SAA created the Native American Scholarship Fund in 1988 to support Native people who are interested in studying archaeology. In 1997, the SAA Board established two Native American Scholarship programs to be funded by the NASF. The Arthur C. Parker Scholarship provides up to $1,500 to support training in archaeological methods for current students and personnel of tribal or other Native cultural preservation programs. This scholarship is named in honor of the first president of SAA, who was of Seneca ancestry through his father's family. The second scholarship program, specifically targeting graduate education, is not yet funded.
Initially, applicants and nominees for the Parker Scholarship were Native Americans or Native Hawaiians. However, last November, the SAA Board decided to broaden eligibility to include Native peoples from the U.S. Trust Territories and Canada. The NASC is now considering the possibility of proposing a third scholarship program specifically for Native peoples from Latin America. We would welcome feedback from SAA members on this idea, sent to the address below. Do you feel it would be a worthwhile effort? If so, what type of program might be most helpful? Should this program target students at a particular stage in their education, or should it be more inclusive?
The first Arthur C. Parker Scholarship was awarded in spring 1998 to Angela Steiner Neller, a Ph.D. student at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. In addition, the National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded a Small Grant for Exploratory Research to SAA to provide $1,500 each for three other people who applied for the 1998 Parker Scholarship. We want to thank NSF for this support.
The Native American Scholarship Fund can only support a biannual award of $1,500. However, thanks to the success of the NASC silent auction held in Seattle in 1998, we are able to offer the Parker Scholarship again in 1999. For more information about this scholarship and the application or nomination procedures, contact SAA headquarters, at the address below. Application or nomination materials must be postmarked no later than February 13, 1999.
To build the NASF to the level at which it can fully support an annual award of the Parker Scholarship and the second scholarship program for graduate education, we could use your help. The NASC will be holding a second silent auction at the upcoming SAA Annual Meeting in Chicago. Please stop by the NASC silent auction booth in the SAA exhibit hall and consider placing a bid. It's fun, and if your bid is the highest, you will be contributing to the NASF. Donations to the silent auction also would be greatly appreciated. Last year's contributions for the silent auction included used and new books, jewelry, equipment and services used by archaeologists, Native American craft items, and artwork. This year, we are planning a special auction of donated T-shirts, and we will be giving people the opportunity to vote for their favorites. We would welcome contributions of T-shirts or any other item that an archaeologist might like to have.
The NASC takes this opportunity to thank the following donors as well as those who donated anonymously for their generous contributions to the 1998 silent auction.
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Marjorie Akin AltaMira Press Archaeology Magazine Archmat, Inc. Mel Bohleen Cambridge University Press Kenneth Carleton Cultural Resource Technologies Hester Davis Francoise Drayer Ann M. Early Lynn Fisher Douglas Frink Annette Fromm Phil R. Geib Rick George George Gumerman Jim Huffman Saber Jackson Fred Jaehnig Marvin Keller D. Bambi Kraus Light Impressions William Lipe Al Livingston Julie Longenecker |
Michael E. Macko Marshalltown Trowel Co. Barbara Mills Northland Research, Inc. James H. Payne Pictures of Record Mary June-el Piper Planet Hollywood, Seattle Navajo Nation Museum Harriett Sandoval Tristine Lee Smart Kimberly Spurr Darby Stapp Sheila Harrington Stump Nina Swidler Dan Timmons University of Alabama Press University of Arizona Press University of Michigan Museum of Anthropology Publications University of Oklahoma Press University of Pennsylvania Museum Jeff Van Pelt Miranda Warburton Joe Watkins John R. Welch White Mountain Apache Tribe Heritage Program White Mountain Apache Tribe
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Tristine Lee Smart and Joe Watkins are members of the Native American Scholarships Committee. Smart is a graduate student at the Museum of Anthropology, University of Michigan in Ann Arbor, Michigan, and Watkins is with the Bureau of Indian Affairs in Oklahoma.