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Joel Adams is tribally affiliated with the Salish and Kootenai tribes of Montana. He received his bachelor's degree in fish and wildlife from Salish Kootenai College in Montana in 2003. His goal is to pursue a career in the Tribal Forestry Department for the Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes of the Flathead Reservation. Joel was awarded a $9927 Native American teaching assistantship and a tuition waiver from the School of Forestry for academic year 2005-2006. Joel is married and is the father of two daughters.
Jamie Kennedy was accepted into the Sloan Scholars program for fall 2006 as a doctoral student in pharmaceutical sciences. Jamie graduated from the pharmacy program spring semester 2006 with a 3.8 gpa. Jamie is an enrolled Blackfeet member from Browning, Montana. Jamie will receive a research assistantship from the College of Biomedical and Pharmaceutical Sciences during her tenure in that program.
Shandin Pete is a tribally enrolled member of the Salish Kootenai Tribe. He received his bachelor's degree in environmental science from Salish Kootenai College in 1996. He will receive his master's degree in geology from UM in fall 2005. His goal is to pursue a career in hydrologic research with faculty affiliation at Salish Kootenai College. Shandin was awarded a $25,000 fellowship from the Graduate School for academic year 2005-2006. His award is from a Department of Energy grant that supports research in radioactive contamination in groundwater and the subsurface soils. Shandin is married and is the father of three daughters. Shadin is continuing work on his doctoral degree.
Antony Berthelote is a tribally enrolled member of the Salish Kootenai Tribe. He received his bachelor's degree in geology from The University of Montana in 2003 and his master's degree in geophysics from the University of Alaska in 2005. He was also a McNair Scholar during his undergraduate career at UM. His goal is to also pursue a career in hydrologic research with faculty affiliation at Salish Kootenai College. Antony was also awarded a $25,000 fellowship from the Graduate School's grant with the Department of Energy for academic years 2005-2006 and 2006-2007. Antony is married and is the father of two children. Tony is continuing work on his doctoral degree.
John Hill is a tribally enrolled Crow from eastern Montana. John graduated with a bachelors of science degree in resource conservation with a minor in wildlife biology in December 2005. During his undergraduate studies, John realized that Native American tribes face tremendous difficulties when it comes to understanding modern natural resource management methods and policy. His academic goal is to obtain a master's degree in natural resource conservation and work with tribes in this area. He plans to help his tribe and/or other tribes manage their natural resources in a sustainable manner by helping them clear the stumbling blocks associated with understanding natural resource management. John entered UM's College of Forestry's program in resource conservation in spring 2006 and was accepted as a Sloan Scholar. John is married with three young daughters. His wife, Selena, is an employee of UM. John graduated in May 2008. He accepted a job as a forester with the Bureau of Land Management in Missoula, Montana.
Tony Dorame is a tribally enrolled Pueblo from New Mexico and was admitted into the Sloan Scholars program spring semester 2006. He graduated with a bachelor of science degree in wildlife biology with a minor in Rangeland ecology from Colorado State University in 1998. He worked as the environment department director with the Tesuque Pueblo Environment Department in New Mexico from 1998-2003. He was responsible for the overall operation on the environment department and supervision of other employees in water quality, solid waste, air and wildlife. Tony was accepted into UM's environmental studies program with a science major in the fall of 2005. His goal is to learn to analyze environmental problems in a holistic manner. He believes most environmental problems are very complex in nature and to fully understand them, the viewpoints of stakeholders involved must be fully understood. Tony is married and is the father of two daughters. Tony received a teaching assistantship from UM's Graduate School for spring semester 2006. He also receives funding from his tribe. Tony graduated in May 2008. He accepted a job as a wildlife biologist with the Pueblo Nation in New Mexico.
Aislinn Rioux was accepted into the Sloan Scholars program for summer 2006. Aislinn began her graduate master's interdisciplinary program summer semester. Aislinn will complete an interdisciplinary degree with statistics as her major and sociology as her minor. Aislinn graduated with a degree in sociology from The University of Montana spring semester 2006 with a 3.6 gpa. She is an enrolled member of the Blackfeet tribe in Montana. Aislinn was selected as sociology's outstanding major for this year's graduating class. Aislinn has been married for three years.Aislinn graduated in May 2008. She is working on research grants at The University of Montana.
Graham Woolley was admitted to the doctoral program in chemistry fall semester 2006. Graham graduated with a bachelor’s degree in chemistry from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Graham is tribally enrolled with the Chickasaw tribe. He is interested in research involving the functionalization of heterocycles, especially in its approach to a mechanistic understanding of organometallic catalysis. Graham is an enthusiastic researcher and is enjoying the research opportunities available to him in the Department of Chemistry. Graham completed his master's degree in chemistry fall semester 2008.
Natani Pete was admitted to the master’s program in computer science fall semester 2007. Natani is an enrolled member of the Dine tribe. He received his bachelor’s degree in environmental science from Salish Kootenai Community College in 2004. Natani is the father of three children and his wife graduated from UM in spring 2008 with a master’s degree in counselor education. Natani is also an active member of the Montana National Guard. Natani is currently working on a NSF-funded research project in the Department of Computer Science and is looking forward to a career in computer programming.