IDRS Fall Newsletter (news)

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QUARTERLY NEWSLETTER

FALL, 2010
IDRS Provides Intensive Team Building Training to New Tribal Forest Restoration Crews

IDRS has been implementing a National Demonstration Project:2.jpgRestoring Forests, Building Tribal Economies and Sustaining Communities for more than four years, it supports Tribes to pursue forest restand conservation on their ancestral lands, and at the same time generate green jobs and forest-related enterprises in their economically distressed communities.

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Letter from the Director 

Hello,

It is with great pleasure that we present our most recent quarterly Newsletter. As you can see from the various articles, IDRS' program consists of training tribal leaders and government officials in team building, communication, negotiation, and mediation skills. In addition, we have an extensive program that supports Tribes to negotiate more cooperative relationships with local, state and federal agencies (e.g. Forest Service, BLM, State Department of Water Resources, etc). This past year we also had a very special program for Indian foster youth. We organized a Summer Youth Advocacy program in which we trained the youth in conflict resolution, presentation and public advocacy skills. We also provided support as they advocated specific reforms before critical decision-makers in the state's foster care system.

Sincerely,

Steven Haberfeld

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IDRS Trains Twenty New Mediators at Torres Martinez

IDRS recently has provided mediation training to the leadership of3.jpgthe Torres Martinez Tribal TANF Program in Thermal, California.  The TANF Program launched this training to reduce the number of disruptive work-place disputes and teh excessive amount of time/money that its program managers spent trying to sort these all out.  The solution as they saw it was to invest in training the management staff in the discipline, processes, and skills of a professional mediator.

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Working Things Out by Talking Things Through at Chuckchansi by Stephanie Lucero

As I travel to various Forests across California's Sierra Nevada, I4.jpghave heard a lot about how the "Range of Lights" has dimmed over the past 100 years years as forest health has declined.  As I'm working with Tribes and tribal communities to revise the Forest Service's (FS) National Planning Rule and update forest land management plans on the National Forests, I am anticipating we will develop a great many new opportunities for Tribes to help restore the brilliance of the Sierra Nevada.

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IDRS' Recent Election Activities

IDRS has over eighteen years of experience conducting and certifying democratic elections for Tribes. During the past nine months we have been busy on this front in Northern California.

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Tuolumne Me-Wuk Tribe Graduates a Forest Crew of 36

On April 8, 2010, the Tuolumne Band of Me-Wuk Indians graduated 36 students from its forest management and hazardous fuels crew Academy; 16 graduates more than originally anticipated, and all ready for dispatch on wild land fires in the area.

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IDRS Organizes Summer Training Academy To Support Advocacy by Indian Foster Youth

In July, IDRS hosted the Indian Foster Youth Academy. The Indian5.jpgFoster Youth Academy was designed to train Indian youth who are currently or were formerly in foster care in presentation and advocacy skills to bring their case for culture and health directly to tribes, counties, and California policymakers. The Academy focused on teaching positive, action-oriented skills to transition-age Indian foster youth so they are educated and empowered to improve their conditions. Key to policy that facilitates access to services will be the ability of Native youth to communicate and address conditions.

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ABOUT US

IDRS is a national Indian governed non-profit organization founded in 1989 by five prominent national and regional Indian organizations: California Indian Legal Services, First Nations Development Institute, the Seventh Generation Fund, Northern Circle Indian Housing Authority, and Round Valley Indian Reservation.

Our mission is to build capacity in Indian country. We do this by supporting tribal leaders and governments to successfully resolve challenges and create needed change in their communities. We bring together a broad range of tribal decision makers, assist them in identifying issues of common concern, resolve differences, build consensus, and reach "win/win" agreements on direction and priorities.

If you would like more information about our technical services and training programs, or want to know about some of our current and future projects, please get in touch with us. We can be reached by phone (916-482-5800), by fax (916-482-5808) or by e-mail:info@idrsinc.org. Please also look at our website: www.idrsinc.org.