas.traces.2013@gmail.com

Call for Proposals
Title: Environmental Studies and Sciences Conference
Date: June 19-22, 2013
Location: Pittsburgh, PA
Deadline: 1 March 2013

We are pleased to announce that the 2013 conference will be held at Duquesne University in Pittsburgh, co-hosted by Chatham University. Taking advantage of the tremendous social, geographical, and environmental opportunities that the greater Pittsburgh region has to offer, we have chosen the following theme: Linking Rural and Urban Societies and Ecologies. This theme will help us think more about social-ecological systems in an increasingly urbanized and politicized world, and it will allow us to explore salient topics, such as food, architecture, climate change, water, business, energy, transportation, education, values, fairness, and wellbeing, among many other possibilities.

Call is for individual abstracts for all forms of oral and poster presentations. AESS will make every effort to group individual papers/presentations together as thematic sessions, and may assign individual proposals to unfilled sessions developed from the first call. Presenters involved in a pre-organized symposium, panel or roundtable must submit their abstracts at this time. For pre-organized workshops, the organizer must submit an abstract for the workshop as a whole at this time, although abstracts are not required of individual presenters in such workshops.

Contact: Lisa Brooks E: lbrooks@amherst.edu

Website: http://www.aess.info and click on "AESS 2013 Conference."

Call for Papers
Title: Multilingualism in Native American/Aboriginal Texts Modern Language Association 2014
Sponsor: MLA Division of American Indian Literatures
Location: Chicago, Illinois
Deadline: Monday, February 25, 2013

This panel seeks papers that analyze Native American/Aboriginal texts in their original languages and/or integrate the representation of multiple European and/or Indigenous North American languages. Geographic region, time period, and genre are open.

Submission: Send 250-word abstract with short bio to Beth Piatote, piatote@berkeley.edu.

Contact: For further questions please contact Beth Piatote.

Call for Abstracts
Title: Northeast Native Health Network
Date: April 10, 2013
Location: Northeastern University, 360 Huntington Ave., Boston, MA; Snell Library, room 90
Time: NENHN meeting: 10 am -12 noon, Lunch: 12 - 1 pm (Lunch provided courtesy of NEU School of Nursing),
Afternoon Sharing Circle: 1 pm – 5 pm
Deadline: March 1, 2013

We are accepting abstracts for oral presentations for our Afternoon Sharing Circle. This is an informal venue, so there are no abstract guidelines or selection! We will see how many people submit abstracts, and then divide that by the time available. Ideas for presentations include research studies conducted, pointers for conducting research with Native people, helpful hints for funding requests, cultural information, storytelling, etc. No PowerPoint presentations required!

Please RSVP so we have an accurate count for food!
Submit abstract and RSVP to: valerie-eschiti@ouhsc.edu
Ph: (580) 512-7280
(Bring driver’s license/photo ID for entry into library)

Call for Proposals
Title: Environmental Studies and Sciences Conference
Date: June 19-22, 2013
Location: Pittsburgh, PA
Deadline: March 1, 2013

We are pleased to announce that the 2013 conference will be held at Duquesne University in Pittsburgh, co-hosted by Chatham University. Taking advantage of the tremendous social, geographical, and environmental opportunities that the greater Pittsburgh region has to offer, we have chosen the following theme: Linking Rural and Urban Societies and Ecologies. This theme will help us think more about social-ecological systems in an increasingly urbanized and politicized world, and it will allow us to explore salient topics, such as food, architecture, climate change, water, business, energy, transportation, education, values, fairness, and wellbeing, among many other possibilities.

Call is for individual abstracts for all forms of oral and poster presentations. AESS will make every effort to group individual papers/presentations together as thematic sessions, and may assign individual proposals to unfilled sessions developed from the first call. Presenters involved in a pre-organized symposium, panel or roundtable must submit their abstracts at this time. For pre-organized workshops, the organizer must submit an abstract for the workshop as a whole at this time, although abstracts are not required of individual presenters in such workshops.

Contact: Lisa Brooks E: lbrooks@amherst.edu

Website: http://www.aess.info and click on "AESS 2013 Conference."

The Forum provides a space for tribal leaders and citizens, researchers, and policy research organizations to discuss how to strengthen public policy and community-based initiatives based on meaningful data and research. This year's Forum will feature compelling research with significance to Native communities experiencing, planning for, and leading change in a range of areas, including but not limited to: workforce preparedness for the new economy; grassroots community movements and new types of civic engagement (e.g., voting reform, youth and Elder engagement, intergenerational coordination, men's and women's initiatives); demographic changes stemming from mobility between rural and urban communities, immigration, and environmental change; measuring how tribes and Native people contribute to rapidly changing regional economies; and innovations in technology that may bring both benefits and dangers (e.g., telemedicine, energy advancements, sharing information across distances, and digital means of teaching culture and language).

Presentations should identify how current research can lead to policy priorities that can benefit Native health, education, community, and legal realities. Participants can submit proposals to present using one of the following presentation formats, including: Panel proposals, Individual Paper proposals, Research Planning Roundtable proposals, or Poster proposals.

Proposals should be submitted via email to Beth Bahe at bbahe@ncai.org by 5pm EST on Friday, February 22, 2013.

Click here to download the full Call for Proposals.

Click here to link to a proposal template.

NCAI Contact Information: Beth Bahe, Policy Research Fellow -bbahe@ncai.org

Conference Opportunity Announcement
Title: 31st Annual Protecting our Children: National American Indian Conference on Child Abuse & Neglect
Dates: April 7-10, 2013
Location: Tulsa, Oklahoma

• To highlight successful strategies for developing effective services
• To reveal the latest and most innovative child and family service delivery practices
• To highlight tactics and strategies for financing and sustaining services that impact children
• To showcase strategies for involving youth and families in developing services and policies that lead to systems change
• To create peer-to-peer networks that will assist each other in the work toward permanency for all American Indian and Alaska Native (AI/AN) families
• To share the latest research on the well-being of AI/AN children and effective child welfare and children’s mental health services, practices, and policies.

Contact: Debra Clayton E: debra@nicwa.org PH: (503) 222-4044 ext. 137

Website: http://www.nicwa.org/conference/

Conference Opportunity Announcement
Title: 41st annual We Are All Ethnic Studies: Building Communities, Challenging Racism, Sexism & Heteronormativities in the 21st Century
Date: April 12-13, 2013
Location: Fort Collins, Colorado

The field of Ethnic Studies is at a pivotal time for institutional growth and proliferation in urban and rural settings. The barriers we face are many including the banning of curricula in Arizona, text book revisions in Texas, and impeding issues of academic/intellectual freedom and self-determination to develop the fields of knowledge. In direct response we move to mobilize under the umbrella theme for the 2013 NAES conference to grow our disciplines from research one and college settings, to k-12 schools and community settings.

Contact: PH: 970-491-3927 E: NAES@EthnicStudies.org

Website: ethnicstudies.org

Conference Opportunity Announcement
Title: 34th Annual Minority Health Conference and broadcast of the 15th Annual William T. Small, Jr. Keynote Lecture
Conference theme: "Constructing the Foundation for Health Equity"
Date: Friday, February 22nd, 8:00am-4:30pm (broadcast at 2:00-3:30pm EST)
Location: UNC William and Ida Friday Center for Continuing Education, Chapel Hill, NC and (Keynote only) on the web

Racial and ethnic health inequities persist from the cradle to the grave, in the form of higher rates of infant mortality, disease and disability, and premature mortality for many communities of color relative to national averages. These inequities contribute to higher health care costs, but also carry a heavy economic burden for the nation, estimated to be as much as $1.24 trillion in direct health care costs and indirect costs associated with reduced productivity and lost wages and tax revenue. The causes of these inequities are complex, but are associated with differences in socioeconomic status, environmental risks and exposures, occupational exposures, health behaviors, and access to health care. At their core, many of these factors can be traced to historic and contemporary discrimination and differences in neighborhood and work environments that are the result of residential segregation and other structural inequities. This presentation explores how neighborhood and community contexts directly and indirectly shape health and contribute to health inequities as a result of racial and ethnic residential segregation. The presentation will also feature a discussion of policy strategies that de-concentrate poverty, reduce the geographic concentration of health risks, and increase investments in health-enhancing resources in communities that suffer from disinvestment.

Register today at: www.minority.unc.edu/sph/minconf/2013/register/ (In order to receive a lunch ticket, you must register by Friday, February 8th.)

If you are unable to attend in person, you can view the free, interactive broadcast of Dr. Smedley's lecture.
Learn more about the Broadcast at www.minority.unc.edu/sph/minconf/2013/broadcast/
Read the Lecture abstract: www.minority.unc.edu/sph/minconf/2013/keynoteabstract.cfm
Register for the Broadcast at: www.minority.unc.edu/sph/minconf/2013/register/

Conference Opportunity Announcement
Title: NAFOA’s 31st Annual Conference
Dates: April 18-19, 2013
Location: Opryland Resort & Convention Center, 2800 Opryland Dr. Nashville, TN 37214

The two day conference held at the Opryland Resort & Convention Center will feature 28 sessions and exciting keynotes focused on investing in Indian country, policy affecting tribes, accounting updates and economic development opportunities. Hear from leading industry experts and tribal leaders on strategies for financial success. Sessions support professional growth of attendees. Earn up to 14 continuing education credits (CPE). Let us entertain you Thursday April 18 for a one-of-kind networking event at the famous Wildhorse Saloon in downtown Nashville, TN. Connect with peers and recharge business opportunities. Friday evening after the conference, NAFOA invites attendees to join us for "A Night at the Opry" (Grand Ole Opry). Conferences should be both educational and informative. And occasionally sport a guitar and line dancing. NAFOA invites you to experience what makes Nashville special during the spring months. It's a city that resonates with life and vibrates to the beat of every kind of song. Come join us and together we will keep the music playing!

Top Five Reasons to Attend:

1. Get Direct Access:

If you're looking for feedback on an economic development opportunity, need help evaluating tribal project choices, or want direct access to tribal policy makers, there's no better way to get face time with industry experts than at NAFOA's Annual Conference.

2. Meet the Experts:

NAFOA amasses experts from all sectors of the tribal finance industry under the roof of one conference. Attend sessions featuring leaders in banking, investing, gaming, accounting, policy making and more. Ask your toughest questions and get answers from our roster of specialist presenters.

3. Learn What's New:

This event will focus on bringing the latest GASB information, tribal investment committee best practices, case studies of restructuring debt, budgeting ideas, and policy affecting tribes.

4. Network with peers:

Start and end your day making connections and exploring business opportunities. Network with other tribes to discuss revenue generating ideas and learn which strategies your peers recommend. Evening networking events will be held at the famous Grand Ole Opry and Wildhorse Saloon.

5. Earn CPE Credits:

Unplug from email and conference calls and earn up to 14 CPE credits while you build your skill sets and fine-tune your strategies.

The first 200 registrants will be entered into a drawing for a Nashville Backstage Pass valued at $1,200.00. The pass gives access to all the popular Nashville attractions including the Country Music Hall of Fame, Ryman Auditorium, The Parthenon, Nashville Zoo as well as discounts for many of Nashville's popular bars and restaurants.

Contact:

Jim Brennan jim@nafoa.org Ph: 602-330-9208 F: 201-447-0945
Jennifer Costello jennifer@nafoa.org Ph: 202-558-8040 F: 201-447-0945

Website: http://www.nafoa.org/

Conference Opportunity Announcement
Title: 2013 SAIGE YOUTH PROGRAM at 10th Annual National Training Program
Dates: June 3-7, 2013
Location: Spokane, WA
Application Deadline: April 1, 2013

The Society of American Indian Government Employees (SAIGE) is a national non-profit organization that advocates for American Indian and Alaska Native Government employees. SAIGE will host their 10th annual National Training Program, Guiding Our Destiny with Heritage and Traditions, June 3-7, 2013 in Spokane, Washington, at the Northern Quest Resort & Casino, owned by the Kalispel Tribe. As part of the Training Program, SAIGE will also host the annual Native Youth Program. This program is designed to provide Native American students an opportunity to learn about careers within the federal government, to participate in professional and personal development workshops and leadership training, and to network with Native American professionals. SAIGE encourages Native American youth to realize their potential to become leaders in their communities and schools, continue their educations by obtaining a college degree, and ultimately, to seek a career in the government sector in one of the multitude of civil service professions. Federal agency representatives attending the conference will have the opportunity to participate as Exhibitors, meet students, and promote career opportunities within their respective agencies.

SAIGE is offering a limited number of scholarships for Native students to attend the 2013 Training Conference June 3-7, 2013 in Spokane, Washington. The scholarships will include conference fee, airfare, hotel accommodations and meals.

Qualifications:
The Youth Program is open to Native Students between the ages of 18 and 25 who can demonstrate they are currently enrolled in good standing at an accredited high school, college or university. Students must be interested in gaining a professional degree and in the possibility of pursuing a career with the federal government. SAIGE invites American Indian/Alaska Native students to submit their application form, letter of reference, proof of school enrollment, and completed emergency medical information form for consideration to attend the conference. A short essay about their interest in government careers and information about themselves is also required. Completed application packets must be postmarked or electronic copies sent no later than April 1, 2013.

Contact: JoAnn Brant brant.joann@epa.gov (202) 564-0375

Website and Application: www.saige.org under Youth Program.

Conference Opportunity Announcement
Title: 31st Annual Protecting our Children: National American Indian Conference on Child Abuse & Neglect
Dates: April 7-10, 2013
Location: Tulsa, Oklahoma

• To highlight successful strategies for developing effective services
• To reveal the latest and most innovative child and family service delivery practices
• To highlight tactics and strategies for financing and sustaining services that impact children
• To showcase strategies for involving youth and families in developing services and policies that lead to systems change
• To create peer-to-peer networks that will assist each other in the work toward permanency for all American Indian and Alaska Native (AI/AN) families
• To share the latest research on the well-being of AI/AN children and effective child welfare and children’s mental health services, practices, and policies.

Contact: Debra Clayton E: debra@nicwa.org PH: (503) 222-4044 ext. 137

Website: http://www.nicwa.org/conference/

Title: 41st annual We Are All Ethnic Studies: Building Communities, Challenging Racism, Sexism & Heteronormativities in the 21st Century
Date: April 12-13, 2013
Location: Fort Collins, Colorado

The field of Ethnic Studies is at a pivotal time for institutional growth and proliferation in urban and rural settings. The barriers we face are many including the banning of curricula in Arizona, text book revisions in Texas, and impeding issues of academic/intellectual freedom and self-determination to develop the fields of knowledge. In direct response we move to mobilize under the umbrella theme for the 2013 NAES conference to grow our disciplines from research one and college settings, to k-12 schools and community settings.

Contact: PH: 970-491-3927 E: NAES@EthnicStudies.org

Website: ethnicstudies.org

Scholarship Opportunity announcement
Title: American Indian Graduate Center Applications

Attention High School Seniors!
Accenture American Indian Scholarship application deadline is April 27, 2013.

Attention College Juniors!
Wells Fargo American Indian scholarship application deadline is April 27, 2013.

Attention Graduate Students!
Wells Fargo American Indian scholarship application deadline is April 27, 2013.

Full on-line application instructions may be viewed here.: Michelle Waits E: speakininindian@cutbankcreekpress.com

POWWOW Announcements

For further information on any listed events, visit http://www.powwows.com/ unless otherwise directed

February 15th Powwow

Spirit of the Earth Education Expo
Circle Pines, Minnesota

February 16th-17th Powwow

4th Lima Honoring Our Native Heritage
Lima, OH

5th Annual SA'HEH'WA'MISH DAYS
Shelton, Washington

16th Annual United San Antonio Powwow
San Antonio, Texas

February 17th-19th Powwow

Thunder on the Beach Powwow
Vero Beach, Florida

February 23rd Powwow

18th Annual UT-Arlington Powwow
Arlington, TX

Chemawa's Birthday Pow wow
Salem, Oregon

April 6th Powwow

29th Annual Circle of Nations Indigenous Association Powwow
University of Minnesota, Morris - Physical Education (P.E.) Center
http://studentorgs.morris.umn.edu/cnia/

Title: Study Abroad History of the American Indian
Application Deadline: March 1, 2013

This Study Abroad course is on Native American History it is worth 3 credit hours. Here at the University of Memphis these credits would count towards a person’s degree. A participant should be able to transfer these credits to their University. Here is a link to the course but it is only a rough draft. The trip for example will be only two and a half weeks not four but it gives students a clear idea of where we will go and what they should learn.

The Class: http://cassian.memphis.edu/history/asmallwd/HIST%204941-Study%20Abroad.html
Scholarship: http://www.memphis.edu/abroad/scholarships.php

Video: http://www.kahnawake.com/video/ktownalone.asp
For More Information: https://memphis.studioabroad.com/index.cfm?FuseAction=Programs.ViewProgram&Program_ID=10400

Title: 2012-13 Neuroscience Boot Camp
Location: University of Pennsylvania
Date: July 29 - August 7, 2013

Through a combination of lectures, break-out groups, panel discussions and laboratory visits, Boot Camp participants will gain an understanding of the methods of neuroscience and key findings on the cognitive and social-emotional functions of the brain, lifespan development and disorders of brain function. Our Boot Camp faculty consists of leaders in the fields of cognitive and affective neuroscience, all of who are committed to the goal of educating non-neuroscientists.

For additional information, including testimonials from our Neuroscience Boot Camp alumni and instructions on how to apply, please visit our website or contact bootcamp@neuroethics.upenn.edu.

Title: New England Science Symposium
Date: Saturday, March 2, 2013
Location: The Joseph B. Martin Conference Center at Harvard Medical School

On behalf of the Harvard Medical School Office for Diversity Inclusion and Community Partnership and the Biomedical Science Careers Program (BSCP) we are asking for your help in identifying fellows/students (particularly African-American, Hispanic/Latino and American Indian/Alaska Native individuals) involved in biomedical or health-related scientific research who would benefit from presenting their research projects at the twelfth annual New England Science Symposium (NESS) to be held on Saturday, March 2, 2013 from 7:30 AM - 5:00 PM at The Joseph B. Martin Conference Center at Harvard Medical School, 77 Avenue Louis Pasteur in Boston, Massachusetts.

Please share this information with colleagues who may have access to fellows/students who meet the criteria.

There is no registration fee for this symposium, but pre-registration is required.

To register, for more information please visit: http://www.NewEnglandScienceSymposium.org

Title: Summer Institute on Contested Landscapes
Location: Cornell University, May 13-17, 2013
Application Deadline: February 15, 2013 at 11:59 PM

The theme of this inaugural session is “property.” We seek to develop and apply critical analyses of property as a set of working rules, norms, conventions, and practices. What is property, who and what is eligible for ownership, and who decides? What is the relationship between changing property forms and sustainability, development, and democracy? Such questions are fundamental to contested global landscapes. Land grabs, new enclosures, geo-piracy, terra nullius narratives, native land claims, bioprospecting, geoengineering, water wars, and ongoing primitive accumulation all point to the primacy of “property” as an interpretive terrain of everyday struggle and innovation in the social life of land. The 2013 Summer Institute seeks to advance scholarship on a broad terrain: property issues and encounters in landscapes (whether urban, rural, suburban, or subterranean), seascapes (whether estuaries, rivers, oceans, or groundwater), and the greater biosphere. Over the course of five days and through a mix of feedback on papers, intensive discussions, speaker sessions, and regional excursion(s), participants will have the opportunity to develop their papers and acquire new skills in a vigorous, collegial, interdisciplinary setting. Successful applicants (up to 10) will signal broad empirical and theoretical originality. The Institute intends to stimulate vibrant and unexpected cross-disciplinary exchange among scholars whose research is directed to different times and spaces. Applications are not limited by historical period or world region. A secondary goal of the Summer Institute is to produce an edited volume. To that end, applicants will be expected to submit a substantive draft of an unpublished paper in advance of the meeting (by April 15). All working papers and a limited number of selected readings will be pre-circulated to all participants. After participants submit final and publishable versions of their contributions to the edited volume (by October 1, 2013), they will receive a small honorarium. The Institute will cover travel (up to $600 per participant), food, and housing costs.

For more information visit the website or contact:

Institute for the Social Sciences
342 Ives Hall East
607-254-671
socialsciences@cornell.edu

Title: Breath of Life Archival Institute for Indigenous Languages
Location: Washington, DC, June 09-21, 2013
Application Deadline: March 1, 2013

We invite Native Americans and First Nations people who are learning and revitalizing their languages, and graduate students, faculty and other scholars who specialize in Linguistics (preferably in Native American or First Nations languages) to apply to participate in the Breath of Life Archival Institute for Indigenous Languages (BoL). BoL is designed to promote active collaboration among people with a wide range of perspectives about language and culture, including technical linguistic knowledge and cultural expertise. Participants will be grouped into research teams, based on language, made up of linguists and Native community language researchers. Team members will actively work together, mentor one another, and share their expertise throughout the program and beyond. The research teams will explore archives and museum collections at the Library of Congress and the Smithsonian Institution, with morning workshops on linguistics, language teaching and learning, archival research and language revitalization held at the National Museum of the American Indian. The two weeks of study will culminate in a research project and presentation that uses archival or museum resources for linguistic research or language teaching.

Beyond a general commitment to language learning from archival sources, participants must be willing and able to attend and actively participate in the entire Institute. Aside from truly unforeseen circumstances, it will not be possible to arrive late, leave early, or to skip the required workshops and events (though some workshops will be optional). Participants will stay in the dorms at George Washington University, where they can network and study together in the evenings. BoL will pay for participants’ rooms, and partially subsidize food and travel. BoL will accept 60 participants. This is a great opportunity to find and use archival materials to reclaim, learn, and teach indigenous languages, in the company of other like-minded people.

To find out more and to fill out an application please visit: http://www.endangeredlanguagefund.org/BOL_2013_home.php