Resources for Connecting and Working With Native Students

This article was originally published on NACE.

Jack Soto, senior program manager for career readiness and employment at the American Indian College Fund, compiled and shared the following list of resources to help employers and career services professionals connect and work with Native students:

Scholarship Providers
American Indian College Fund (College Fund) – www.collegefund.org
Indigenous Education, Inc. (IEI) – www.cobellscholar.org
American Indian Science and Engineering Society (AISES) – www.aises.org
American Indian Graduate Center (AIGC) – www.aigcs.org

National Student Organizations with chapters
AISES – college and high school, annual national conference with a structured career fair, college-based student chapters – www.aises.org
American Indigenous Business Leaders (AIBL) – college, annual conference with a business plan competition, college-based student chapters – www.abil.org
United National Indian Tribal Youth, Inc. (UNITY) – high school, annual national conference, community-based student chapters – www.unityinc.org

National Native Education Organizations
American Indian Higher Education Consortium (AIHEC) – www.aihec.org
National Indian Education Association (NIEA) – www.niea.org

National Native Organizations
National Congress of American Indians (NCAI) – www.ncai.org
National Center for American Indian Enterprise Development (NCAIED) – www.ncaied.org
First Nations Development Institute (FNDI) – www.firstnations.org
National Council on Urban Indian Health (NCUIH) – www.ncuih.org
National American Indian Housing Council (NAIHC) www.naihc.net

By Alice Song
Alice Song Career Advisor