PPT-for American Indian and Alaska Native (AI/AN) Elders

August 24 2015 Copyright National Indian Council on Aging Inc Our call is to To provide American Indian and Alaska Native Elders comprehensive information on critical health and social service resources within and beyond Indian Country . -Suffered greatest drop in population. -Eradication of many languages and cultural customs. -Were the last group of people to earn the right to vote as citizens in the US 1925. 2000 CENSUS. 1.5% of U.S. population. Month . 2014. “. Native Pride and Spirit: Yesterday, Today and Forever”. Theme . provided by. : . Society . of American Indian Government . Employees. National American Indian . Heritage Month. 2. The cultivation of the soul . or . mind. The . full “expression” of the unique “authentic” self.. A Heritage Rich in Culture. Columbus led the way. The European colonization of the Americas forever changed the lives and cultures of the Native Americans. In the 15th to 19th centuries, their populations were ravaged, by the privations of displacement, by disease, and in many cases by warfare with European groups and enslavement by them. The first Native American group encountered by Columbus, the 250,000 Arawaks of Haiti, were enslaved. Only 500 survived by the year 1550, and the group was extinct before 1650.. November. Celebrates. Presented by the. DMV Affirmative Action Unit. The existence . of indigenous Native Americans predates . colonialization. . The usual theory of the settlement of the Americas is that the earliest peoples of the Americas came from Asia over a land bridge which connected the two continents across what is now the Bering Strait during a period of glaciation, when the sea water level was lower.. Presentation. ODYSSEY. 2016. AGENDA. Why do we need a plan. Landscape of Indian Country in Oregon. Why at this conference?. The plan itself. Oregon has nine federally recognized tribes. The members of these tribes . Source: . National Institute of Mental Health, Health and Education Statistics, available . at. : . http. ://. www.nimh.nih.gov/health/statistics/prevalence/any-mental-illness-ami-among-us-adults.shtml . Christine McKibbin, PhD & . Catherine Carrico, PhD. Wyoming Geriatric Education Center. U. nique relationship between AI/AN(s) and federal government. Intergenerational grief and anger – boarding schools, other key events (see table on next slide). WSU Plateau Center, Office of Native American Programs. Barbara Aston, MA (Wyandotte), Director/Tribal Liaison.. Ken Lokensgard, PhD. Asst. Director, Plateau Center for Research & Collaboration.. Listening to Our Elders: Telling a Story through Your Data Collette Adamsen, MPA Turtle Mountain Chippewa & Cole Ward, MA Sisseton Wahpeton Oyate National Resource Center on Native American Aging (UND) Anchorage, AK. This . powerpoint. is just to pass on a little background info and a few resources about ANMC and the Alaska Native population you will be working with…. We hope you find this helpful!. Rosellen M. Rosich, Ph.D.. Professor Emerita of Psychology,. PI-UAA School of Allied Health AK GILD (GWEP). University of Alaska Anchorage. Anchorage, AK., United States. November 20, 2015. Identify several geographical factors that may impact accessibility of health care by Alaska Native Peoples. Covered California Overview. 1. Major Changes to the Health Care System Because of the Affordable Care Act. 2. Be. fo. r. e. . th. e . A. f. f. o. r. d. a. b. le. . Ca. r. e. . A. ct . Background . on Attorney’s General’s Task Force . The . Attorney’s General’s Task Force on American Indian and Alaska Native Children Exposed to Violence was established in 2013, based upon a recommendation from the Attorney General’s National Task Force on Children Exposed to . Federal Program . The Title VI program is part of the United States federal government that is a result of the treaties signed between the United States and the Native American Tribes.. According to the U.S. Department of Education, the purpose of the Title VI Indian Education Program is “to support the efforts of local educational agencies, Indian tribes and organizations, post-secondary institutions, and other entities to meet the unique educational and culturally related academic needs of American Indian and Alaska Native students, so that such students can meet the same challenging academic achievement standards as all other students are expected to meet.”.