Native American Students Shined This Year

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Christina Tewa, Navajo/Hopi/Tewa, was hired by Keres Consulting, Inc. as a marketing and business development intern.

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Laura Arngna’naaq, Inuit, was the first aboriginal to enroll in the University of Toronto’s Masters in Management and Professional Accounting program.

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Carla Marcellus, Mississauga First Nation, is trying to reintroduce wildflowers to the Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan campus of Lake Superior State University.

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Jason Baldes, Eastern Shoshone, is a Montana State University land resources graduate student who is trying to restore buffalo to the plains in Wyoming.

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Ashlen Delgado, Oglala Sioux, was awarded $2,500 to fund a powwow she planned as part of her senior project.

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Mary Jo May, Oglala Sioux, is a Gates Millennium Scholar whose exhibit featuring Native women was displayed at the National Museum of the American Indian.

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Julie Reed, Cherokee, is learning and teaching the Cherokee language.

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Blair Blackman, Cherokee, donated a piece of her artwork to raise money for a Habitat for Humanity auction.

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Elicia Withers, who is part Scottish, Peguis First Nation, Brokenhead Ojibway Nation and Ukranian, was chosen as a model global citizen by the B.C. Council for International Cooperation.

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Heather Amyotte, Crow, has mastered balancing her education, family and extracurricular activities at Little Big Horn College.

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Logan Francis, Cherokee, won the Silas Hunt Scholarship, one of the University of Arkansas’ most prestigious awards.

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Dana Nez, Navajo, was selected as Miss Native American at New Mexico State University for 2011-2012.

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Dora Hugs, Crow, was named Outstanding Non-Traditional Student in the Western United States.

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Nathan Rogers, of the Shoalwater Bay Indian Tribe, was the first of his tribe to attend one of the five service academies.

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Taylahni Jackson, an Oglala Sioux fifth grader placed first at the National American Indian Science and Engineering Fair.

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Thea Little Light, Crow, won a national essay contest that earned her a trip to the NBA’s showcase match.

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Isaiah Rodriguez, Laguna, won 70 scholarships, a record for Catching the Dream, a national scholarship and school improvement program.

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James King Sr., of the Red Lake Nation, proved that it's never too late when he got his GED at 70 years old.

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Dereck Stonefish, Standing Rock Sioux, was awarded $151,500 to study the migratory ecology of red-winged blackbirds and yellow-headed blackbirds.

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Dennis Lamenti, Navajo/Zuni, is one of only a few Native American astronomers but he hopes to change that.

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Native American Students Shined This Year

By:

ICTMN Staff

December 12, 2011

Throughout 2011 ICTMN has featured a variety of accomplished Native American students, who have impressed us with their ambition and passion for education. Featured here are just a sampling of the students who caught our attention this year.

If you’d like to nominate a student for our spotlight, e-mail a description of the student’s accomplishments and a photograph to editor@ictmn.com.

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