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Ojibwe and Dakota people in what is now Minnesota signed dozens of treaties with the United States. Among these treaties are famous land cession agreements in which sovereign American Indian groups retained ownership or use of natural resources – land, water, timber, minerals – or transferred these rights to the U.S.

But treaties are about more than who owns what. They tell a story about how people relate to one another, and how people relate to the land. In these frequently-misunderstood events, we find a contrast between different ways of looking at the world: material progress versus sustainability; business relationships versus family relationships; land as privately owned real estate, versus land as our connection to something bigger than our individual selves.

This website presents information on relationships that shaped some of the most transformative events in the history of the continent – the U.S. treaties with Dakota and Ojibwe people.

Falmouth Institute is internationally renowned and widely regarded as the most knowledgeable and effective training organization serving Indian Country. We offer open enrollment and on-site seminars specifically tailored to tribes and tribal organizations. In addition to our seminars we also offer conferences and tradeshows that address the issues impacting tribes today. Each Falmouth seminar is designed to be a complete learning experience. We blend our presentations with interactive exercises, case studies, group discussions and lectures. Our commitment to providing high quality education services in a culturally relevant environment is unmatched and has earned us the distinction of Indian Country's premier training firm.

Click the website link below to view and/or register for our courses in March.

Falmouth Institute is internationally renowned and widely regarded as the most knowledgeable and effective training organization serving Indian Country. We offer open enrollment and on-site seminars specifically tailored to tribes and tribal organizations. In addition to our seminars we also offer conferences and tradeshows that address the issues impacting tribes today. Each Falmouth seminar is designed to be a complete learning experience. We blend our presentations with interactive exercises, case studies, group discussions and lectures. Our commitment to providing high quality education services in a culturally relevant environment is unmatched and has earned us the distinction of Indian Country's premier training firm.

Click the website link below to view and/or register for our courses in February.

Falmouth Institute is internationally renowned and widely regarded as the most knowledgeable and effective training organization serving Indian Country. We offer open enrollment and on-site seminars specifically tailored to tribes and tribal organizations. In addition to our seminars we also offer conferences and tradeshows that address the issues impacting tribes today. Each Falmouth seminar is designed to be a complete learning experience. We blend our presentations with interactive exercises, case studies, group discussions and lectures. Our commitment to providing high quality education services in a culturally relevant environment is unmatched and has earned us the distinction of Indian Country's premier training firm.

Click the website link below to view and/or register for our courses in January.

The Native Fitness Training is an innovative health promotion program designed to train individuals to become community fitness leaders and instructors. Upon completing this three-day intensive training, participants will be prepared to implement and instruct aerobic exercise classes in their Native communities. Please note: This training does not provide the 'Personal Trainer Certification'.

This is an introductory level training designed for anyone interested in fitness, those who have never had any fitness training, and for those who work in tribal wellness programs. Topics covered during the training include anatomy and physiology, biomechanics, nutrition, exercise and weight management, instructional skills, class development, marketing, injury prevention and safety, special populations, choreography, and legal considerations.

The Native Fitness Training is an innovative health promotion program designed to train individuals to become community fitness leaders and instructors. Upon completing this three-day intensive training, participants will be prepared to implement and instruct aerobic exercise classes in their Native communities.

Early bird registration fee (ends December 23, 2009): $200

Regular registration fee (ends on February 26, 2010): $250

Late/On site registration fee (February 27-March 25, 2010): $350

This is an introductory level training designed for anyone interested in fitness, those who have never had any fitness training, and for those who work in tribal wellness programs. Topics covered during the training include anatomy and physiology, biomechanics, nutrition, exercise and weight management, instructional skills, class development, marketing, injury prevention and safety, special populations, choreography, and legal considerations.

This three-day interactive session is intended for adults who work with Native youth. The goal of the training is to increase and enhance your tool bag of knowledge and skills in working with Native youth. The training will focus on learning and implementing traditional and cultural strategies and approaches to working with Native youth. The use of ceremony, making and playing traditional games and crafts will be the highlights. Adults attending will get the opportunity to interact with local Michigan Native youth during their leadership training.

Native Wellness Institute is delighted to bring creative and innovative ways to work with and prepare our young people for a brighter future! We look forward to seeing you in Saginaw Chippewa homelands, as they host us and welcome us to attend their annual tribal celebration that week and weekend!

"Helping teachers to teach Wisconsin Native American & Hmong story, culture, critical pedagogy and how to authenticate materials and infuse
curriculum"

The goal of the symposium is to provide a culturally responsive resource for educators to learn to teach through critical pedagogy how to authenticate materials and infuse curriculum to teach about Wisconsin Native American & Hmong contemporary and historical issues, sovereignty, culture and stereotypes as well as, critical/multicultural pedagogy and Indigenous education.

Dear Educator/Ally,
The La Crosse Native American Student Association and the Hmong Organization Promoting Education, and KDP in conjunction with the WI Department of Public Instruction and the UW-La Crosse School of Education is planning the 6th annual Widening the Circle/Act 31 Teacher Education Symposium April 3-4th at UW-La Crosse.

We would like to inform and invite you to the symposium and ask that you please distribute the attached brochure and information to your department and/or all the students, teachers, or interested parties in your program or list-serves.  This is an extremely important symposium for educators in Wisconsin. 

In light of new racial violence and the proposed Hmong education bill (AB 314), along with Act 31, this symposium becomes even more important for current and future educators to meet the educational standards and goals of the state of Wisconsin, a changing demographic and to be better teachers in an increasingly diverse classroom.

If you have any questions regarding the conference or distribution please contact me.  Thank you for your assistance with this important educational initiative.

Matthew Stewart

Enjoy activities such as creating a reed basket, making a Navajo sand painting, playing California Indian games...and so much more! In the Kids Explore! summer classes, children ages 5-12 learn while having fun.

Enjoy activities such as creating a reed basket, making a Navajo sand painting, playing California Indian games...and so much more! In the Kids Explore! summer classes, children ages 5-12 learn while having fun.

Enjoy activities such as creating a reed basket, making a Navajo sand painting, playing California Indian games...and so much more! In the Kids Explore! summer classes, children ages 5-12 learn while having fun.

Enjoy activities such as creating a reed basket, making a Navajo sand painting, playing California Indian games...and so much more! In the Kids Explore! summer classes, children ages 5-12 learn while having fun.

Enjoy activities such as creating a reed basket, making a Navajo sand painting, playing California Indian games...and so much more! In the Kids Explore! summer classes, children ages 5-12 learn while having fun.

Desert naturalist, Jennifer Purcell will bring a wildlife experience to the Museum. Come see some of our desert's most fascinating creatures. This presentation will be a unique opportunity for children and adults to see many of our desert's live hidden treaures.

The City of Los Angeles is home to hundreds of murals created by talented artists from around the world. O'Jay Vanegas, mural artist and Director of Education at Agua Caliente Cultural Museum, will lead this one-day tour of Native American- and Chicano-themed murals.

Skirt making is an intricate traditional craft. Ethnobotanist Willie Pink (Cupeño/Luiseño), consultant for the Pechanga Band of Luiseño Indians, teaches participants to create skirst of their own.

Play traditional Native American games and learn about their importent roles in the daily lives of southern California tribes. Blossom Maciel (Cahuilla/Apache), cultural presenter of Mother Earth Clan Programs, demonstrates traditional toys and discusses their role in Native child development.

Join us for the 4th Annual Native American Day Celebration sponsored by the Indian Health Board Diabetes Prevention Program. This celebration will include a health fair, exhibition dancers, cultural activities, music by Mitch Walking Elk, food,kids activities and much more!

The event is held in memory of Pete Paquette, Leech Lake Band of Ojibwe.

Thursday, October 23,2008
7pm
Free screening of Aleut Story
In the turbulence of war, the Aleuts of Alaska would redefine themselves – and America. From indentured servitude and being put into concentration camps during World War II, to Congress and the White House, this is the incredible story of the Aleuts’ decades-long struggle for our nation’s ideals. Special guest author/poet Marie Huskey (Unangan/Aleut) to start the screening.
Event located at The National Center for the Preservation of Democracy at 111 North Central Ave. (directly across from the Japanese American National Museum) in downtown Los Angeles.

This event is hosted by Lorin Morgan-Richards and Tahesha Knapp-Christensen and sponsored by The Japanese American National Museum, The Southern California Indian Center, Inc., Haramokngna American Indian Cultural Center, and The National Center for the Preservation of Democracy.

For more info goto: www.myspace.com/nafilmseries or write to nafilmseries@aol.com

Thursday, August 14,2008
7pm
In WhoseHonor?
Filmmaker Jay Rosenstein focuses on the story of CharleneTeters (Spokane) whose campaign against Chief Illiniwek, mascot of University ofIllinois, forced many to rethink the larger issue of culture and identity andtheir representation in the media, and effects on both Native Americans andnon-Natives. Poetry by Los Angeles Native American artist Tschetan to start thescreening!

Event located at The National Center for the Preservation of Democracy at 111 North Central Ave. (directly across from the Japanese American National Museum) in downtown Los Angeles.

This event is hosted by Lorin Morgan-Richards and Tahesha Knapp-Christensen and sponsored by The Japanese American National Museum, The Southern California Indian Center, Inc., Haramokngna American Indian Cultural Center, and The National Center for the Preservation of Democracy.

For more info goto: www.myspace.com/nafilmseries

Thursday, September 11, 2008
7pm
Discovering Dominga

When Denese Becker, an Iowa housewife who was adopted, looks into her birthplace in Guatemala, finds that she is the last survivor of her family after a massacre of Mayan peasants. Denese's journey home is both a voyage of self-discovery that permanently alters her relationship to her American family and a political awakening that sheds light on an act of genocide.

Event located at The National Center for the Preservation of Democracy at 111 North Central Ave. (directly across from the Japanese American National Museum) in downtown Los Angeles.

This event is hosted by Lorin Morgan-Richards and Tahesha Knapp-Christensen and sponsored by The Japanese American National Museum, The Southern California Indian Center, Inc., Haramokngna American Indian Cultural Center, and The National Center for the Preservation of Democracy.

For more info goto: www.myspace.com/nafilmseries

Thursday, June 19, 2008
7pm
Kanehsatake: 270 Years of Resistance
Alanis Obomsawin (Abenaki) exposes the armed confrontation between Mohawks and Canadian government during the 1990 standoff in Kanehsatake near the village of Oka in Quebec. Her portrait of the resistance focuses on the human dimension of the conflict, exploring their conviction and communal spirit that enabled them to stand firm. Music by Jamie Coon (Creek/Seminole) to open the screening!

Beginning with a four direction walk at 9 a.m., meth presentation and video from 9:30-11 a.m. then move to the pow wow grounds for music, speaker presentation and meal then finishing up with concert and conclusion at Prairie Wind Casino in Honor of Our Youth and Standing Up for Justice of Our Youth.

Teaching trainers to deliver the Building Native Communities curriculum

Please join with representatives of Native American communities in learning to design and deliver financial education programs using Building Native Communities: Financial Skills for Families, a financial literacy curriculum developed specifically for Native American families. Developed in partnership by First Nations Development Institute and the Fannie Mae Foundation, the curriculum is a unique tool to help Native people build on their own knowledge and develop personal financial skills while embracing Native traditions and values.

Nebraska Trappings, Crossing Divides

Trappings are the things we cover or clothe ourselves in;
those things that surround us both physically and metaphorically. The large
forces of culture and landscape surround us in powerful ways. What effect does
the outer adornment of culture have on an artist? What are the “trappings” of
society? How does the landscape leave its mark on us? How does an individual
respond to the forces around them? And how can these varied responses serve to
bring us together?

Art invites us to make connections and define these unique
characteristics of our disparate experiences.

Institute topics include:
# How to teach about Columbus from a Native perspective
# Narragansett Tribal History and Culture: past, present, & future
# Thanksgiving from a Native perspective
# Colonization from Native perspective
# How to evaluate books about Native Americans
# Native Authors
# Stereotypes and Bias
# Native Curriculum development & Teacher resources
# Native Units Developed by Nuweetooun School

The seminar will conclude with the development of Native American lesson plans by participants. Each seminar will run from 9-4 and will include coffee, tea, and snacks. Please bring a bag lunch. Luncheon in air conditioned conference room or at picnic tables outside. Limited tuition assistance is available; please inquire.