Resources

The MPTN Tribal Vocational Rehabilitation Service Program and NIDRR Research Project are collaboratively affiliated or have networking contact with many federal, state and local rehabilitative and health organizations and agencies, including:

• The American Foundation for the Blind (Senior Site)
• State of CT Office of Protection and Advocacy for Persons with Disabilities
• Consortia of Administrators for Native American Rehabilitation (CANAR);
• State of Rhode Island Office of Rehabilitative Services (RI-ORS);
• State of Connecticut Bureau of Rehabilitative Services (CT-BRS);
• State of CT Bureau of Education & Services for the Blind (BESB);
• RI Minority Health;
• Center for Continuing Education in Rehabilitation at Western Washington University (CCER);
• National Congress of American Indians (NCAI);
• Northeastern Educational Research Association (NERA);
• National Rehabilitation;
• New England Assistive Technology Marketplace (NEAT);
• Regional Continuing Education Program for Community Rehabilitation Program Personnel-New England Region (RCEP 1);
• United South & Eastern Tribes, Inc. (USET);
• Center for American Rehabilitation at San Diego State University - Interwork Institute (CAIR);
• Capacity Building for American Indians at Northern Arizona University (NAU);
• Tribal VR Directors;
• Mashantucket Pequot Museum MPTN Pequot Museum & Research Center.
• and University of Connecticut, Storrs, Department of Educational Psychology.

EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES FOR NATIVE AMERICANS

As a public service to our Website users, the following website links are provided, which contain information on the various college scholarships and other educational programs available to Native Americans:

UCONN Educational Psychology Department (www.education.uconn.edu/departments/epsy/):

This is a website link for anyone interested in enrolling in the educational psychology undergraduate or graduate degree program at the University of Connecticut's NEAG School of Education, Educational Psychology Department. UCONN has a number of scholarships, fellowships, grants and graduate assistant programs available exclusively for Native Americans in the Educational Psychology Department as well as for other degree programs offered by the University. This link will allow interested parties to access other links within the University website for more information on the various degree programs offered and the scholarship/fellowship/grant programs available to Native American students.

American Indian Education Foundation (www.aiefprograms.org):

This link provides support for Indian Education throughout the U.S. and has information on scholarships and challenge grant programs available to Native Americans.

American Indian Higher Education Consortium (AIHEC) (www.fdl.cc.mn.us/tcj/tcweblinks.htm):

Lists websites, if available, as well as "snail-mail" and email contact information on Native American colleges and universities and American Indian College Fund, as well as access to the Tribal College journal.

The American Indian College Fund (www.collegefund.org):

Provides information on 32 Tribal colleges and on scholarships available at said colleges.

National Indian Education Association (www.niea.org/):

Among other features, this link features a Tribal Education directory.

Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA), Office of Indian Education Programs (www.oiep.bia.edu/):

Contains information on education programs and provides listing of Tribal colleges and universities funded by BIA.

American Indian Science and Engineering Society (AISES) (www.aises.org):

Offers scholarships to qualified American Indian students majoring in the sciences, engineering or natural resources fields.

Online Colleges Guide.com (www.onlinecollegesguide.com/):

Provides an online guide to Tribal colleges.

This is but the tip of the iceberg but we hope these few links will lead interested users to explore the Internet for other related links.

In addition to our valuable collaborators and other resources, the following is a list of useful websites provided for your convenience:

Department of Veterans Affairs

• Department of Veterans Affairs
• Veterans Benefits Administration
• Veterans Hospital Administration
• Compensation and Pension
• Vocational Rehabilitation & Employment (VR&E)
• GI Bill
• Home Loans Guarantee
• Burial and Memorial Benefits
• Insurance

Military Sites

• Air Force
• Army
• Navy
• Marines

Employment for Veterans

• VA VR&E Veteran Employment Assistance
• Federal Employment
• Office of Personnel Management

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