American Indian Report - November/December 2008 - (Page 6)

Indian Country Notes from Elders Conference Offers Balancing Lessons A big applause for the eighth annual Elders Conference, co-sponsored by the Oneida Indian Nation and the Consortium of New York Geriatric Education Centers, held at the tribe’s Ray Elm Children and Elders Center in May. With the theme “Aging Well: lessons for living a Balanced and Safe life,” it was attended by more than 200 Oneida members, health center clients and other American Indians and health care professionals working in Indian Country. Della Adams, a traditional medicine worker and administrator at Akwesasne’s Onkewehonwe Traditional Medicine Program, presented the keynote address, which focused on traditional medicine. “A needs assessment survey told us many of our people wanted to go back to original medicines,” Adams said. “We didn’t realize how much call there would be. When our doors opened, it was like opening day at a Super Wal-Mart.” Student Blanket Design Reflects Plains Horse Culture vens and woven by Pendleton Woolen Mills as part of the American Indian College Fund’s limited edition student blanket line. Stevens, 37 and a member of the Three Affiliated Tribes/Ft. Peck Sioux, attends Fort Berthold Community College in North Dakota. Her design won first place in the student blanket contest and is being sold worldwide to benefit the Fund’s scholarship programs. The Painted Pony blanket can be purchased at the The horse culture of the Plains is reflected in the Painted Pony, a blanket design by Thomasina Ste- Fund’s Web site for $185. 6 November/December 2008 American Indian Report http://oneida-nation.net/ http://www.collegefund.org/ http://www.collegefund.org/ http://store.collegefund-store.org/paintedhorse.html

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American Indian Report - November/December 2008 Contents Notes from Indian Country Elders Conference Offers Balancing Lessons Student Blanket Design Reflects Plains Horse Culture Congress: Activity on the Hill Prep School Recruits Native Students for Transitional Year Prior to College Honoring Nations Clinton Global Initiative Brings Native American Focus to the World A Q&A with Indian Country’s Top Cop Urban Clinics Go Paperless with IHS Record System Ohkay Owingeh Restores Wetlands, Protects Drinking Water Blogroll

American Indian Report - November/December 2008

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