Memo cities to remote rural areas to improve the lives of native Americans, He is now building longterm partnerships and strategic alliances among http://leadershipforchange.org/program/press/docs/memo040403.php3
Extractions: Editorial Memorandum Five Indigenous Leaders Who Challenge Stereotypes and Offer Solutions to Problems Faced by All Americans Among the indigenous Leadership for a Changing World awardees available for interviews are the following practical visionaries, working in diverse settings from inner cities to remote rural areas to improve the lives of Native Americans, often offering solutions for problems faced by non-Indians as well: Local and Global Leadership, Caribou People Style Sarah James (AK), spokesperson, Gwich'in Steering Committee, Arctic Village, AK, is available for interviews: (907) 587-5315 or mobile (907) 278-5773, sarahjamesav@hotmail.com . The Gwich'in Athabascan Nation encompassing 17 villages and several million acres of remote land in northeastern Alaska and Canada depend on hunting, particularly of a 130,000-strong caribou herd, for most of their food, as well as clothes, tools and religion. James's people have among the lowest per-capita incomes and highest harvest of subsistence foods in North America. For at least 10,000 years, they have lived by hunting and gathering and conserving on a coastal plain bordering the Arctic Ocean and the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (A.N.W.R.). If this plain is invaded by oil drilling, the Gwich'in believe, the caribou calving grounds will be destroyed, along with their culture and traditions. James has educated the Gwich'in and others about renewable energy and bioaccumulation of persistent organic pollutants (POPs), especially in cold artic regions, and how this disproportionately affects indigenous people who consume large amounts of fish and meat.
AMERICAN INDIAN ARTICLES Go Back Sherry Allison. Policy Policy Development and Advocacy A native american Perspective. Washington,DC american Council on Education, Division of Policy Analysis and Research. http://www.asha.ucf.edu/allison.html
Extractions: Sherry Allison. Policy Development and Advocacy: A Native American Perspective. University of New Mexico As recognized by Federal law and policy, Indian Nations are sovereign. Through treaties, statutes, and court decisions, tribes have a unique, historic and legal relationship with the US government. In exchange for land, the Government agreed to provide tribes with education, health care, and public safety; thus, legal obligations were made. According to the 1990 US Census, 1.9 million Americans claim to be Native American. It has been reported that 637,000 reside on federally recognized reservations or trust lands. There are over 554 Indian tribes and Alaskan Native groups that speak more that 250 different languages (US Bureau of Census, 1990). No other subgroup of the US population manifests such comparable diversity. Furthermore, no two tribes are exactly alike with each tribe differing in culture, language, history, beliefs, and land base. Of great concern are the quality, quantity and appropriateness of services to Indian People. Services are governed by "blanket" federal laws that are developed with little consideration to the unique situation of any one particular group. To adequately and appropriately serve the Indian People, laws and policies should take into account the unique circumstances and diversity of tribes. Since no two tribes are exactly alike, what is good for one tribe may not be good for another. Consequently, there are no simple solutions to the many challenges facing tribes today. The development of Federal, State and local laws and policies are critical, as a direct relationship exist between laws, policy development and service delivery.
U Of M Library Activities At Little Big Horn College Index of native american Resources on the Internet Index of native american sites . american Indian Research and Policy Institute Provides information on http://www.si.umich.edu/CHPI/lbhc/liblinks.htm
Extractions: Directories Index of Native American Resources on the Internet Index of Native American sites. Subject categories include culture, history, language, legal and art Native American Sites Links to Native American sites including homepages of individuals and nations Native American Resources (Indian Health Service) Gateway to Internet resources including sections on art, business, culture, education, government, statistics and health A Critical Bibliography on North American Indians, For K-12 Organized by geographic regions dealing primarily with cultural issues Useful Web Site for Tribal Libraries A comprehensive bibliography of Native American Resources including organizations, libraries, museums, periodicals, training and tools
Strategic Alliances Institute of Internal Auditors (IIA). Global voice and advocate for the internal National Council of Philippine american Canadian Accountants (NCAPACA) http://ceae.aicpa.org/Community/Strategic Alliances.htm
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AIBS: Diversity Outreach Directory american Institute of Biological Sciences The native american Fish and WildlifeSociety (NAFWS) is a national tribal organization incorporated in 1983 http://www.aibs.org/diversity/diversity_outreach_directory.html
Extractions: http://nextwave.sciencemag.org/miscinet/ MiSciNet is a collaborative effort involving Science magazine's Next Wave Web Site and the AAAS Directorate for Education and Human Resources. Launched in February 2002, MiSciNet is a weekly online journal that addresses issues targeted toward underrepresented populations. MiSciNet initiatives include outreach activities and a presence at national scientific meetings. The site includes a meetings database page. Access to the site requires a Next Wave subscription or AAAS membership. Robin Arnette, Editor
Affirmative Employment Plan Blacks, Hispanics, Asians, and native Americans applicants are recruited andinterviewed Involve county extension councils, regional extension councils, http://outreach.missouri.edu/about/diversity/affirmative_employment_plan.htm
Extractions: The Affirmative Employment Plan has identified specific procedures to strengthen the outcomes of recruitment, selection and hiring processes in University Outreach and Extension. This plan is a joint plan of Lincoln University and University of Missouri Outreach and Extension. It has been developed with input from regional directors, system program directors, campus based program leaders, the Missouri Extension County Council Leadership Council (MECCLC), and administration from Lincoln University and University of Missouri-System. I. Recruitment A. Expected Outcomes University Outreach and Extension faculty and staff actively recruit Blacks, Hispanics, Asians, and Native Americans applicants for all categories of staff and faculty. Blacks, Hispanics, Asians, and Native Americans applicants are recruited and interviewed for University Outreach and Extension regional specialist positions. Established recruitment networks continue to provide Blacks, Hispanics, Asians, and Native Americans applicant pools. Barriers causing non-utilization and under-representation will be identified and addressed.
Minnesota Institute Of Public Health - Links The american Council for Drug Education is a substance abuse prevention and This site is dedicated to the Welbriety Movement and the native american http://www.miph.org/links_category.html?type=23
Zoltan Grossman Presentations Unlikely alliances Treaty Conflicts and Environmental Cooperation Between native 19932001; Mining and native Americans, at Lac du Flambeau Res., http://www.uwec.edu/grossmzc/zoltantalks.html
Extractions: SELECTED WORKSHOPS/PRESENTATIONS Rich Tribes, Rich Jews: Comparing the New Anti-Indianism to Historic Anti-Semitism PowerPoint at Association of American Geographers (AAG) annual conference, Denver, and Act 31 Conference at U.W.-LaCrosse. " Unlikely Alliances: Treaty Conflicts and Environmental Cooperation Between Native American and Rural White Communities ," Keynote at U.W.-Stevens Point Earth Day, and talk at 2004 U.-W-Eau Claire Faculty Forum. "Diversity in the Classroom: "Multicultural Pedagogy Panel Discussion" at U.W.-Eau Claire. Revitalizing Native Traditions: Back to the Future PowerPoint at Association of American Geographers (AAG) annual conference, Philadelphia, and in 2005 Native American Awareness Week, U.W.-Eau Claire. History of U.S. Military Interventions since 1890 PowerPoint at Association of American Geographers (AAG) annual conference, Philadelphia.
Encyclopedia Of North American Indians - - Boarding Schools native american parents often charged government boarding schools with Haskell Institute converted to the Haskell Indian Junior College in 1964, http://college.hmco.com/history/readerscomp/naind/html/na_004500_boardingscho.ht
Extractions: Entries Publication Data Advisory Board Maps ... World Civilizations Encyclopedia of North American Indians Beginning in the nineteenth century, boarding schools played a fundamental role in the programs designed by the U.S. government to foster the assimilation of native peoples into the mainstream of American society. Reformers and politicians who favored the policy of reservation allotment also advanced the concept of placing Indian children in residential schools where they would speak English, learn a vocation, and practice farming. Advocates of boarding schools argued that industrial training, in combination with several years of isolation from family, would diminish the influence of tribalism on a new generation of American Indians. For fifty years after the first federally administered residential school was established in 1879 at Carlisle, Pennsylvania, thousands of Native American children and youth were sent to live, work, and be educated in the schools. Prior to Carlisle, most American Indians had little experience with the boarding-school concept. Some had attended mission schools, and three unique institutions had developed earlier in the century: the Choctaw Academy and the Cherokee Male and Female Seminaries. The Choctaw Academy in Kentucky, founded in 1825, was a male boarding school that Indian and white children attended. The academy was funded by proceeds from Choctaw land cessions in the Southeast during the 1820s. By 1851, the Cherokees in Oklahoma had opened male and female seminaries near Tahlequah to educate members of their nation. Cherokee students studied a curriculum that was patterned after that of Mount Holyoke Seminary in Massachusetts.
Diversity Since 19911992, the number of students receiving native american Fee waivers Annually, the Council solicits information from the ca//mpus and prepares http://www.montana.edu/wwwbor/UMDiversreport.htm
Extractions: MONTANA UNIVERSITY SYSTEM SEMI-ANNUAL CAMPUS DIVERSITY REPORT The University of Montana-Missoula January 2001 I. Executive Summary The University of Montana-Missoula continues to make steady, and in some cases significant, strides toward diversity action goals set forth by the Board of Regents. Enrollment Management: Serious efforts to recruit minority students at undergraduate and graduate levels have resulted in a 20% increase in Native American enrollment. These programs include a dedicated Graduate School support person, a distance learning Teacher Education Program on the Blackfeet Reservation, and outreach to and involvement of all minorities in the State as early as junior high school. Completions: Services dedicated to minority students ensure a supportive academic environment. Since 1998, the University has granted ten Masters Degrees to Native American students. In addition, in the 1999-2000 Academic Year, UM-Ms freshman to sophomore retention rates increased slightly from the previous academic year. American Indian students have a retention rate of 50.9%, while six-year graduation rates for American Indian students increased significantly, from 19.4% to 29.6%.
The American Thinker The New Politics Institute (NPI), unlike conventional think tanks that churn all other native american mascots) from performing in postseason games. http://americanthinker.com/index.php
Extractions: Our frequent contirbutor Olivier Guitta has a startling article today on the Weekly Standard website about Muslim (and black) rappers in France, a nation with very strong anti-"hate speech" laws, usually used to suppress even mild criticism of Islam. Some of our own rappers are frightening enough, but the French versions are horrifying. We won't reprint the lyrics, but read Olivier's article if you want to see what is involved. How long will it be before France blames America for inventing rap music? Thomas Lifson 9 23 05 The Wall Street Journal link ) highlights the extensive recent domestic Chinese press coverage of growing social and political tensions arising out of the sustained rapid economic growth China has experienced. If the hand-wringing about income inequality in China translates into policies that will penalize hard work, talent and risk-taking, or get in the way of reform, the answer could be yes. If, on the contrary, the social resentments generated by Communist Party corruption and cronyism are addressed, China could have a useful debate.
Selected Non-Governmental Organizations - Civil Rights: InfoUSA The native american Rights Fund (NARF) is a nonprofit organization that provides Founded in 1985, the Arab american Institute (AAI) is a nonprofit http://usinfo.state.gov/usa/infousa/society/ngo.htm
Extractions: The Alliance for Justice is a national association of environmental, civil rights, mental health, women's, children's and consumer advocacy organizations. Since its inception in 1979, the Alliance has worked to advance the cause of justice for all Americans, strengthen the public interest community's ability to influence public policy, and foster the next generation of advocates. The Citizens' Commission on Civil Rights was founded in 1982 in response to governmental action that put into question the basic foundations of civil rights policy as it had operated since the enactment in the 1960s of laws providing basic protections. The Commission is committed to the revitalization of a progressive civil rights agenda at the national level. Its work is grounded in the belief that such an agenda benefits the entire country, not just particular interest groups. We must continue to struggle together to fight bias and invidious discrimination, to promote equality of opportunity in education, employment, and housing, to promote political and economic empowerment and to guarantee equal treatment in the administration of justice.
Grant Deadlines, January 2005 Jan 14 Institute of american Cultures Fellowships University of CaliforniaSanFrancisco Jan 14 Diversity in Congress; native american Leadership http://www.siu.edu/orda/external/deadlines/january05.html
Environmental Leadership Program: Welcome Chris is the cochair of the New York Chapter of the american Institute of His dissertation research examines the potential for building alliances http://www.elpnet.org/meet_class2005.html
Extractions: Kathryn Alcántar is a environmental program fellow at the San Francisco Foundation. Previously, Kathryn was the environmental health associate at West Harlem Environmental Action, a community-based environmental justice organization that builds community power to fight environmental racism and improve environmental health, protection and policy in communities of color. She developed environmental health and science materials and trainings designed to empower communities in New York City. She also worked as water program director and environmental policy analyst at the Latino Issues Forum. Ana Baptista, Doctoral Candidate, Rutgers University, School of Planning and Public Policy Ana Baptista is a doctoral candidate in the urban planning and policy development program at the E.J. Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy at Rutgers University, where she studies environmental justice policies. Previously, Ana worked with the Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management to develop an environmental equity policy. Ana is an active member of New Jersey's Environmental Justice Alliance and works in her native Ironbound community in Newark, NJ on neighborhood revitalization and environmental justice issues.
Extractions: Presentation by: HELENE E. HAGAN TAZZLA INSTITUTE FOR CULTURAL DIVERSITY BURBANK, CA. 91604, USA THE IMPORTANCE OF INTERNATIONAL ALLIANCES FOR THE AMAZIGH MOVEMENT OF NORTH AFRICA Summary: In this presentation, I will first introduce the Imazighen, and the Amazigh culture of the thirty million or so autochthonous people of North Africa. I will review the various local, national and international branches of our fast growing international movement, and the manner in which means of communication and international alliances have formed and serve the communities of base in North Africa and sub-Saharan countries, the "Diaspora" of Europe, and the Amazigh communities of Canada and the United States. Amazigh culture and Imazighen of Africa. "Amazigh" means "Free Human Being," and Imazighen means "Free Human Beings," "Tamazgha" means the Amazigh territory which extends from the Oasis of Siwa and the banks of the Nile in Egypt to Libya, Tunisia, Algeria, Morocco, the Canary Islands off the shore of Africa in the Atlantic Ocean, the Sahara, and sub-Saharan countries of Niger, Mali, Burkina-Faso and Mauritania. The language spoken by all these groups, in different dialects of it, is Tamazight. We are a minority in all of these nation states, except in Morocco where the odd case of a majority of indigenous people live under Arabic rule. In all of these states, the ruling powers exercise iron-fisted policies toward our people, and the struggle for Amazigh linguistic, cultural, and democratic rights is an ongoing one. This struggle involves different countries, and different problems and solutions, but it is one and the same for all Imazighen: freedom of expression, linguistic, cultural and human rights. The suppression takes different aspects, but is always a major one, sometimes a bloody one, as the events in Algeria of the past year and of today witness, and the struggle of Tuaregs in Niger has proved to be, where Peace Accords with the government has followed several years of massacres and armed rebellion.
Directories African american Web Connection African american Organizations americanOrganizations Gogog Directory native american Intertribal Organizations http://www.libraries.psu.edu/gateway/referenceshelf/assocdir.htm
The Pacific American Foundation - Project And Programs If a native Hawaiian actually participated in the american Civil War as we havelearned, The National Pacific american Leadership Institute (NAPALI), http://www.thepaf.org/info/projects.htm
Extractions: (The Light) The Foundation was awarded a three-year grant from the US Department of Education under the Native Hawaiian Gifted and Talented Program. Kamalama began on October 1, 2002 and ends on September 30, 2005; consistent with the extant leadership development literature, Kamalama is founded on the premise that a central factor in the development of effective leaders is their emotional maturity and willingness to engage fully in a process of self-awareness and self-directed growth. Kamalama is an exceptional approach designed to help gifted and talented Native Hawaiian youths focus their educational interests and more fully develop their particular talents and gifts through an intensive mentoring relationship with Native Hawaiian leaders delivered in the context of cultural and values education. Click here for more detailed information on Kamalama The Native Hawaiian Outplanting Project Native Hawaiian Outplanting is a native plant restoration project within the Mo'omomi Bay area of Moloka'i managed by PAF in partnership with Hui Malama o Mo'omomi. Initiated in July 2001 with funding from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, the project is well ahead of the original five-year restoration plan.
ScienceMasters.com: Minority Participation Recently, Sloan has partnered with the Council of Graduate Schools to promote African american; 3.5% are Hispanic; and less than 1% are native american. http://www.sciencemasters.com/minority_participation.html
Extractions: January 9-10, 2004 The University of Texas at El Paso (UTEP) in conjunction with Howard University is hosting a Working Group Meeting January 9-10, 2004 in El Paso, Texas as part of a Sloan Foundation-funded initiative to expand awareness of the Professional Science Master's (PSMs) degree to minority students and minority-serving institutions. The convenors of the meeting are Chuck Ambler, Dean of the Graduate School at UTEP and Orlando Taylor, Vice Provost for Research and Dean of the Graduate School at Howard. At the meeting, representatives from minority-serving institutions, industry, existing PSM programs, government agencies and other organizations will work toward accomplishing four goals: To identify issues related to minority recruitment and minority institutional involvement with Professional Science Master's (PSM) programs; To formulate short and long-term practical strategies to support the involvement of minorities and minority-serving institutions with PSMs;
Extractions: For immediate release The Federal Reserve Board named ten new members to its Consumer Advisory Council for three-year terms and designated a new Chair and Vice Chair of the Council for 2003. The Council advises the Board on the exercise of its responsibilities under the Consumer Credit Protection Act and on other matters in the area of consumer financial services. The Council meets three times a year in Washington, D.C. Ronald Reiter was designated Chair; his term runs through December 2003. Mr. Reiter is Supervising Deputy Attorney General for the California Department of Justice. Agnes Bundy Scanlan was designated Vice Chair; her term on the Council ends in December 2004. Ms. Scanlan is Managing Director and Chief Compliance Officer for FleetBoston Financial. The ten new members are: Susan Bredehoft Cherry Hill, New Jersey Ms. Bredehoft is Senior Vice President for Compliance Risk Management for Commerce Bancorp. She has responsibility for developing and implementing the compliance risk management program for consumer protection and disclosure regulations, privacy, fair lending, community reinvestment, and anti-money laundering regulations. Previously, Ms. Bredehoft was Senior Vice President and Director of Compliance for Summit Bancorp, where she managed the community reinvestment and compliance programs. She has spoken on community development, fair lending, compliance, and audit topics. Ms. Bredehoft is the Chair of the Finance and Audit Committee for the New Jersey Community Loan Fund, serves on the Compliance Committee of the New Jersey Banker's Association, and is a Trustee of St. Peter's College in Jersey City, N.J.
Meeting With Religious Leaders A native american organization that promotes peace and justice, american MuslimCouncil of Las Vegas In response to the Presidents call for One http://clinton4.nara.gov/WH/New/html/20000309_1.html
Extractions: A CALL TO ACTION TO THE AMERICAN FAITH COMMUNITY Today, President Clinton will meet with a broad group of American religious leaders to discuss their efforts to mobilize the faith community around the Presidents goal of building One America. In September 1998, the President enlisted Sanford Cloud, President and CEO of the National Conference for Community and Justice (NCCJ), to continue the work of the Presidents Initiative on Race within the religious community. Todays meeting provides an opportunity for religious leaders who have participated in this effort to announce new commitments and programs they are undertaking as a result of the Presidents call to action. The meeting is one of several the President is hosting to mobilize important segments of American society towards the goals of his Initiative on Race. Last July, the President met with leaders of the legal profession. And he plans to host corporate leaders from across the nation in the near future. COMMITMENTS BY RELIGIOUS LEADERS AND ORGANIZATIONS: The National Conference for Community and Justice (NCCJ): Founded over 70 years ago, NCCJ is an organization dedicated to fighting bias, bigotry and racism and promoting understanding and respect. The group serves communities in 65 different regions located in 35 different states through work with youth, educators, business and community leaders and others.
