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Honoring Nations: Lee Sprague: Migizi Business Camp

Honoring Nations: Lee Sprague: Migizi Business Camp
Honoring Nations: Lee Sprague: Migizi Business Camp
Lee Sprague (Little River Band of Ottawa Indians) presents an overview of the Migizi Business Camp to the Honoring Nations Board of Governors in conjunction with the 2005 Honoring Nations Awards.
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Akimel O'odham/Pee-Posh Youth Council

Akimel O'odham/Pee-Posh Youth Council
Akimel O'odham/Pee-Posh Youth Council
Recognizing that their youth possess critical insight on a full range of governing issues, tribal leaders chartered the Akimel O’odham/Pee-Posh Youth Council in 1988 to give youth a formal voice within the tribal government. The Council is comprised of 20 youth between the ages of 14-21, who are...
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Winnebago's Whirling Thunder Wellness Program

Winnebago's Whirling Thunder Wellness Program
Winnebago's Whirling Thunder Wellness Program
To prevent and control the devastating effects of diabetes and substance abuse, in 1995, the Winnebago Tribe created the Whirling Thunder Wellness Program, which raises community awareness about diabetes and substance abuse, administers primary and secondary prevention services, and encourages...
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The Healing Lodge of the Seven Nations

The Healing Lodge of the Seven Nations
The Healing Lodge of the Seven Nations
Owned by a consortium of seven tribes, the Healing Lodge is a treatment center that helps Native American youth and their families heal from the trauma of alcohol and drug abuse. With a focus on blending culture and spirituality with mental health/chemical dependency treatment, services include in-...
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Great Tribal Leaders of Modern Times: Eddie Tullis

Great Tribal Leaders of Modern Times: Eddie Tullis
Great Tribal Leaders of Modern Times: Eddie Tullis
Produced by the Institute for Tribal Government at Portland State University in 2004, the landmark “Great Tribal Leaders of Modern Times” interview series presents the oral histories of contemporary leaders who have played instrumental roles in Native nations' struggles for sovereignty, self-...
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Fond du Lac Off-Reservation Indian Foster Care

Fond du Lac Off-Reservation Indian Foster Care
Fond du Lac Off-Reservation Indian Foster Care
By creatively reacting to state laws regarding foster home licensing, the Band established a foster care agency that dramatically reduced the number of Indian children in non-Indian foster care while simultaneously increasing the number of Indian children in Indian foster care. The agency has...
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Mille Lacs Ojibwe Language Program

Mille Lacs Ojibwe Language Program
Mille Lacs Ojibwe Language Program
Created in 1995, this tribally funded program serves 350 students (from toddlers to teenagers) and uses elder-youth interaction, song books, and comic books to teach the Ojibwe language. In addition, the Program broadcasts language classes to local public schools in an effort to teach the Ojibwe...
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Rosebud Sioux Tribal Education Department and Code

Rosebud Sioux Tribal Education Department and Code
Rosebud Sioux Tribal Education Department and Code
Responding to disproportionately low academic attendance, achievement, and attainment levels, the Tribe created an education department (TED) in 1990 and developed a Code that regulates and coordinates various aspects of the tribal schools, public schools, and federally-funded Indian education...
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