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Training for a Health Career

- American Indian Education
- Bastyr University
Located north of Seattle, Bastyr University offers undergraduate and graduate degrees in natural health sciences fields,
including naturopathic medicine, nutrition, and herbal science.
- CDC/ATSDR Sponsored/Coordinated Student/Training Programs
- Center for American Indian Health at the Johns Hopkins School of Public Health
The Johns Hopkins Center for American Indian Health's mission is to research, design and implement partnerships with tribes.
Training in Native American Health through graduate courses, summer internships, and distance education opportunities are available.
- Center for Disease Control Internships
A list of internships available through the CDC, many of which are available specifically for minority students.
- Code Talk
Financial aid information for American Indian and Alaska Native students.
- Creighton University Office of Interprofessional Scholarship and Service
Creighton University program that provides training to health professionals interested in working with Native American communities.

- Developing Your Vision While You Are at College (American Indian
College Fund)
For Native American students, this series of four handbooks uniquely promotes success in college by featuring stories of personal
struggle and of how educational and cultural successes are intertwined.
- Health Resources and Services Administration "Pursing a Career in Allied Health
Profession: Opportunities for Minorities"
A 69-page resource with a discussion of Allied Health careers, how minority students can pursue them, financial aid and
scholarship information, and descriptions of various Allied Health careers.
- INMED Indians into Medicine
The University of North Dakota developed this program to assist Indian students interested in health careers.
The program works with students beginning in elementary schools, and continuing through professional school.
- National Museum of the American Indian Internships and Fellowships
- Native American Center of Excellence at the University of Washington School of
Medicine
The goal of the NACOE is to facilitate the recruitment and retention of American Indians who are interested in medicine.
- Native American Distance Education
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