Support California Indians and the 2010 Census (info)

We are California Indian and We Count!
Hello,
 
My name is Joely Proudfit. As the consultant for the AIAN LA Region 2010 Census, I have helped develop an interactive Web site to update, share, and encourage your participation in the 2010 Census.

We have a number of features on the site, including Public Service Announcements featuring numerous tribal leaders from our region. You can download up-to-date Census News, tools and resources here, too. 

California is too important to have an undercount. We are home to the largest number of tribal governments, and we have the largest population of urban Indians. Whether you are from a tribe in California or a Native American residing in California, you must be part of the decisions made about our communities and our land. Stand and be counted in the 2010 Census for your people, for your future.
You can also follow us on twitter:  http://twitter.com/NDNCensus

Regards,
Joely Proudfit, Ph.D.,2010 AIAN Census Consultant

Marrying Into The Tribe (musings)

HOOPA, Calif. -- Born, and mostly raised, in the inner-city projects of Fresno, Calif., almost everyone I knew was Mexican or African American. We picked grapes every summer, along with the migrant workers, to raise money for school clothes.

How I met my “native”: I was living and working in San Diego, and went to Redding for Christmas to visit my parents. My sister talked me into going out to a bar. She saw Dana, my future husband, across the room and said, "Hey, there is someone I want you to meet." I took one look at him and thought, "That's the guy I'm going to marry."  Full narrative at: http://tinyurl.com/yag7xvc

Public Health Apprentice Program (opportunity)

The Public Health Apprentice Program (PHAP) is a competitive, two year, paid fellowship within the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).  PHAP provides opportunities for promising future public health managers to gain broad experience in the day-to-day operation of public health programs.  Upon completion of a 2 year Apprenticeship delivering front-line program services in state, tribal, territorial or local health departments.  Apprentices will be qualified to compete for entry-level career positions as CDC Public Health Advisors and equivalent positions in public health operations at the State Tribal, Local and Territorial levels.
Applications are due March 8, 2010, but maybe extended a week.  Please check the website for updates. 
www.cdc.gov/PHAP
 

Go Haskell! (community)

KANSAS CITY, Mo. - The National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics
(NAIA) has officially released the field of 32 teams for the 19th Annual
State Farm-NAIA Division II Women's Basketball National Championship,
held March 10 - 16 at the Tyson Events Center/Gateway Arena in Sioux
City, Iowa.

Haskell Indian Nations (Kan.), Indiana University Northwest and St.
Thomas (Fla.) is each making its first appearance in the event. Indiana
University Northwest captured the Association of Independent
Institutions Tournament title and St. Thomas won The Sun Conference.
Haskell Indian Nations received an at-large bid.

Native School Retools (edu)

Klamath River Early College of the Redwoods has gone through some major changes this school year. 

The charter school's founder Geneva Wiki handed over her role as director to Sarah Supahan, who works part-time as superintendent of Burnt Ranch School District, and Bernadette Johnson, the dean of students. 

 

Supahan and Johnson have tried a few new ways of doing things at the high school in Klamath and believe that through trial and error they found a system that works. 

 

KRECR teaches students California-mandated standards and offers them the classes they need to go to college while offering the opportunity to earn up to an associate's degree (tuition-free) while in high school. 

 

Students at KRECR not only learn what they need to get into college, but, being on the Yurok Tribe reservation, learn about the tribe's language and culture. 

 

 

Click the link below to read the rest of the article: http://www.triplicate.com/20100224108296/News/Local-News/Klamath-school-retools

Power & Financial Struggle

Despite running head-to-head with President Obama's State of the Union speech and a talk on campus by Native American writer Leslie Marmon Silko, our Jan. 27 panel discussion on energy, activism and the role of the media on the Navajo and Hopi Nations drew more than 100 Tucsonians. "Power Struggle," co-hosted by the University of Arizona School of Journalism, focused on coal mining on Black Mesa and the prospects for green alternatives, including wind and solar power, but it ranged broadly across issues of tribal sovereignty and identity.  Full story at: http://www.hcn.org/hcn/issues/42.4/power-and-financial-struggle

Prayers

Wilma Mankiller has Stage IV pancreatic cancer and is receiving care at home from hospice.  An announcement came out by email to all tribal employees.  

Prayers go out to her and her family.  Thank you for your wisdom, guidance, perseverance and dedication to the Cherokee and to all Native peoples.