The Udall Foundation is pleased to announce that 12 students from 12 tribes and nine universities have been selected as 2011 Native American Congressional Interns. 3 of these students are from the Sandra Day O’Connor College of Law at Arizona State University Indian Legal Program! The students were selected by an independent review committee of nationally recognized Native educators and tribal policy leaders on the basis of academic achievement and a demonstrated commitment to careers in tribal public policy.
– Michael Mainwold, Onk Akimel O’Odham from the Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community, interning with the U.S. Department of Interior, Solicitors Office, in the Indian Affairs Division.
– Jacob Schellinger, Stockbridge-Munsee Band of the Mohicans, interning with the U.S. Department of Justice, in the Office of Tribal Justice.
– Farrah Secody, Navajo Nation, interning for Senator John McCain.