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04/03/2021

Reshared from FLC Native American Center Thank you! ****

Hey Folks! The Association on American Indian Affairs is now accepting applications for their scholarship for the 2021-22 academic year. Deadline to apply is Monday, May 31, 2021. For more info visit the NAC's Scholarship and Internship website. Check it out!

Website: https://www.indian-affairs.org/scholarships.html

03/30/2021

Traditional Navajo Planting presentation on Tuesday, April 6th at 6:00 pm.

Spring is upon us ☺️
Interested in learning about Traditional Navajo Planting, please join us with a virtual zoom session presentation.

03/17/2021

2021-2022 Online applications open March 15th.

𝗢𝗡𝗡𝗦𝗙𝗔’𝘀 𝗢𝗻𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗲 𝗔𝗽𝗽𝗹𝗶𝗰𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟭-𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟮 𝗔𝗰𝗮𝗱𝗲𝗺𝗶𝗰 𝗬𝗲𝗮𝗿 𝗢𝗽𝗲𝗻𝘀

The Office of Navajo Nation Scholarship & Financial Assistance’s online application for the 2021-2022 academic term is now open at www.onnsfa.org and will close on June 25. Online applications submitted before the June 25 deadline cover the upcoming Fall and Spring semesters or Fall, Winter, and Spring quarters. Documents submitted to ONNSFA will be posted to student accounts within two to three business days.

𝗧𝗼 𝗮𝗽𝗽𝗹𝘆:
• Go to www.onnsfa.org
• Click on “I want to apply online!”
• Choose either the Full-Time or Part-Time Application.
𝙉𝙤𝙩𝙚: 𝘌𝘯𝘴𝘶𝘳𝘦 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘴 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘢𝘤𝘤𝘶𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘴𝘶𝘣𝘮𝘪𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘢𝘱𝘱𝘭𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘰𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘢𝘷𝘰𝘪𝘥 𝘧𝘪𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘮𝘶𝘭𝘵𝘪𝘱𝘭𝘦 𝘢𝘱𝘱𝘭𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴. 𝘚𝘶𝘣𝘮𝘪𝘵𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘪𝘯𝘢𝘤𝘤𝘶𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘦 𝘪𝘯𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘮𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘰𝘳 𝘮𝘶𝘭𝘵𝘪𝘱𝘭𝘦 𝘰𝘯𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘦 𝘢𝘱𝘱𝘭𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘥𝘦𝘭𝘢𝘺 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘤𝘦𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘦.

𝗥𝗲𝗾𝘂𝗶𝗿𝗲𝗱 𝗱𝗼𝗰𝘂𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁𝘀:

𝗔𝗽𝗽𝗹𝗶𝗰𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻
Applicants must complete and submit an application for the 2021-2022 academic year. The application may be found at www.onnsfa.org.

𝗖𝗲𝗿𝘁𝗶𝗳𝗶𝗰𝗮𝘁𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝗜𝗻𝗱𝗶𝗮𝗻 𝗕𝗹𝗼𝗼𝗱
New applicants must submit an official Certificate of Indian Blood verifying Navajo enrollment to an agency office. Continuing applicants are not required to submit another official CIB if there is already one on file unless there is a legal name change. A form requesting the Office of Navajo Nation Vital Records to submit a certified CIB on your behalf may be found here: https://bit.ly/CIB_request

𝗢𝗳𝗳𝗶𝗰𝗶𝗮𝗹 𝗧𝗿𝗮𝗻𝘀𝗰𝗿𝗶𝗽𝘁𝘀
Sealed and unopened official high school transcripts, GED scores, and official transcripts of all colleges attended must be submitted to an agency office electronically or via USPS mail.

𝗙𝗶𝗻𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗶𝗮𝗹 𝗡𝗲𝗲𝗱 𝗔𝗻𝗮𝗹𝘆𝘀𝗶𝘀
All students are required to complete the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA). 𝙁𝙪𝙡𝙡-𝙩𝙞𝙢𝙚 𝙖𝙥𝙥𝙡𝙞𝙘𝙖𝙣𝙩𝙨: Submit the ONNSFA’s Financial Need Analysis form to your school’s financial aid office. A Financial Aid Officer at your school will complete the document based on the FAFSA’s information and return it directly to the ONNSFA. The FNA may be accessed here: http://bit.ly/FNAForm_ONNSFA

𝗟𝗲𝘁𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝗼𝗳 𝗔𝗱𝗺𝗶𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻
A Letter of Admission or Re-Admission from the institution the applicant will attend is required. The institution must be accredited by one of six regional accrediting associations recognized by ONNSFA. (A list may be found on page 5 of ONNSFA’s Policies and Procedures. http://bit.ly/ONNSFA_Policies_ ) 𝙉𝙤𝙩𝙚: 𝘈 𝘥𝘰𝘤𝘶𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘧𝘺𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢 𝘴𝘵𝘶𝘥𝘦𝘯𝘵’𝘴 𝘦𝘯𝘳𝘰𝘭𝘭𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘪𝘴 𝘳𝘦𝘲𝘶𝘪𝘳𝘦𝘥 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘴𝘵𝘶𝘥𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘴 𝘸𝘩𝘰 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘢𝘭𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘥𝘺 𝘴𝘶𝘣𝘮𝘪𝘵𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘢 𝘓𝘦𝘵𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘰𝘧 𝘈𝘥𝘮𝘪𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘣𝘶𝘵 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘣𝘦𝘦𝘯 𝘧𝘶𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘥 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘢𝘵 𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘴𝘵 𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘮.

𝗚𝗿𝗮𝗱𝘂𝗮𝘁𝗲 𝗮𝗽𝗽𝗹𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗻𝘁𝘀 must submit two letters of admission indicating full admission status, including one from the graduate college and another from the graduate degree program.

𝗚𝗿𝗮𝗱𝘂𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗗𝗲𝗴𝗿𝗲𝗲 𝗖𝗵𝗲𝗰𝗸𝗹𝗶𝘀𝘁
All college juniors, seniors, graduate and part-time applicants must submit a list of all courses required to complete their degree program. The checklist must include an “expected” graduation date and have an advisor’s signature.

𝗖𝗹𝗮𝘀𝘀 𝗦𝗰𝗵𝗲𝗱𝘂𝗹𝗲
Applicants may upload the following documents in .pdf format to their student account: Letter of admission, graduation degree checklist, and class schedule. All other documents may be mailed to an agency office.

𝗧𝗼 𝗰𝗿𝗲𝗮𝘁𝗲 𝗮 𝘀𝘁𝘂𝗱𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗮𝗰𝗰𝗼𝘂𝗻𝘁:
(𝘕𝘦𝘸 𝘈𝘱𝘱𝘭𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘯𝘵𝘴: 𝘞𝘢𝘪𝘵 𝘧𝘰𝘳 1 𝘵𝘰 2 𝘣𝘶𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘦𝘴𝘴 𝘥𝘢𝘺𝘴 𝘢𝘧𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘴𝘶𝘣𝘮𝘪𝘵𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘯 𝘰𝘯𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘦 𝘢𝘱𝘱𝘭𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘵𝘰 𝘤𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘦 𝘢 𝘴𝘵𝘶𝘥𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘢𝘤𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘵.)
• Go to www.onnsfa.org
• Click on “Create an account”
• Set up an account with a desired user name and password.

𝗧𝗼 𝗰𝗵𝗲𝗰𝗸 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗮𝗽𝗽𝗹𝗶𝗰𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝘀𝘁𝗮𝘁𝘂𝘀:
• Go to www.onnsfa.org
• Click on “Check my document status”
• Access your student account for a list of documents received/outstanding and retrieve award or denial notices when ONNSFA counselors render a decision on your application.

𝗙𝗼𝗿 𝗶𝗻𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗺𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝘁𝗮𝗰𝘁 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗮𝗴𝗲𝗻𝗰𝘆 𝗼𝗳𝗳𝗶𝗰𝗲:

𝗖𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗹𝗲 𝗔𝗴𝗲𝗻𝗰𝘆 𝗢𝗳𝗳𝗶𝗰𝗲
PO Box 2358; Chinle, AZ 86503
𝙚𝙢𝙖𝙞𝙡: [email protected]
𝙥𝙝𝙤𝙣𝙚: 1-800-919-9269

𝗖𝗿𝗼𝘄𝗻𝗽𝗼𝗶𝗻𝘁 𝗔𝗴𝗲𝗻𝗰𝘆 𝗢𝗳𝗳𝗶𝗰𝗲
PO Box 1080; Crownpoint, NM 87313
𝙚𝙢𝙖𝙞𝙡: [email protected]
𝙥𝙝𝙤𝙣𝙚: 1-866-254-9913

𝗙𝘁. 𝗗𝗲𝗳𝗶𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝗔𝗴𝗲𝗻𝗰𝘆 𝗢𝗳𝗳𝗶𝗰𝗲
PO Box 1870; Window Rock, AZ 86515
𝙚𝙢𝙖𝙞𝙡: [email protected]
𝙥𝙝𝙤𝙣𝙚: 928-871-7434

𝗦𝗵𝗶𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗰𝗸 𝗔𝗴𝗲𝗻𝗰𝘆 𝗢𝗳𝗳𝗶𝗰𝗲
PO Box 1349; Shiprock, NM 87420
𝙚𝙢𝙖𝙞𝙡: [email protected]
𝙥𝙝𝙤𝙣𝙚: 1-866-223-6457

𝗧𝘂𝗯𝗮 𝗖𝗶𝘁𝘆 𝗔𝗴𝗲𝗻𝗰𝘆 𝗢𝗳𝗳𝗶𝗰𝗲
PO Box 370; Tuba City, AZ 86045
𝙚𝙢𝙖𝙞𝙡: [email protected]
𝙥𝙝𝙤𝙣𝙚: 1-866-839-8151

02/01/2021

It is Teen Dating Violence Awareness Month. Check out National Indigenous Women's Resource Center post below for more resources.

Today marks the first day of Teen Dating Violence Awareness Month (TDVAM)! 🧡 TDVAM is an important opportunity to listen to and talk with youth and teens about healthy relationships and dating violence. 📣 Because we're connected in the sacred circle of life, dating violence against youth and teens affects us all. Read NIWRC's TDVAM statement: bit.ly/3cFlVtx

01/26/2021

American Indian Education Scholarship due March 1st for extra points. See QR code or see link to apply. A special thank you goes out to Indige-Peer Mentor Morgan for finding this scholarship.

http://www.nativepartnership.org/site/PageServer?pagename=aief_home

10/12/2020

Happy
COPE Indigenous Youth Program offers an environment and support network that fosters young people to become health care leaders of tomorrow. We inspire youth to become agents of positive social change, creating a stronger and healthier Indigenous Nation by conducting health education and promoting awareness for community well-being.

10/07/2020

October 5, 2020 – Mesa, AZ – United National Indian Tribal Youth, Inc. (UNITY) will hold a series of webinars this fall that will further its mission of fostering the spiritual, mental, physical, and social development of American Indian and Alaska Native Youth.The series will kick off on Monday...