The Friends of Hubbell Trading Post National Historic Site, Inc. announces that applications are being accepted for the 2024-2025 academic annual scholarship for Native American students in the four corners area. Deadline is June 15, 2024. The funds for our scholarships are raised through memberships, activities at Hubbell TPNHS including the Auctions, and other off-site events.
To date, $300,000 in scholarships have been awarded, with nearly $125,000 in the last five years. We are very happy that during 2023 we were able to award scholarships to ten very deserving third and fourth-year college students. One scholarship in the amount of $3,000 was awarded; nine scholarships in the amount of $2,500 each were awarded
The following are the recipients of this year’s scholarships.
Click on names with links to learn more about them:
- Berlinsea Kee:
attending Diné College, majoring in Elementary Education
- Brittany Jim:
attending Northern Arizona University, majoring in Masters of Public Health – Nutrition
- Chasity James:
attending Arizona State University, majoring in Mechanical Engineering
- Corey Hemstreet:
attending Northern Arizona University, majoring in Masters of Public Health—Health Promotion
- Darion Fredericks:
attending Fort Lewis College, majoring in Environmental Conservation & Management
- Erin Cleveland:
attending Diné College, majoring in Biology
- Kaedan Yazzie:
attending University of New Mexico, majoring in Nursing
- Kyra Capitan:
attending Navajo Technical University, majoring in Wildlife Biologist
- Nicole Begay:
attending University of Oklahoma, majoring in Mechanical Engineering
- Ordell Joe:
attending University of Arizona, majoring in PhD in Higher Education
- River Yazzie:
attending Arizona College of Allied Health, majoring in Nursing
- Sonya Norton:
attending Arizona State University, majoring in Pharmacy
- Vetesha Smith:
attending University of Arizona, majoring in Mechanical Engineering
Pictured Left to Right (from Sept 2023 Auction):
Kyra Capitan – Chasity James – Berlinsea Kee
We wish all of our scholarship recipients the best of luck in their studies and future
careers and lookforward to hearing from them as their education and careers progress.
Highlights of each of our scholarship recipients can be found in our FOH newsletter published four times a year.
