Choctaw Nation kids playing stickball in the summertime

Summertime Internships Are a Great Way to Gain Experience

Chahta Okla Toffa yvt Aivlhpesa Im Asha

Published July 8, 2024

By Chief Gary Batton

Audio in Choctaw Language

I love summertime in the Choctaw Nation! Opportunities are as plentiful as the soaring temperatures across the reservation. From various summer sports camps for our K-12 students to early career opportunities for our college students via our Choctaw Nation Internship Program, the summer provides Choctaw Nation students of all ages with the chance to learn and improve. It’s exciting to see our youth take advantage of the many opportunities that our Nation provides each summer.

Choctaw Nation Internship Program

As you can tell, I’m a big fan of the Choctaw Nation’s Internship Program. The program provides opportunities for Choctaw students from area colleges to gain career fundamentals at Choctaw Nation offices throughout the CNO Reservation while also earning college credits. The program offers temporary, paid positions and is mutually beneficial for both the intern and hosting department.

Students are rewarded with academic and professional experience. CNO benefits from the additional support and expertise interns provide to help meet business and operational needs. This year marks the tenth year that the Choctaw Nation Internship Program has hosted students for its internship program. And from 2014 to 2024, the program has seen significant growth. This year our interns here at the Choctaw Nation are learning about housing, arts, culture, social work, public works, health and wellness just to name a few job topics.

Fifty-one interns representing 25 different educational institutions are participating in the summer program.

The program’s goal is to allow interns to get real-world experience and help us hire more tribal members. Some interns are so impressed in their summertime role at the Choctaw Nation that they are offered a full-time job with the Nation after their internship as the program annually helps bring the best and brightest to the Choctaw Nation job force. And it’s always one of my favorite days of the summer when I get to meet each year’s interns for the first time. I appreciate their focus on their future, and we are thrilled to have our interns here again this year!

If you want to learn more about the internship program, you can contact Sharon Dodson at 800-522-6170. While this year’s intern class is set, it’s never too early for Choctaw tribal members in college to start thinking about applying for the 2025 class of interns at the Choctaw Nation.

To apply, you will fill out the application on the Chahta Achvffa membership portal. You can also contact Heather Thompson directly at 580-642-7921 for more information.

Co-Op Program

The Choctaw Nation also has opportunities for our Co-Op and general seasonal employment for people looking for summer work while school is out. We have internships and camps and other programs that can help out-of-school students looking for work.

The Choctaw Nation’s Co-Op Program was developed to identify talent at Southeastern Oklahoma State University (SOSU). The program’s primary focus is project-based work that exposes students to challenging and rewarding work experiences.

In the student’s senior year, the Co-Op Program focuses on assessing career fields of interest, job shadowing and job placement. Co-Op associates will work 20 hours per week, year-round. Positions are competitive. Positions are posted on careers.choctawnation.com. You can also contact Heather Thompson directly at 580-642-7921 for more information.

There are many great opportunities within the Choctaw Nation in the summer and throughout the year; so, look and find something you might enjoy learning about and sign up.

Yakoke and God Bless!

Chahta Okla toffa ya aiokpanchi li fehna! Aivlhpesa lawa kvt kucha lvshpa ohmi hosh yakni ilatomba mominchi. Pi nan ikhvna himitthoa i washoha binachi ilaiyuka hiket pi nan ikhvna akni im vlhtayak aivlhpesa ona ka toffa yvt Chahta Okla nan ikhvna afvmmi moyuma ka ikhvnvt achukmala hinla im atahli. Toffa aiyukak ma, pim Okla yvt aivlhpesa im atahli na pi himitthoa yvt isht ilaiyukpa ka yimintvchit pisa.

Choctaw Nation Internship Aiahni

Choctaw Nation Internship Program a apela ahli sia ka hvsh ikhana. Aiahni yvt Chahta nan ikhvna ulhti holisso aiikhvna chito minti ka aivlhpesa im atahli. Holisso aiikhvna chito holitopa ya asitvbi takla hosh Chahta Okla atoksvli Yakni Ilatomba hlopulli ka vlhtayak ai isht awechi isha hinla. Aiahni yvt vlhtuka vlhtoba tilofasi ya imissa na nan ikhvna anonti kashkoa vlbina ittvtuklo kvt isht ilaiyukpa.

Nan ikhvna yvt holisso ikhana imma anonti vlhtayak imomaka im vlhtoba. Nan ikhvna yvt apela vlhchakaya anonti imponna atahli na nan isht vtta micha yvmohmi abvnna ya afama apela ka CNO vt ai isht ilapisa. Choctaw Nation Internship Program vt im aiahni ya nan ikhvna vlbinachi tuk a afvmmi ilvppvt afvmmi isht pokoli holissochi. Tahlepa sipokni tuklo, akucha awah ushta hiket tahlepa sipokni tuklo, pokoli tuklo akucha ushta ona ka aiahni yvt hofanti na fehna pisa tuk. Himak afvmmi, pi nan ikhvna yvt aboha, toksvli imponna, im aivlhpesa, okla ibatoksvli, okla moma ibatoksvli, anonti haknip achukma imma ikhvna.

Nan ikhvna pokoli tahlapi akucha achvffa holisso aiikhvna pokoli tuchina foka anoli hosh toffa aiahni ya kashvblit ishi.

Nan ikhvna yvt yakni-ahli imomaka isha chi ka aiahni im ahni yvt imissa cha okla ibafoka tohnuchi moma pi apela. Nan ikhvna kanimi kvt i toffa vlhtuka ya chukvsh isha hinla na Chahta Okla yvt toksvli bilia imissa. Toffa nittak a holittopa achvffa kvt afvmmi aiyuka i nan ikhvna ya vmmona afama li. I himak pilla okla pisa ka aiokpanchi li. Afvmmi ilvppa pi nan ikhvna vhleha yvt anonti ilvppa aiasha ka pi na yukpa fehna!

Vlhtayak ikhvna imomaka aiahni imma ya i shahlit ikhvna chi bvnna hokmvt Sharon Dodson ish ittimanumpula hinla, keyuk mvt 800-522-6170 ish paya hinla. Himak afvmmi i nan ikhvna ittibapisa yvt hiohli, kia okla ibafoka holisso aiikhvna chito asha kvt tahlepa sipokni tuklo, pokoli tuklo akucha tahlapi i nan ikhvna ittibapisa onochi isht anukfila hinla.

Vlhtayak ikhvna imomaka vlhtuka yvt Koinchush Hvshi vmmona ya Chahta Achvffa ibafoka im okhisa ya holisso alotoli hosh ish onocha chí. Apissanlit Heather Thompson i payvt vnnoa i shahli ish isha hinla, 580-642-7921.

Holisso apisa fohah takla, okla toffa toksvli hoyo ya Chahta Okla yvt pi Co-Op anonti aivlhpesa toksvli aivlhpesa im asha.

Co-Op Aiahni

Southeastern Oklahoma State University ya imponna atokoli hosh Chahta Okla i Co-Op Program vt toba tok. Nan ikhvna vhleha ya ile paffi micha toksvli vlhtoba imomaka i haiakvchi yvt aiahni im ahni i shahli.

Nan ikhvna yvt afvmmi isht aiopi onak ma, Co-Op Program vt vlhtayak ahalaia apesa, toksvli apesvchi, anonti toksvli vlhtuka ya pisa. Co-Op ibatoksvli yvt nittak hollo achvffa ka hvshi kanvlli pokoli tuklo toksvli na afvmmi hlopulla chi. Vlhtuka yvt tanampi. Vlhtuka ilvppvt https://careers.choctawnation.com ai vnnoa. Apissanlit Heather Thompson i payvt vnnoa i shahli ish isha hinla, 580-642-7921.

Chahta Okla anukaka ya toffa anonti afvmmi hlopulli ka aivlhpesa lawa fehna hosh aiasha. Nana kia ish ikhvna hinla kvt hoyot ish ahochi cha ile holissochi!

Yakoke anonti Chihowa hvt hvchi holitoblashke!