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Leadership development is one of three key initiative areas for First Alaskans Institute. Our objective is to help develop Alaska Native leaders who contribute to the Native community by participating in boards and commissions, service projects, networking with leaders and engaging in the decision making process for issues that are crucial to the advancement of Alaska Natives as well as developing a cohort/network for career enhancement.
First Alaskans helps to develop a cadre of Alaska Native leaders by helping our people understand their own histories and traditions, bringing awareness of current and emerging issues, and to provide practical experiences for them to draw from. Internship placements can be in both urban and rural Alaska.
2013 will mark the 10th year of First Alaskans' Summer Internship program for Alaska Native undergraduate/graduate students.
The 10 week summer session has placed 217 interns with over 100 employer hosts since 2004. Over the years, many interns have been placed outside of Anchorage in locations including communities such as St. Mary's, St. Paul, Yakutat, Barrow, Kotzebue, Kiana, Angoon, Hoonah, Bethel, Nome, Metlakatla, Noorvik, Sitka, Juneau, Valdez and Fairbanks.
| Adient Health |
| Afognak Native Corporation |
| AIDEA |
| AK Manufacturing Extension Partnership Inc. |
| Alaska Department of Labor |
| Alaska Energy Authority |
| Alaska Federation of Natives |
| Alaska Growth Capital |
| Alaska Native Heritage Center |
| Alaska Native Language Archive |
| Alaska Native Science Commission |
| Alaska Native Science & Engineering Program |
| Alaska Native Tribal Health Consortium |
| Alaska Public Interest Research Group |
| Alaska Small Business Development Center |
| Alaska Spine Institute |
| Alaska State Council on the Arts |
| Alaska State Library |
| Alaska Works Partnership, Inc. |
| Alaska Youth for Environmental Action |
| Alaska Youth Parent Foundation |
| Aleut Enterprises |
| Aleutian Pribilof Islands Association |
| Alyeska Pipeline Services Co. |
| ANCSA Education Consortium |
| ASRC Energy Services |
| Begich Boggs Visitor Center |
| Bering Straits Native Corporation |
| blueWIRE Technologies, LLC |
| Bristol Bay Science & Research Institute |
| British Petroleum Alaska |
| Bureau of Land Management |
| Calista |
| Chugachmiut |
| CIRI |
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| City of Angoon |
| Cook Inlet Native Head Start |
| Cold Climate Housing Research Center |
| ConocoPhillips |
| Covenant House |
| Curyung Tribal Council |
| Doyon, Ltd. |
| Eastern Aleutian Tribes |
| EPA, Huslia |
| FAA |
| Fairbanks Native Association |
| Fairbanks North Star Borough |
| Financial Inc. |
| First Alaskans Institute |
| Goldbelt Heritage Foundation |
| Hawk Consultants |
| Hoonah Indian Association |
| Huna Totem Corporation |
| Institute of Social & Economic Research |
| Interior Regional Housing Authority |
| Inuit Circumpolar Conference |
| KACN-TV Channel 1 |
| Kawerak, Inc. |
| Ketchikan Indian Community |
| Key Bank |
| Kiana Health Clinic |
Kootznoowoo, Inc.
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| McDowell Group |
| Metlakatla Indian Community |
| Municipality of Anchorage |
| NANA Development |
| NANA/Colt Engineering |
| Native American Contractors Association |
| Native Village of Afognak |
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| Native Village of Kotzebue |
| New Stuyahok Traditional Council |
| NMS Staffing |
| Northstar Group |
| Pebble Partnership |
| Providence Hospital |
| Rasmuson Foundation |
| Rural Alaska Community Action Program |
Sealaska Heritage Institute
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| Shell |
| Sitnasauk Native Corporation |
| SKW/Eskimos Inc. |
| SMG Alaska |
| Smithsonian Institution |
| South East Alaska Regional Health Consortium |
| Southcentral Foundation |
| St. Mary’s Sub-regional Clinic |
| State of Alaska Community Planning |
| Tanana Chiefs Conference |
| Tribal Government of St. Paul |
| U.S. Department of Labor |
| U.S. Fish & Wildlife |
| UAA College of Education |
| UAA Native Student Services |
| UAF Institute of Northern Engineering |
| Unalakleet Valley Electric Cooperative |
| USDA – Chugach Forest Service |
| VECO Alaska |
| Veteran Affairs Rural Health Program |
| Yakutat Tlingit Tribe |
| Yukon Kuskokwim Health Corporation |
| Yukon River Drainge Fisheries Association |
| YWCA Anchorage |
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The carefully designed recruitment process matches an intern with a partner organization. The process includes reviewing the student's areas of study and interest, employer needs, and then making a match. Students are paid a competitive wage. Those not based in Anchorage are provided travel and related expenses.
During the 10-week internship, interns participate in discussions on relevant topics that:
- Help interns understand the qualities, characteristics, traits, choices and actions of effective Native leaders;
- Discuss political, economic, education and social issues and their historical impacts on Native people, politics, and leaders;
- Help interns understand their own personality traits, their personal interactions and choices, and provide some practical tools for effective planning and decision-making;
- Train interns in successful management practices for organizations (finance, human resources, communications, planning, board-staff relationships, public relations, politics, etc.);
- Train interns in the processes of policy formation at various levels of government;
- Present and discuss current issues in the context of Native cultural values;
- Familiarize interns with methods and institutions of community service (e.g., volunteering, educational mentoring, child-care and development, Elder care, etc.)
The Summer Intern Program is generously funded by the Denali Commission.
If you would like more information about the summer internship contact us at info@firstalaskans.org or call 907.677.1700.
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