Utilizing Your Native American Studies Education

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Utilizing Your Native American Studies Education

• Career Services
• MSU Billings
• www.msubillings.edu/careers

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What Can I Do?

• Consider jobs/careers that require or capitalize
  on Native American Studies
• Continue with advanced studies that would
  logically follow a Native American Studies
  undergraduate program
• Utilize career resources aimed at Native
  Americans or Native American-oriented
  organizations

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Capitalizing on NAS

• Areas that require or directly benefit from an
  ethnic studies degree
• Colleges universities
• Organizations that primarily market their
  products or services to the Native American
  population
• Government entities - city, county, state,
  federal
• Tribal government/organizations

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Capitalizing on NAS

• Areas that would indirectly benefit
• ANY job or career, especially when located in
  regionswith significant Native American
  populations

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Capitalizing on NAS

• Get creative!
• What jobs or careers need someone with a
  broad-based knowledge of Native American
  culture?
• Film, tourism, marketing
• Museums, art galleries

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Graduate School

• Native American Studies programs across US
  Canadaoncampus.richmond.edu/faculty/ASAIL/guide/g
  uide.html
• Law school
• Public Administration
• Education
• Social sciences anthropology, sociology,
  psychology, political science, history
• American Indian Graduate Center www.aigc.com

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Career Resources

• indiancountry.com
• nativejobs.com
• aboriginalconnections.com

• nativeamericanjobs.com
• minoritycareernet.com
• imdiversity.com

• American Indian Program Council
  www.aipc.osmre.gov
• US Dept of Labor Indian Native American
  Programs www.doleta.gov/DINAP
• www.usajobs.gov ALL Federal jobs
• BIA and IHS have Indian hiring preferences for
  qualified applicants
• Family, friends, family of friends, friends of
  family ? network!

Native American Studies facultyMulticultural
Student Services And of courseCareer Services
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Highlights

• Look for opportunities that emphasize working
  with people from different cultures or
  communities, and especially with Native American
  communities
• Look for ways to utilize the skills emphasized in
  the NAS program cultural exploration,
  understanding of diversity, verbal written
  communication, research
• Think about how your education could be used to
  enhance your role in the community

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Highlights

• Think about what you could add to an
  organization, institution, or program through
  your experiences in the NAS program
• Key phrases/concepts cultural diversity,
  relational awareness, historical perspective,
  power for social change, global society,
  communication

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Career Services

• Montana State University Billings
• Sr Campus LIB 100 406.657.2168
• COT Campus A17 406.247.3006
• www.msubillings.edu/careers