SMSC Endowed Scholarship Recipients Announced
Sixteen Scholarships For 2010-2011
Tessa Lehto
Communications Specialist
tessa.lehto@shakopeedakota.org
Monday, August 16, 2010
Prior Lake, MN – The Shakopee Mdewakanton Sioux Community today announced 16 recipients of the Shakopee Mdewakanton Sioux Community Endowed Scholarship for the 2010-2011 school year.
This is the second group of students to receive the scholarship at the University of Minnesota. Ten of the first group of 13 students will continue to receive the scholarships they were originally awarded for the 2009-2010 school year. Continuation of the scholarships is based on grades and financial need.
“In today’s society, an education is essential, but most especially for our Indian people. We need Indian doctors and dentists, lawyers and engineers. We need Indian teachers and counselors, managers and builders, and journalists. We need to educate our young people to be prepared to better meet the opportunities that will be available to them. We need our young people to protect our tribal sovereignty,” said SMSC Chairman Stanley R. Crooks.
The SMSC Endowed Scholarship was established in 2008 through a $2.5 million gift from the Shakopee Mdewakanton Sioux Community into a matching endowment fund, creating a $5 million endowment to provide scholarships for American Indian students.
The SMSC scholarship program is designed to recruit and retain talented American Indian students with demonstrated financial need to the University of Minnesota. The SMSC scholarship program is administered by the University's Office for Equity and Diversity. To date, 29 students have received the Shakopee Mdewakanton Sioux Community Endowed Scholarship.
The primary goal of the SMSC scholarship program is to support incoming University of Minnesota freshmen and transfer students with demonstrated financial need. A smaller number of scholarships may also be awarded to newly-admitted graduate and professional students in specific disciplines.
For undergraduates scholarships are renewable for up to four years or until graduation (whichever comes first) contingent upon academic performance. For graduate and professional students, the length of funding is contingent upon academic performance, the school of enrollment, and degree program and will be determined on a case-by-case basis.
The 16 scholarship recipients come from across the country and from a number of different tribes. They come from as far as New York, Utah, and Colorado. Eight of them are from Minnesota; four from Wisconsin. Four of the students are majoring in Medicine, two of them at the Duluth Campus and two at the Twin Cities campus. Other recipients have majors as diverse as Forensic Science to Music to Biochemistry to Dentistry.
For each cycle applications materials received by March 1 are given preference. The final deadline is May 1. For more information go to http://www.shakopeedakota.org/scholarships.html.
The 16 Scholarship Recipients Are:
Melvina Bissonette
Oglala Sioux Tribe
Medicine Major,
Graduate Studies
Twin Cities Campus
Ashley Duffy
Red Cliff Band of Lake Superior Chippewas
Clinical Laboratory Sciences,
Undergraduate Studies
Morris Campus
Michelle Huyser
Navajo Nation
Medicine Major,
Graduate Studies
Duluth Campus
Tyler Kelley
Cherokee Nation of Oklahoma
Chemistry/Pre-Med Major,
Undergraduate Studies
Twin Cities Campus
Misty Keoke
Sisseton-Wahpeton Oyate
Forensic Science Major,
Undergraduate Studies
Morris Campus
Jenny Mayotte
Bad River Band of the Lake Superior Tribe of Chippewa Indians
Music Major,
Undergraduate Studies
Duluth Campus
Alexandra Myhal
Sault Ste. Marie Tribe of Chippewa Indians
Biology Major,
Undergraduate Studies
Morris Campus
Casey Newton
White Earth Mississippi Band of Chippewa Indians
Dentistry Major,
Graduate Studies
Twin Cities Campus
Larissa Anne Oakgrove
Red Lake Band of Chippewa
Education Major,
Undergraduate Studies
Twin Cities Campus
Bobbi Jo Potter
Bois Forte Band of Chippewa
Social Work Major,
Graduate Studies
Duluth Campus
Deanna Shoup
Rosebud Sioux Tribe
Medicine Major,
Graduate Studies
Duluth Campus
Maria Smith
Seneca Nation of Indians
Undecided Major,
Undergraduate Studies
Twin Cities Campus
Richard St. Germaine
Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma/LCO
Biochemistry Major,
Undergraduate Studies
Twin Cities Campus
Andrew Steinfeldt
Oneida Tribe of Indians of Wisconsin
Pre-Physical Therapy,
Undergraduate Studies
Crookston Campus
Jeremiah Strong
Bois Forte Band of Chippewa
Pre-Pharmacy Major,
Undergraduate Studies
Twin Cities Campus
Noah Wride
HopiMedicine Major,
Graduate Studies
Twin Cities Campus
About The Shakopee Mdewakanton Sioux Community:
The SMSC utilizes its financial resources from gaming and non-gaming enterprises to pay for all of the internal infrastructure of the Tribe, including but not limited to roads, water and sewer systems, emergency services, and essential services to its Tribal members in education, health, and welfare.
The Shakopee Mdewakanton Sioux Community has a charitable giving program which comes from a cultural and social tradition to assist those in need. Over the past 13 years, the SMSC has donated more than $180.8 million to charitable organizations and Indian Tribes. Since 1996 the SMSC paid more than $6.6 million for shared local road construction projects and an additional $5 million for road projects on the reservation.
The Shakopee Mdewakanton Sioux Community, a federally recognized Indian Tribe in Minnesota, is the owner and operator of Mystic Lake Casino Hotel, Little Six Casino, Playworks, Dakotah! Sport and Fitness, The Meadows at Mystic Lake, and other enterprises on a reservation south of the Twin Cities.
This press release and other information may be downloaded from the SMSC website at www.shakopeedakota.org.
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Tessa Lehto
Communications Specialist
tessa.lehto@shakopeedakota.org
Monday, August 16, 2010
Prior Lake, MN – The Shakopee Mdewakanton Sioux Community today announced 16 recipients of the Shakopee Mdewakanton Sioux Community Endowed Scholarship for the 2010-2011 school year.
This is the second group of students to receive the scholarship at the University of Minnesota. Ten of the first group of 13 students will continue to receive the scholarships they were originally awarded for the 2009-2010 school year. Continuation of the scholarships is based on grades and financial need.
“In today’s society, an education is essential, but most especially for our Indian people. We need Indian doctors and dentists, lawyers and engineers. We need Indian teachers and counselors, managers and builders, and journalists. We need to educate our young people to be prepared to better meet the opportunities that will be available to them. We need our young people to protect our tribal sovereignty,” said SMSC Chairman Stanley R. Crooks.
The SMSC Endowed Scholarship was established in 2008 through a $2.5 million gift from the Shakopee Mdewakanton Sioux Community into a matching endowment fund, creating a $5 million endowment to provide scholarships for American Indian students.
The SMSC scholarship program is designed to recruit and retain talented American Indian students with demonstrated financial need to the University of Minnesota. The SMSC scholarship program is administered by the University's Office for Equity and Diversity. To date, 29 students have received the Shakopee Mdewakanton Sioux Community Endowed Scholarship.
The primary goal of the SMSC scholarship program is to support incoming University of Minnesota freshmen and transfer students with demonstrated financial need. A smaller number of scholarships may also be awarded to newly-admitted graduate and professional students in specific disciplines.
For undergraduates scholarships are renewable for up to four years or until graduation (whichever comes first) contingent upon academic performance. For graduate and professional students, the length of funding is contingent upon academic performance, the school of enrollment, and degree program and will be determined on a case-by-case basis.
The 16 scholarship recipients come from across the country and from a number of different tribes. They come from as far as New York, Utah, and Colorado. Eight of them are from Minnesota; four from Wisconsin. Four of the students are majoring in Medicine, two of them at the Duluth Campus and two at the Twin Cities campus. Other recipients have majors as diverse as Forensic Science to Music to Biochemistry to Dentistry.
For each cycle applications materials received by March 1 are given preference. The final deadline is May 1. For more information go to http://www.shakopeedakota.org/scholarships.html.
The 16 Scholarship Recipients Are:
Melvina Bissonette
Oglala Sioux Tribe
Medicine Major,
Graduate Studies
Twin Cities Campus
Ashley Duffy
Red Cliff Band of Lake Superior Chippewas
Clinical Laboratory Sciences,
Undergraduate Studies
Morris Campus
Michelle Huyser
Navajo Nation
Medicine Major,
Graduate Studies
Duluth Campus
Tyler Kelley
Cherokee Nation of Oklahoma
Chemistry/Pre-Med Major,
Undergraduate Studies
Twin Cities Campus
Misty Keoke
Sisseton-Wahpeton Oyate
Forensic Science Major,
Undergraduate Studies
Morris Campus
Jenny Mayotte
Bad River Band of the Lake Superior Tribe of Chippewa Indians
Music Major,
Undergraduate Studies
Duluth Campus
Alexandra Myhal
Sault Ste. Marie Tribe of Chippewa Indians
Biology Major,
Undergraduate Studies
Morris Campus
Casey Newton
White Earth Mississippi Band of Chippewa Indians
Dentistry Major,
Graduate Studies
Twin Cities Campus
Larissa Anne Oakgrove
Red Lake Band of Chippewa
Education Major,
Undergraduate Studies
Twin Cities Campus
Bobbi Jo Potter
Bois Forte Band of Chippewa
Social Work Major,
Graduate Studies
Duluth Campus
Deanna Shoup
Rosebud Sioux Tribe
Medicine Major,
Graduate Studies
Duluth Campus
Maria Smith
Seneca Nation of Indians
Undecided Major,
Undergraduate Studies
Twin Cities Campus
Richard St. Germaine
Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma/LCO
Biochemistry Major,
Undergraduate Studies
Twin Cities Campus
Andrew Steinfeldt
Oneida Tribe of Indians of Wisconsin
Pre-Physical Therapy,
Undergraduate Studies
Crookston Campus
Jeremiah Strong
Bois Forte Band of Chippewa
Pre-Pharmacy Major,
Undergraduate Studies
Twin Cities Campus
Noah Wride
HopiMedicine Major,
Graduate Studies
Twin Cities Campus
About The Shakopee Mdewakanton Sioux Community:
The SMSC utilizes its financial resources from gaming and non-gaming enterprises to pay for all of the internal infrastructure of the Tribe, including but not limited to roads, water and sewer systems, emergency services, and essential services to its Tribal members in education, health, and welfare.
The Shakopee Mdewakanton Sioux Community has a charitable giving program which comes from a cultural and social tradition to assist those in need. Over the past 13 years, the SMSC has donated more than $180.8 million to charitable organizations and Indian Tribes. Since 1996 the SMSC paid more than $6.6 million for shared local road construction projects and an additional $5 million for road projects on the reservation.
The Shakopee Mdewakanton Sioux Community, a federally recognized Indian Tribe in Minnesota, is the owner and operator of Mystic Lake Casino Hotel, Little Six Casino, Playworks, Dakotah! Sport and Fitness, The Meadows at Mystic Lake, and other enterprises on a reservation south of the Twin Cities.
This press release and other information may be downloaded from the SMSC website at www.shakopeedakota.org.
TO SUBMIT an ARTICLE, OPINION PIECE, COMMENTS to the Native Unity Digest, e-mail bobbieo@digitaldune.net.
NATIVE UNITY - A place for Native American Peoples to solidify their tribes to make a positive impact on the cultural, social, economic and political fabric of American society and a place for non-Natives to better understand the ways of the American Indian.
Native Unity Digest stories are now appearing on the BeforeIt'sNews.com site under the Native American News category. Check them out!!!!
News Blog - American Indian Report - AIR BLOG
http://falmouth-air.blogspot.com
THE BUFFALO POST - Missoulian Montana's Native News Blog about Native People And The World We Live In.
http://buffalopost.net/
Check Out NATIVE PRIDE- It's a great site!
http://letstalknativepride.blogspot.com
NATIVE AMERICA, DISCOVERED AND CONQUERED
http://lawlib.lclark.edu/blog/native_america/
PATHOLOGY.ORG - Up-to-date informmational database on general health and disease information, medical schools and medical resources.
http://www.Pathology.org
FOR ANNIE'S NATIVE CELEBRITY NEWS - go to www.nativecelebs.com
SUPPORTING NATIVE AMERICAN/FIRST PEOPLE - ARTISTS, FILM MAKERS, ENTERTAINERS, ETC.
http://www.krystynmedia.blogspot.com.
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