McAlester Public Schools

In this section of the website you will find several scholarships!!

Scholarships for American Indian Students
This is not an exhaustive list of all scholarship and resources available and McAlester Indian Education does not administer the resources or programs listed below

You may contact Indian Education if you have questions about the college or scholarship application process and requirements. Please note, some questions may need to be directed to the respective tribe, school, or organization.

Amount: Varies

Requirements: This scholarship is funded by Wells Fargo and administered by American Indian Graduate Center. To be considered an applicant must be enrolled in a federally recognized tribe and be a junior or senior pursuing a career and degree in fields related to banking, resort management, gaming operations, management and administration, including accounting, finance, information technology and human resources.

Deadline: Ongoing
Amount: $1000

Requirements: High School Senior with 3.9 GPA who demonstrates tribal and community involvement.

Deadline: February 2025
Amount: $2,500

Requirements: This scholarship is awarded annually to a high school senior from an ethnic minority who has been accepted into an ABET-accredited engineering program at a four-year college or university.

Deadline: March 2025
Amount: Up to $2,000

Requirements: The Truman D. Picard Scholarship Program is dedicated to the support of Native American students pursuing a higher education in Natural Resources.

Deadline: March 2025
Amount: Varies

Requirements: Both Merit-based and Need-based, the competitive Cobell Scholarship is annual, non-renewable, and available to any post-secondary (after high school) student who is; an enrolled member of a US Federally-Recognized Tribe, enrolled in full-time study and is degree-seeking. Applicants must plan to attend or be attending any nationally, regionally and industry accredited non-profit, public and private, institution.Applicants must be pursuing a vocational certificate or diploma, associate’s, bachelor’s, master’s, doctoral or professional degree, or certificate.

Deadline: March 2025
Amount: Varies

Requirements: Undergraduates students must be of American Indian or Alaska Native descent (student or one parent must be enrolled and have documentation) and be enrolled full-time in an accredited 2 or 4 year college/university or technical/vocational school. Graduate students must be of American Indian or Alaska Native descent and attending an accredited graduate school (online college is not applicable).

Deadline: April 2025
Amount: Varies

Requirements: American Indian College Fund provides scholarship support to each tribal college and university and administers several scholarship programs to American Indian and Alaska Native undergraduate and graduates students attending tribal colleges and state and private universities.

Deadline: Full Circle Scholarship Deadline: May 2025
The Indian Health Service (IHS) offers three scholarships for American Indian and Alaska Native undergraduate students in order to educate and train health professionals to staff Indian health programs.

Amount: Varies

Deadline: February 2025

SEARCH MORE AMERICAN INDIAN SCHOLARSHIPS

The American Indian College Fund provides scholarships to American Indian and Alaska Native college students seeking under- graduate and graduate degrees at tribal colleges, nonprofit, and accredited schools.
The American Indian Science and Engineering Society (AISES) helps students move forward in their educational journeys by providing a wide range of programs and scholarship opportunities.
American Indian Graduate Center offers more than 20 scholarships and fellowships that fund undergraduate, graduate and professional degrees.

Pre-CollegePrograms

College Horizons is a week long pre-college program for Native American high school students open to current sophomores and juniors.
The INSPIRE Pre-College Program is a 3-week summer program for Native American high school students with the opportunity to explore federal-tribal relations in Washington, D.C.
CCPI connects students with admissions counselors from across the U.S. to analyze, prepare and complete college applications; identify scholarship opportunities; and explore schools of interest.

TUITION WAIVERS

TRIBAL COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES

Bacone Recruit Video-F20.mp4

Oklahoma's Promise offers qualified Oklahoma students an opportunity to earn a scholarship for college tuition to an Oklahoma college.
Requirements
- Must be an Oklahoma resident.
- Must be enrolled in the 8th, 9th or 10th grade.
- The parents' federal adjusted gross income must not exceed $55K per year
The application must be postmarked on or before June 30 at the end of sophomore year.
The Common Application, which is also more informally referred to as the Common App, is an advanced college application that is used to help prospective college students apply to multiple colleges at once. While you cannot apply to every single accredited institution by using this single application, you can apply to a larger number of undergraduate programs. The common app opens August 1. Deadlines for early decision is November 1 and January 1 for regular decision.
Important Deadlines

Pay attention to important college and scholarship deadlines. Take into consideration application materials such as transcript requests, essays, resumes, recommendation letter requests, etc.

Tribal Services and Scholarship Information

Please note, this is not an exhaustive list of tribal resources available. If you do not see your tribe represented contact agragg@mpsbuffs.org to assist you.

Cherokee Nation Foundation - January 31 Deadline