Dear Friend,

The Native American Jump Start to Employment Program is a link between the employer and Native American high school graduates who want a summer job. The summer jobs can certainly turn into life long careers.

Unemployment on some Reservations in South Dakota is 85%, so these good kids do not have a chance for employment at a job on the reservation.

This NAJSEP program is only for summer jobs and is not an “assimilation” program. NAJSEP is not connected to any religious group/faith or governmental program.

Sincerely,

Scott Evans

FEWA FOUNDATION/NAJSEP

• Non-Profit Charity 501(c) 3

  • Native American Young Adults

  • Services to Employers and Individuals

  • Improvement & advancement of communities in need

  • Native American Jumpstart on Employment

  • SUMMER JOB/ INTERN PROGRAM

  • Separate Board of Advisors (all Native)

  • Currently Native American Schools in South Dakota, North Dakota, Montana, Wyoming

What is the FEWA Foundation Doing?

• Matching willing worker with employers that need the help

• Connecting communities

  • voluntary

  • No Religious Agenda

  • Not another government program

  • Not an Assimilation program to move Native Americans to make them less Native American (Historical Governmental Assimilation Programs restricted native Language and Cultural identity

• Connecting different Cultural Communities (Employers also share their culture)

• Employers provide or arrange housing

• Employers provide transportation to and from work daily

• Employers can get permanent workers from Summer Interns

• Common ground makes for understanding