Gallasneed and Laretta Weaver Legacy Scholarship

 

This scholarship was developed in honor of the late MOWA Choctaw tribal leader Gallasneed Weaver and his wife Laretta Weaver.  The two met while attending Bacone in the 1950s.  Their many years of service have left a lasting legacy in Indian Country.  Applicants must be currently attending university and be an enrolled member or descendant of an enrolled member of any "non-federally" recognized tribe (tribes recently federally recognized in New York, Massachusetts and Virginia still qualify for the scholarship!) whose members previously attended a federal or closely related mission Indian boarding school –or- a member of Phi Sigma Nu Fraternity (http://phisigmanu.com/). 

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This scholarship is funded by the descendants of Jerome Chastang and Cornelia Weaver and James (Chastang) Chestang, Secelar Ray and Maud Ray England. 

 

The applicant must email helphaskell@hotmail.com the following by September 15th of each year: 

 

1. A picture of yourself

2. Proof of tribal enrollment

3. Essay Requirement: 

Please write a one to two page essay on the history of your "non-federally" recognized tribe at the Indian Boarding schools. Please utilize the helphaskell.org website and any other sources you may be aware of to complete your essay. 

4. A current university or junior college transcript

5. And the following information:

a. Applicant name and name(s) of parent(s), grandparent(s) or others who have raised you.

b. Address (home and campus):

c. Home phone number:

d. Cell phone number:

e. Email address:

f. Current school activities:

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The recipient(s) will receive $250 and a certificate.  The recipient's names will also be on a permanent plaque displayed in the MOWA Band of Choctaw Indians Cultural Center & Museum.    

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Past winners include: 2010- Morgan Hall (MOWA Choctaw), 2011- Patrick Weaver (MOWA Choctaw), 2013- Celine Snow (MOWA Choctaw), Gabrielle Lofton (MOWA Choctaw), Vera Weaver (MOWA Choctaw), 2014- Nikki Davis (MOWA Choctaw), William Dean, Jr. (MOWA Choctaw)

2015- Kaitlyn Reed (MOWA Choctaw), Winston Robison (Muscogee (Creek) Nation of Oklahoma; Phi Sigma Nu), James Rudd, Jr. (Haliwa-Saponi; Phi Sigma Nu), 2016- Cameron Byrd (MOWA Choctaw), Celine Snow (MOWA Choctaw), 2017- Jamie Lofton (MOWA Choctaw), 2018- Kylee Cheyenne Rivers (MOWA Choctaw), 2019- Adrianna Williams (MOWA Choctaw), 2020- Bryson McDonald (MOWA Choctaw), 2021- Colby Dean, 2022- Celine Snow (MOWA Choctaw), 2023- Isabella Landrum (MOWA Choctaw), 2024- Lauren Branham (Yuchi Nation)

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Members and former Haskell Institute boarding school alumni from the Nanticoke Tribe supporting H.E.L.P. 

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