Koniag is proud to support Koniag Education Foundation (KEF) through the establishment of a 5 million dollar endowment in 1993 and also through yearly donations to fund education and employment opportunities for Koniag shareholders and descendants.
KEF supports the 4,432 shareholders and registered descendants as well as adopted children. In just over a decade KEF has awarded more than 1.8 million dollars in scholarships to shareholders pursuing college degrees, short term training, or career enhancement opportunities.
To find out more about these opportunities visit KEF’s website at www.koniageducation.org.
Application deadlines
March 15 – for Summer Term
June 1 – for Fall/Spring Terms
KEF Newsletter Now Available Online!
You may now access the KEF Newsletter electronically. Click the link below to open the July 2008 Newsletter:
Other Scholarship Resources
American Indian Graduate Center
4520 Montgomery Blvd. N.E., Suite 1B
Albuquerque, NM 87109
(505) 881-4584
American Indian Science and Engineering Society
2305 Renard SE, Suite 200
Albuquerque, NM 87106
(505) 765-1052 x111
American University Washington Semester Program
Washington Intership for Native Students
4400 Massachusetts Avenue NW
Washington, DC 20016-8083
1-800-424-2600
Association on American Indian Affairs
966 Hungerford Dr, Suite 12B
Rockville, MD 20850
(605) 698-3998
Association of American Indian Physicians
1225 Sovereign Row, Suite 103
Oklahoma City, OK 73108
(405) 946-7072
Catching the Dream
8200 Mountain Road NE, Suite 203
Albuquerque, NM 87110
(505) 262-2351
Cherokee Nation Higher Education Services
PO Box 948
Tahlequah, OK 74465
(918) 456-0671
Financial Aid for Studies-Native American Education Grant
Frances Cook
100 Witherspoon St
Louisville, KY 40202
Indian Health Service Scholarship Program
801 Thompson Ave, Suite 120
Rockville, MD 20852
(301) 443-6197
Indian Resource Development
Dept. 3 IRD, P.O. Box 30001
Las Cruces, NM 88003-8001
(505) 646-1347
Intertribal Timber Council
1112 NE 21st Ave.
Portland, OR 97232-2114
(503) 282-4296; Fax: (503) 282-1274
The Lagrant Foundation
626 Wilshire Blvd., Suite 700,
Los Angeles, CA 90017-2920
Minnesota Indian Scholarship Program
Minnesota Office of Higher Education
1450 Energy Park Drive, Suite 350
St. Paul, MN 55108
Tel: (651) 642-0567 or (800) 657-3866
Office of Indian Education
400 Maryland Avenue, S.W.
Washington, DC 20202-6335
(202) 260-3774
SACNAS (Society for Advancement of Chicanos and Native Americans in Science)
PO Box 8526
Santa Cruz , CA 95061
1-877-SACNAS-1 (722-6271)
United South & Eastern Tribes Scholarship Fund
711 Stewarts Ferry Pike, Suite 100
Nashville , TN 37214
(615) 872-7900
1000 RIM DRIVE, DURANGO, COLORADO 81301
(877)FLC-COLO (toll free) (970)247-7179 (fax)
ADMISSION@FORTLEWIS.EDU
Native American students who qualify are eligible to attend Fort Lewis College without paying tuition. For purposes of the tuition waiver, Native American is defined as follows:
"The term Native American shall include all persons of Native American descent who are members of any recognized Native American tribe now under federal jurisdiction, and all persons who are descendants of such members who were, on June 1, 1934, residing within the present boundaries of any Native American reservation, and shall further include all persons of one-half or more Native American blood. Eskimos and other aboriginal people of Alaska shall be considered Native Americans."
The Office of Admission notifies students if they qualify for the Native American Tuition Waiver. Any reference to this waiver from any other office, including the Office of Financial Aid, is unofficial.
We'll also help Native American students apply for additional financial assistance from their tribal scholarship office. After the student submits a FAFSA, the Office of Financial Aid will complete a Financial Needs Analysis (FNA) for the students' tribal scholarship office.