The Southeast American Indian Studies Program is proud to announce the following community engagement and tribal outreach initiatives: Project 3C and Safeguarding Our Natural and Tribal Heritage Youth Program.
Native American Serving Institutions Internship Program
The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has paid internships available within the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, also known as “APHIS.” They have partnered with the University of North Carolina at Pembroke and several other Tribal Colleges and Universities and other Native American-Serving Institutions to offer this opportunity for college students.
Successful applicants receive a paid, 8-week summer position with APHIS at one of the USDA offices around the country. It’s a chance to gain valuable professional experience working for a Federal agency.
Learn more about Native American Serving Institutions Internship Program.
Safeguarding Our Natural Heritage Youth Program
The program is sponsored by the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) and hosted by SAIS.
The FREE two-week residential program is seeking 20 American Indian high school students who are rising freshmen, sophomores, juniors and seniors that have an interest in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM), as well as agriculture, veterinary, plant, food, environmental sciences, and natural resources, wildlife biology, and related fields.
Learn more about the Safeguarding Our Natural Heritage Youth Program
Other Initiatives
To support its research and outreach agenda, the Southeast American Indian Studies (SAIS) program will work to establish a digital repository and archive, an elder-in-residence program and an honors residence program.
Digital Repository and Archive
SAIS will house a digital repository and archive (DRA) of historical and contemporary primary documents, including government reports, maps, census data and tribal documents such as petitions for federal and state recognition, constitutions and legislation. A special component of the digital repository will be the collection of oral histories, photographs and traditions of Southeastern Indigenous peoples. The DRA will allow individuals and families to document the histories, stories and oral traditions important to their tribal communities. Oral histories will be collected using audio and/or video recordings that will be stored in various digital formats. The DRA collection will be available to the public as well as scholars.
The DRA may also include proceedings from the Southeast Indian Studies Conference, the Adolph Dial papers, the Elmer T. Hunt Photo Collection, the papers of Congressman Charlie Rose, the Hamilton McMillan papers, and documents, photos and papers acquired through the Lumbee River Fund.
Elder-In-Residence Program
SAIS will facilitate an Elder-in-Residence program that brings a distinguished American Indian elder to the university to hold office hours, participate in lectures, workshops, classroom presentations or other educational programming. This program will be an opportunity for the Elder-in-Residence and a community elder to interact with students to share wisdom, experience and knowledge that may not normally be available or part of a formal academic program.
Honors Residence Program
SAIS will support a residential honors program for students in collaboration with the Esther G. Maynor Honors College. The honors program will host small classroom experiences for students who wish to have an advanced course in the study of American Indian peoples and cultures. The program will include a residential component where students reside together on campus in a living-learning community. Students will experience an intense program of study with research and summer components that require collaboration with fellow students, faculty and tribal elders and communities.