Archaeological Center Offering Scholarships to Native American and Local Teens

January 24, 2005. Timely through April 15, 2005.
For more information, call 1-800-422-8975, ext. 130.

Cortez, Colorado
The Crow Canyon Archaeological Center is offering a total of five scholarships in three precollegiate educational programs to Native American students and local students of middle school and high school age. Native American students affiliated with any tribe in the U.S. are eligible to apply; students residing in any community located in the greater Four Corners area are also eligible. Each scholarship covers the full cost of tuition, room, and board for the duration of the program.

Every summer, the Crow Canyon Archaeological Center offers three residential programs for teens. The one-week Middle School Archaeology Program offers younger students an opportunity to learn about the cultures and archaeology of the Four Corners area. During the three-week High School Field School, students work alongside professional archaeologists to learn archaeological methods and theories and gain extensive excavation and analysis experience. The one-week High School Archaeology Program offers an introduction to archaeology in the Mesa Verde region with field and lab experience. All programs are fully supervised by Crow Canyon staff. The Center also offers programs for school groups and families.

Two Native American scholarships and one local student scholarship are available for Crow Canyon’s High School Field School, a three-week program that runs from July 10–July 30, 2005. Applicants must currently be attending tenth, eleventh, or twelfth grade or be at least 15 years of age by September 1, 2005.

The Colorado Council of Professional Archaeologists is funding one full scholarship that is available to any Native American student for the High School Archaeology Program, a week-long program that is held July 31–August 6, 2005. Applicants must be attending ninth through twelfth grade and be at least 14 years of age by September 1, 2005.

One scholarship is available for the Middle School Archaeology Program that runs from June 26–July 2, 2005. The scholarship will be awarded to any Native American or local student attending sixth, seventh, or eight grades. Applicants must be at least 12 years of age by September 1, 2005, to be eligible.

Applications may be obtained by either visiting our Web site at www.crowcanyon.org or calling Theresa Titone at 1-800-422-8975, extension 130. The deadline for submitting applications for all three programs is April 15, 2005.