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The Prairielands ATTC is proud of several accomplishments
related to Native Americans and substance use issues in our region:
- Trained
health care professionals in South Dakota, and North Dakota on
substance abuse issues in Native American populations.
- Sought the wisdom of a group of Native American elders in North Dakota to create a treatment management plan for individual reservations and individual cultural groups dealing with substance use issues on each reservation.
- Collaborated with the University of North Dakota Indian Association to develop the program for the Wicipi Pow-Wow activities every Apri
- PATTC- SD Native American programs and partnerships in South Dakota:
- ICRC written and oral exam prep training programs
- Purpose: To Increase the the number of counselor trainees, especially Native American counselor trainees who pass the IC&RC exam.
- As a result, more and more counselor trainees are now passing the exam and become certified counselors. Because of the success of this program, substance abuse treatment programs and counselor trainees are requesting the pre-exam written and oral training programs
- ADAS module course offerings at Reservation sites
- Native American group: Correctional institution
- Upper Plains Summer Insititute
- Red Road Gathering
- AI/AN Resource Toolkit Project collaborated between Dr. Lisa Najavits (Boston, VA), VA in Black Hills and PATTC
- Adberdeen Area Indian Health Service and Tribal Alcohol/Substance Abuse Program
News:
- Tribal Colleges: Nebraska, North Dakota and South Dakota
- October 6, 2005 - Best Practices: Trauma and Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) - Bismarck, ND
- October 7, 2005 - Seeking Safety: An Empirically Supported Treatment for Persons Suffering from Substance Abuse and Co-occurring Disorders- Bismarck, ND
click here to download the video clip of the Native American Dance
 
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September 8 -11, 2005 36th Annual United Tribes International Powwow - United Tribes Technical College, Bismarck, North Dakota
"Home of the Champions"
Contact:
Andrew Vasquez
Powwow Committee President
701-255-3285 ext. 1343
- September 22-24, 2005 -16th Annual Red Road Gathering - South Dakota
8:00 am to 9:00 pm
Clay County 4-H Center
515 High St. Vermillion, SD 57069
Focus: Forgiveness and Walking the Red Road
For more information please visit the Red Road Gathering web site: http://www.usd.edu/redroad
- August 9-11, 2005 - Upper Plains Summer Institute - Sioux Falls, South Dakota
Featured topics:
Co-Occurring Disorders
Matrix Model for Methamphetamine Treatment
Treatment of Clients with Self-Injurious Behaviors
Wellbriety Movement
Red Road Approach to Recovery
One Sky Center (National Information Center for Native American Information Treatment, and Prevention)
Ethics for Mental Health Counselors and Social Workers
Presentations:
Methamphetamine: The Epidemic and It's Impact 
Thomas Freese, Ph.D.
Pacific Southwest Addiction Technology Transfer Center
UCLA Integrated Substance Abuse Programs
Click here for more information about this institute
- April 24-26 - Indian Education Summit - Pierre, SD sponsored by the State of South Dakota Department of Education
- The 2nd annual Indian Education Summit, featured workgroup sessions on topics such as parental involvement, school climate, Lakota language, Lakota culture and what has been found to work in various schools. Gov. Mike Rounds (R) gave the keynote address on Monday. He said the best solutions to improve Indian education come from the local level. Learn More...
April 20-22 - Aberdeen Area Alcohol Program Directors' Assocation Spring Conference - Spearfish, SD
Feb. 16-18, 2005 - 4th Annual Indian Child Welfare Conference - Mandan, ND
Oct 20, 2004 -
Addiction Research Symposium
--- Healing the spirit:
Prevention And Treatment of Substance Abuse Among Native People
The University of South Dakota Alcohol and Drug Abuse Studies Course, Ethical & Legal Issues in the Alcohol/Drug Profession (1 hour of undergraduate credit) was delivered on the Sisseton-Wahpeton Reservation.
The
Seventh Generation Fund is currently requesting
responses from California Natives (i.e. TRIBAL PEOPLES NATIVE
TO CA.....),
please check the
Native California Cultural Assessment
http://www.7genfund.org/ncca_print.html
The
International Indian Treaty Council has
confirmed the date for thier 2003 conference, October 3 - 6,
2003 on the Sac and Fox Reservation
in Oklahoma. The conference office phone number, with
Jackie Warledo as the main contact person, is (405) 303-2330,
email:jackie@treatycouncil.org. URL:
http://www.treatycouncil.org/
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Hernandez-Avila Calls ALL
ABORIGINAL WOMEN WRITERS
TO CONTRIBUTE TO A SPECIAL ISSUE OF ATLANTIS.
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