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05/01/2026

📍THREE DAYS LEFT!
You still have time to submit your Summer Application. DO NOT wait! Apply now at cobellscholar.org.

Cobell Scholar: Andrew Kipp, MSUN, MT

04/13/2026

WE ARE AWARE THERE ARE OUTAGES IN THE REDWIRE SERVICE AREA. CREWS ARE WORKING TO RESOLVE THE ISSUE. WE APOLOGIZE FOR THE INCONVENIENCE.

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03/29/2026

UPDATE: CHANGE OF PHONE NUMBER FOR TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE

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03/29/2026

We apologize for the current outage of our service & telephone. Technicians are working to repair the issue. Our apologies for the inconvenience.

03/24/2026

SUMMER FIELD SCHOOL OPPORTUNITY

There is room to take one more student in the Southern Illinois University Edwardsville Field School this summer. They would like to encourage Native students to apply for this spot with funding from the Steven Hanlin Memorial Sholarship. This scholarship will cover 3 or 6 credits of tuition plus fees, and the university should also be able to help a Native student with housing.

Interested students, or direct interested applicants should visit https://www.siue.edu/arts-and-sciences/native-american-studies/scholarships-internships.shtml. The deadline is flexible, but interested applications should apply ASAP.

https://www.siue.edu/artsandsciences/anthropology/
https://www.siue.edu/arts-and-sciences/native-american-studies/

Southern Illinois University Edwardsville exists in and serves a region that includes the lands of the Kiikaapoi (treaty in Edwardsville, 1819); The Illinois Confederacy, including the Peoria, Kaskaskia, Michigamea, Cahokia, and Tamaroa (treaty in Edwardsville, 1818); Dhegiha Siouan peoples; and others. We affirm their contemporary and ancestral ties to the land and their contributions to this place.

*RedWire is committed to encouraging Indigenous students along their education path by sharing opportunities about scholarships, courses and online degrees.

03/24/2026

SUMMER FIELD SCHOOL OPPORTUNITY

We are looking for four Otoe-Missouria relatives highly interested in attending a 3-week summer Archaeology Field School hosted by the University of Nebraska Lincoln.

Program: ANTH 497/897: 2026 Archaeological Field School (3 credits)

Important Note: Space in this program is limited. Four applicants will be selected and approved for full funding and provided transportation by April 2, 2026.

Dates: May 18–June 5, 2026 (First Three-Week Session)
Location: Reller Prairie (25 minutes south of UNL Campus)
Application Deadline: April 1, 2026 (Field School Application & Otoe-Missouria Community Support Application)

If selected as one of the four participants, additional applications will need to be submitted for housing and a UNL Visiting Student.

About the Field School: This field school is designed to introduce students to practical archaeological field methods while building professional skills relevant to Tribal Historic Preservation Offices (THPOs) and related careers.

Students will learn:
Basic archaeological field techniques
Pedestrian survey
Stratigraphy reading
Excavation
Documentation (mapping, imaging, description)

Applications found here: https://forms.gle/EGuc8uaY1XDrF9tC6

*RedWire is committed to encouraging Indigenous students along their education path by sharing opportunities about scholarships, courses and online degrees.

03/12/2026

SERVICE RESTORED
Service has been restored to most of the service area. If your service has not been restored, please follow the guide below. Thank you for your understanding.

03/11/2026

UPDATE: A tower crew is scheduled to work on the tower, today. We still don't have an exact time when the service will be restored. As long as it is safe enough to work on the tower, we hope to bring it back online quickly.

03/10/2026

We apologize for the current outage of our service and telephone. Techs are working to repair the issue as quickly as possible.

01/09/2026

Summer Internship Opportunity
The Summer 2026 Tribal Wellbeing for Seven Generations Internship Application is now open.

The Summer 2026 Tribal Wellbeing for Seven Generations Internship Application is now open. Apply Here! Application Deadline: January 31st, 2026 Summer cohorts of interns work directly with host organizations from across the country to work on projects specifically benefiting the Tribal