SOCIETY FOR AMERICAN ARCHAEOLOGY Scholarships for Native Peoples from the U.S. and Canada

SAA Arthur C. Parker Scholarship &NSF Scholarships for Archaeological Training for Native Americans and Native Hawaiians

The Society for American Archaeology (SAA) is pleased to announce the SAA Arthur C. Parker Scholarship and National Science Foundation (NSF) Scholarships for Archaeological Training for Native Americans and Native Hawaiians for the year 2006. Together, these scholarship programs will provide four awards of $3000 each to support training in archaeological methods, including fieldwork, analytical techniques, and curation.

These scholarships are intended for current students high school seniors, college undergraduates, and graduate students and personnel of Tribal or other Native cultural preservation programs. High school students must be currently enrolled as seniors to be eligible. Undergraduates and graduate students must be enrolled in an accredited college or university. Native Americans and Pacific Islanders from the U.S., including U.S. Trust Territories, and Indigenous peoples from Canada are eligible for these scholarships. While documentation of Native identity is required, an individual does not have to be enrolled in a Native group, of certified Indian status, or a member of a group formally recognized by the U.S. or Canadian federal governments to be eligible for these scholarships.

These scholarships will support attendance at training programs in archaeological methods offered by accredited colleges or universities. Other types of archaeological methods training programs will be considered on a case by case basis. The scholarship awards may be used to cover tuition and expenses. The cost of tuition for an award recipient will be paid directly to the training program.

The SAA Arthur C. Parker Scholarship is named in honor of the first president of the SAA, who served from 1935 to 1936. Parker was of Seneca ancestry through his father's family, and he spent his youth on the Cattaraugus Reservation in New York. The NSF Scholarships for Archaeological Training for Native Americans and Native Hawaiians are made possible by a grant from the National Science Foundation to the SAA. The SAA Parker Scholarship will provide $1500 for one scholarship recipient, which will be matched by a $1500 NSF Scholarship. Two additional scholarships of $3000 each will be funded by the NSF Scholarships for Archaeological Training for Native Americans and Native Hawaiians program.

Application/Nomination Procedures

Individuals may apply for these scholarships themselves, or they may be nominated by a current professor, high school teacher, or cultural preservation program supervisor. All of the following must be submitted for applicants and nominees:

1. A completed Application/Nomination Form.

2. A letter of nomination or recommendation. For students, this should be from a current professor or high school teacher; for cultural preservation program personnel, this should be from a current supervisor. This letter should be sent with the other application/nomination materials enclosed in a separate, sealed envelope, with the signature of the nominator or recommender across the seal.

3. A personal statement from the applicant/nominee of no more than one page in length, single-spaced, describing why he or she is interested in attending the archaeological methods training program and how this training will benefit the applicant/nominee as well as his or her Native community.

4. A brief description of the archaeological methods training program of no more than one page in length, single spaced. Include the name and address of the sponsoring institution and the dates during which the training program will take place.

5. An itemized budget, including tuition and expenses associated with attending the training program, such as travel, food and housing, books, equipment and supplies, and child care, among others. Indicate the source(s) and amount(s) of other funding for which the applicant/nominee has applied.

6. Documentation of Native identity by either: 1) documentation of tribal enrollment, if a member of a federally recognized tribe in the U.S., or documentation of certification of Indian status recognized by the federal government of Canada; or 2) a statement of no more than one page in length, single spaced, outlining the applicant's or nominee's Native ancestry, which must be supported by a brief acknowledgment from a current department chair, faculty advisor, or high school teacher, for students, or a current supervisor, for cultural preservation program personnel.

Deadline

The Application/Nomination Form and all supporting materials should be submitted together in one envelope and must be postmarked no later than December 15, 2005.

The applicant/nominee need not be formally accepted into the archaeological methods training program at the time the application/nomination materials are submitted. However, a scholarship will not be awarded until the designated recipient has been accepted into the training program.

Submission and Contact Information

Send all application/nomination materials to: Scholarship Applications, Society for American Archaeology, 900 Second Street NE #12, Washington, DC 20002-3557.

If you need an Application/Nomination Form or you have questions about these scholarships or you need help with locating a field school or other training program, please contact the Society for American Archaeology at the address given above, telephone (202) 789-8200, Fax (202) 789-0284, E-Mail. Your questions will be relayed to someone who can assist you.

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Special thanks to Dorinda Moreno for passing this on!

Last updated on November 06, 2005