CTD's primary focus is to raise funds to provide scholarship funding for high-achieving American Indians in the fields critical to the economic, social, environmental, political, educational, and business development of Indian communities.

To supplement the focus on scholarship aid, CTD has programs to help Indian students prepare more thoroughly for college-level studies and to improve the educational resources and programs that prepare these students for college. School Administrators and Educators should refer to the Grants and Conferences pages to become familiar with the ten-year history of sponsorship of programs and projects to improve the performance of Indian students.

DON’T WAIT TOO LATE!!!
Some of the most frustrating calls we receive happen over the summer. Students and parents call us in July wanting scholarships for the coming Fall semester. Unknowingly, they have missed almost all the deadlines for scholarships. (Our Fall deadline is April 15.) We have to tell them they are too late. The scholarship “season” is January through April.

About 90% of scholarships have deadlines in this four month period. A few have deadlines earlier (September through December), and a few have deadlines in May and June. Very few have deadlines in July or August. So take caution. Start your scholarship search early in your senior year. You should have it done by September and you may have to start applying to some scholarships as early as September. If you have any doubts, let us help you with this process, for free. Call us at (505) 262-2351, or write us at 8200 Mountain Road, N. E., Suite 203, Albuquerque NM 87110.

"PREPARING EXEMPLARY STUDENTS"
EXEMPLARY INSTITUTE
April 23 April 24, 2009

• April 23, Keynote speaker, Ms. Michelle Hoffman, Superintendent, Wyoming Indian Schools, three workshops
• April 23, Lunch and Talent Show
• April 24, Keynote speaker, Mr. Robert Crumley, Superintendent, Chugach School District, Alaska, winner Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award from the White House, three workshops
• May 24, Awards Luncheon, Prize Drawing and Oral Evaluation

  
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January 4, 2008 CATCHING THE DREAM SUMMARY OF EXEMPLARY PROGRAMS, 2008

1. The Student Services Project (SSP) at the University of Alaska has had Native students performing better than the overall university student population on pre-calculus since 1992.

2. The Rural Alaska Honors Institute of the University of Alaska has sent over 60% of its alumni on to college for over 15 years and over 80% of them have finished college.....read more

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