Government Resources

Health

The Office Minority and Multicultural Health located in the Department of Health and Senior Services is committed to helping people in New Jersey's diverse communities live longer, healthier lives.

For more information, contact Linda J. Holmes at (609) 292-6962 or visit our website

Community Health Mobilization
Grant to the Nanticoke Lenni-Lenape to conduct diabetes screening, prevention and education. Press Release 

Business

Office of Native American Affairs
in the U.S. Small Business Administration.
The Office of Native American Affairs ensures that American Indians, Native Alaskans and Native Hawaiians seeking to create, develop and expand small businesses have full access to the necessary business development and expansion tools available through the Agency's entrepreneurial development, lending and procurement programs. We encourage you to locate us at: http://www.sba.gov/localresources/index.html or you may contact us at (202) 205-7364.

National Census Information

We the People: American Indians and Alaska Natives in the United States
Issued February 2006
U.S. Department of Commerce
Economics and Statistics Administration
U.S. CENSUS BUREAU. PDF file

Grants and Scholarships

Scholarships

Frances C. Allen Fellowships
This fellowship is for women of Native American heritage, to encourage them in their studies of the humanities and social sciences.
Website

Native American Political Leadership Program
Application Deadline for Spring 2009 admission is October 15th, 2008. Reminder that the NAPLP Scholarship is offered during the Spring semester only
SIW Admissions
George Washington University, 1922 F Street, NW, Room 404-B
Washintgon, DC 20052
Phone: (202)994-8908
Website

American Indians Committee of the DAR
American Indian Scholarship
This scholarship is intended to help Native American college/university and technical school students of any age, any tribe, in any state at the undergraduate or graduate level.
Deadlines: For Fall term, April 1; For Spring term, October 1.
This is a one-time $500 award.
Website

Presidential Freedom Scholarships
Check website for scholarship funding availability.
1150 Connecticut Avenue, N.W. Suite 1100
Washington, D.C. 20036
Phone: (202) 742-5390
Website

Recommended Readings

We Have A Story To Tell
Native Peoples of the Chesapeake Region. A downloadable PDF booklet about the Nanticoke and other tribes originally from the Chesapeake Bay area.  Smithsonian Institute, Museum of the American Indian. PDF file

American Indian Culture and Research Journal (AISC)
And Native American Literature Series
UCLA Publication website

American Indian History and Culture. Website

The Tribal College Journal
On behalf of the American Indian Higher Education Consortium's member tribal colleges and universities, we provide information for everyone interested in American Indian higher education. Website