Alaska Native Health Career Program records

University of Washington

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Alaska Native Health Career Program.

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The Alaska Native Health Career Program was created in 1974 to promote the health and well-being of Native people by establishing the Native management and operation of the health care system that serves them. The program seeks to increase the involvement of Alaska Natives in the health career professions by providing culturally relevant career information, financial aid information, student advising, and advocacy tutoring. A training program for college students and the Della Keats Summer Enric...

Alaska Federation of Natives

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Della Keats Summer Enrichment Program

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The Della Keats programs are named for Della Puyuk Keats, an Iñupiaq woman with no formal education but an interest in human anatomy and folk medicine. She became a traditional healer in the Kotzebue area. The programs provide no-cost opportunities for eligible high school students to spend six weeks of their summer shadowing medical professionals....