Native American Career Resources
USA Jobs Indian Preference: If you are of Native American or Alaskan descent, you may be eligible for Indian preference when working a job in the federal government. This website explains how to determine that and what Indian Preference entails.
JOPWELL - Jopwell is a career advancement platform for Black, Latinx, and Native American students and professionals. We assist companies with their diversity recruitment, marketing, and retention efforts at scale.
National Congress of American Indians Job Board: At the National Congress of American Indians or NCAI job board, you will find job listings by employers who are American Indian, Native Hawaiian or Native Alaskan; or employers specifically looking to hire native applicants. Jobs posted must meet one of the following criteria: a significant amount of interaction with a tribal community or a specific skill, such as fluency in a native language or knowledge of native laws.
Bureau of Indian Affairs Job Board: When looking for a job at the Bureau of Indian Affairs, prospective applicants can search for jobs at the bureau itself, in American Indian education or search for jobs looking to hire native American or Alaskan veterans.
Partnership with Native Americans: At the Partnership with Native Americans, or PWNA, you can find a job that directly benefits the lives of native people. Jobs at PWNA work to support people on particularly remote, isolated and impoverished reservations throughout the United States. Job seekers can search for a position by job title, category or location.
Native American Jobs: The Native American jobs board has featured employers that have positions for native people. Prospective employees can search for positions by keyword or location.
Indian Health Service Jobs: When looking at the Indian Health Services job board, you might be overwhelmed by all of the different opportunities on their interactive United States map. Job seekers can search for options by job title or location.
Professional Organizations/Associations
American Indian Science and Engineering Society (AISES): Founded in 1977, the American Indian Science and Engineering Society (AISES) is a national, nonprofit organization focused on substantially increasing the representation of American Indians, Alaska Natives, Native Hawaiians, Pacific Islanders, First Nations and other indigenous peoples of North America in science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) studies and careers. AISES has awarded over $11 million in academic scholarships to American Indian STEM students.
National Alaska Native American Indian Nurses Association (NANAINA): The National Alaska Native American Indian Nurses Association’s mission is to promote a continuum of health among Native Americans; to serve the professional needs of Native American nurses; to cooperate with other professional associations, health care organizations and governmental entities in matters affecting the purposes of NANAINA; and to recommend culturally appropriate health-service delivery solutions where barriers to Native American consumers exist.
Native American and Indigenous Studies Association - The Native American and Indigenous Studies Association (NAISA) is an interdisciplinary, international membership-based organization, comprised of scholars working in the fields of Native American and Indigenous Studies, broadly defined.
Native American Disability Law Center: The Law Center's mission is to advocate for the rights of Native Americans with disabilities in the Four Corners area and ensure they are enforced, strengthened and brought in harmony with their communities. This private, non-profit works to ensure that Native Americans with disabilities have access to justice and are empowered and equal members of their communities and nations.
Native American Financial Official Association (NAFOA): The Native American Financial Official Association’s mission is to improve the quality of financial and business management of tribal governments, their entities and their businesses.
Native American Journalists Association: The Native American Journalists Association serves and empowers Native American journalists through programs and actions designed to enrich journalism and promote Native cultures.
National Indian Education Association - The National Indian Education Association advances comprehensive, culture-based educational opportunities for American Indians, Alaska Natives, and Native Hawaiians.
National Native American Bar Association (NNABA): The National Native American Bar Association serves as the national association for Native American attorneys, judges, law professors and law students. Founded in 1973 as the American Indian Lawyers Association, NNABA works to promote issues important to the Native American community and works to improve professional opportunities for Native American lawyers.
National Native American Law Enforcement Association (NNALEA): The mission of the National Native American Law Enforcement Association is to promote and foster mutual cooperation between Native American law enforcement officers, agents and personnel, their agencies, tribes, private industry and public.
Women Empowering Women for Indigenous Nations: Women Empowering Women for Indigenous Nations (WEWIN) exists to provide Native women with the knowledge, support, and resources necessary to achieve success in their personal and professional lives. The WEWIN Annual Conference is an opportunity for Native women to engage in professional renewal, inspire others and network.