CONGRATULATIONS TO OUR 2010 SCHOLARSHIP RECIPIENTS!!

Shelby Bobelu
Shelby Bobelu is a gifted artist, talented athlete, and model student who volunteers her time outside of school to improve the health of her community. She is an active member of the Santa Fe Indian School's National Honor Society, Key Club, and Youth Allies among numerous others.  In addition to her academic achievements, she is also highly involved in sports, participating in both soccer and track and field. Shelby plans on attending the University of New Mexico, where she will major in a health related field. Ultimately, she plans on weaving her traditional Zuni culture and healing practices into a health related field.

Sara Chase
Sara Chase belongs to both the Hoopa Valley Tribe and the Shinnecock Nation#.She has been raised in the Hoopa Valley in Northern California. As the top student in Hoopa Valley High School, Sara has devoted herself to her academics, her teammates as team captain of the varsity girls basketball team, and most importantly, her community. Throughout high school, Sara has been active in preserving her tribe's Native language and is near fluent in Hoopa.  In addition to being an active member of her high school, Sara is also politically active, creating public service announcements against drugs and domestic violence, and has been a functioning constituent in tribal activism for many years, contributing to the maintenance and advancement of her tribes' well-being.  Sara plans on attending Columbia University in the fall and intends to major in Political Science and Native American Studies.

2009 Recipients
Katherine Atkins, Cherokee
Michael Tate, White Mountain Apache
Noel Hinton, White Mountain Apache


2008 Recipients
Aaron Celario, Navajo
Dion Francis III, Caddo Nation of Oklahoma
Krishana Coriz, Santo Domingo

2007 Recipients
Albert Her Many Horses-Sioux
Ethan Amos-White Mountain Apache


2006 Recipients
Billy Wayne Rankin-Western Cherokee
Chase Andrew Velasquez-White Mountain Apache

2005 Recipients
Micheon Gorman-Navajo
Tara Hueston-Navajo Erik Yazzie-Navajo

2004 Recipients
Jessica Marie Curtis-Cherokee
Marcus Brian Dunn-Skaroreh Katenuaka Nation-Tuscarora
Joannie Suina, Cochiti Pueblo

2003 Recipients
Jason Langager, Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa Indians
Dislorei Small-Rodriguez, Northern Cheyenne Tribe

2002 Recipients
Alvin Garcia, Santo Domingo Pueblo
Karla Martin, Poarch Band of Creek Indians
Frances Ruiz, White Mountain Apache Tribe

2001 Recipients
Leland Begay, White Mountain Apache Tribe
Kimberly Begolin, White Mountain Apache Tribe

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