Resources for Indigenous and Native American Students
As a Clark student, it’s likely that your identity may intersect with your career choices, extracurricular interests, and future goals. The Career Connections Center is here to help you explore the role your identity may play in your job search and connect you to helpful resources. You can make an appointment with a career adviser to ask questions, build a job or internship search strategy, and learn how to navigate the resources available to you.
Campus Resources
- The Office for Identity, Student Engagement, and Access (ISEA) at Clark University provides formal affinity spaces for students of color that meet biweekly each semester. These programs are empowering and supportive spaces consisting of speakers, interactive workshops, and discussions.
- The Center for Counseling and Personal Growth provides individual support, discussion groups, events and programs, and resources for your mental and emotional health, including a Mental Health Toolbox.
Find a Job, Internship, or Fellowship
- National Congress of American Indians provides a list of job opportunities submitted by employers that are American Indian, Native Hawaiian, or Alaska Native businesses, governments, or organizations.
- USA Jobs, Native Americans is part of the U.S. government’s jobs site. If you are an American Indian or an Alaskan Native who is also a member of a federally recognized tribe, you may be eligible for Indian Preference in your job search.
- First Peoples Fund supports and gives voice to creative Indigenous artists who share their inspiration, wisdom, knowledge, and gifts with their communities through culturally rooted programs, grant-making initiatives, technical assistance, and training.
- NativeHire is a tool designed to streamline the job search process for its applicants by working with employers who are actively looking to hire Native Americans.
Networking
- American Indigenous Business Leaders was designed by American Indigenous business and education leaders to promote opportunities for American Indian students.
- American Indian Science and Engineering Society promotes high standards of education and professional excellence to widen the STEM workforce and grow sector support.
- Women Empowering Women for Indigenous Nations strengthens and sustains tribal cultures for the benefit and destiny of the children, educates about tribal cultures and the history of native people, and promotes dignified tribal leadership that reflects pride for those represented.
- Administration for Native Americans supports Native American communities by providing financial assistance and capacity building, gathering and sharing data, and advocating for improved policies within the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services and across the federal government.
Funding and Scholarships
- Financial Aid for Native American Students provides a link to financial aid resources for students who are members of federally recognized tribes.
- Brown and Caldwell offers $5,000 minority scholarships to support students who are interested in pursuing careers in environmental fields.
Suggested Reading
Career Connections Center
Shaich Family Alumni and Student Engagement Center (ASEC Building)
939 Main St.
Worcester, MA 01610
1-508-793-7258
1-508-421-3752 Fax
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