YAC Internship Application / Ironwood Tree Experience

Name*

First Last

Date of Birth

Address*

Street Address City ZIP Code

Email*

Cell phone or best number to reach you*

Name of a Parent or guardian (if under 18 or living at home)

First Last

Parent or Guardian Email (if you are under 18 years of age)

Parent or Guardian phone number (if you are living at home or under 18 years of age)

Name of school

Tribal Affiliation(s)*

Are you seeking class credit for this internship?

Please indicate if plan to seek credit for this internship. You must prearrange the credit and reporting requirements with your teacher ahead of time. ITE staff can work with your teacher to facilitate this process.

YES
NO
I am not sure

Getting to Know You

Which of the following topics most interested you?*

Activism, Mutual Aid, Climate Change, Climate Emergencies and Mental Health, Climate Change, Environmental Policy, #LandBack, Medicinal Plants, Gardening, Pollution (bioremediation, sanitation, nuclear waste, etc), Social Determinants of Health (environmental racism), Traditional Ecological Knowledge, Water, Wildlife and Conservation, Other?

What specific skills do you hope to practice or acquire?*

Pick one of the following quotes and tell us how you relate to it

Quote #1

1975 Ethel Jack, Havasupai elder: “Oh yes, we missed the land, but the land suffered just as much without us. You see we belong to the land.”

Quote #2

2015, Joy Harjo, Mvskoke Nation: “This is the kitchen table university. Everything you need to know is here. This corn we are serving embodies lessons in geography, economics, culture and colonization. These utensils here tell a story of materiality and socialization. Salt is about migration. Songs are born here to grow food and children. We sing stories to acknowledge and grow love".

Quote #3

2021 Nick Estes, Melanie K. Yazzie, Jennifer Nez Denetdale, David Correia: “The original stories of how Native people came to the land are told through emergence from lower worlds into new worlds or through relationships between humans and holy beings from Sky and Earth. Today, this knowledge of our origins, of how to live properly, lies withins our respective epistemologies and continues to be conveyed not only through ceremonies and prayer but also through acts of resistance to ongoing Native dispossession.”

Additional Details

There is no fee for this program. By checking the boxes below you agree to all standards (except when in direct conflict with school)*

Attend all trainings, meetings, workshops, celebrations
Deliver reports and presentations on schedule
Represent ITE professionally
Treat others with respect
Adhere to the project format and rules
Be punctual and prepared for all trainings, workshops and meetings

Interns are responsible for their own transportation to Ironwood Tree Experience.*

We require all participants pre arrange transportation in advance of all activity dates in order to arrive on time to the ITE Urban Field Station. (738 N 5th Ave, Unit #101 Tucson, AZ 85705)

Yes, I understand transportation requirements

Interns must have reliable internet connection.*

On line participation in this program is required. If this is a difficulty please indicate this on the application and we will try to help resolve.

Yes, I have reliable internet connection for all applicable dates
I want to participate but do not have reliable internet connection

YAC Internship Application

Application: EcoTruths for Indigenous Youth

Getting to Know You

Pick one of the following quotes and tell us how you relate to it

Additional Details