NACEPP Teleconferences
All teleconferences start at 12:00 Noon Mountain Time on a Thursday unless otherwise noted. Click on the teleconference date heading for more information on each teleconference.
Hoskie Benally is one of the featured storytellers in the PBS series, Circle of Stories. He tells of his work as the CEO of Our Youth, Our Future, Inc., a chemical dependency treatment program for Native American youth. The program is based on a philosophy that integrates both Western and Native American practices in order to help Native American youth rediscover pride in themselves and their heritage. Benally goes on to tell a story about the five sacred medicines – cedar, sage, yucca, tobacco and eagle feathers – and why these are so important in Native American ceremonies. It is a story of survival, courage, stamina and resilience – values he passes on to the youth in his treatment program. To learn more about Hoskie Benally, the Navajo people, their land and their language and to hear Benally tell the story of the five sacred medicines in his own words, log on to http://www.pbs.org/circleofstories/
storytellers/hoskie_benally.html.
May 17, 2007
Title: Native Americans and the Electoral Process
Presenters: Senator Carol Juneau (Montana District #8)
Janet Robideau (Director, Montana People’s Action/Indian Actions)
July 12, 2007
Title: Native Vote Initiatives, Histories, and Economic Factors: A Look at Voting and American Indians with Disabilities
Presenter: Cinda Hughes, Legislative Associate, National Congress of American Indians (NCAI)
July 19, 2007
Title: Barriers to Voting and the Electoral Process for American Indians
Presenter: Dr. Janine Pease, Vice President for American Indian Affairs and Planning at Rocky Mountain College, Billings, MT
