2011 Indigenous Well-Being Conference WORKSHOPS
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Melvin Monette (Spirit Lake)-HIV Prevention Workshop
Melvin E Monette is Director for Graduate Fellowships and Special Programs for the American Indian Graduate Center in Albuquerque. An enrolled member of the Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa Indians raised in part on the Spirit Lake Nation, Melvin works to advocate for and with students to make the best academic choices to reach their intended career goals. Living a balanced life includes pursuing interests outside school and work; Melvin achieves this through his volunteer advocacy and work in the HIV/AIDS Education community. A doctoral student whose career has taken him from Tribal Colleges to Universities, State Government to Nonprofits; Melvin believes “you have the life you want” and has created opportunities for himself that allow him to dialogue with students to help them achieve the life they want. He has two grown daughters, three grandsons and a partner who all live their own examined lives. Melvin isn’t positive what he wants to do when he grows up, but he knows it will involve student advisement on some level.
Ricardo Cate`(Kewa Pueblo)-Native American Humor Workshop
Ricardo Cate's workshop on Native humor will explore how humor plays an important role in Native American culture. As the creator of the Native comic panel Without Reservations, Ricardo will also demonstrate how humor is essential in dealing with every-day life and it's struggles.
Lana Leslie (Kamilaroi-Australia) Kamilaroi Way of Life Workshop
Lana is a Kamilaroi woman from NSW, Australia. She has an extensive background in sport, recreation, fitness and research spanning over 20 years. She has worked for all levels of Government, for non-profit organizations and the commercial sector in positions whose major aim is to encourage people of all ages to be more physically active. Lana commenced employment at Macquarie University in June 2007 and teaches in the Bachelor of Community Management in the subjects of Research Methods and Techniques, Issues in Indigenous Research, Capstone Research Project A and Business Communication.
Research interests include Indigenous health and physical activity and Indigenous methodologies. Lana's PHD, by publication, is a qualitative study focusing on retrospectively tracking physical activity through the lifespan of older Kamilaroi people (family) in the Moree and Sydney areas of NSW. The study includes a focus on the barriers and enablers to physical activity.
Research interests include Indigenous health and physical activity and Indigenous methodologies. Lana's PHD, by publication, is a qualitative study focusing on retrospectively tracking physical activity through the lifespan of older Kamilaroi people (family) in the Moree and Sydney areas of NSW. The study includes a focus on the barriers and enablers to physical activity.
Lynn Lavallee (Cree/Algonquin) Sport and Recreation Workshop
Lynn is of Algonquin, Cree and French ancestry. Her father was from Temiscaming, Quebec and her mother from Timmins, Ontario. Lynn was born in Sudbury and has lived in Toronto since her teens. Lynn holds an honours BA in Psychology and Kinesiology from York University and an MSc in Community Health from the University of Toronto. She completed her PhD at the University of Toronto's Faculty of Social Work. Her research interests include Indigenous health, cultural, sport and recreation programs, Indigenous epistemology, and Indigenous research methods. She is passionate about bringing Indigenous ways of knowing into the academy, both through teaching and research.
Cynthia Walker (Narrangansett) Friends of the Indigenous Elders
Cynthia Walker was born in Hawai’i and dedicated to the Goddess Pele at six months. In 1996 she moved to New Mexico to begin work on the Gatherings of the Elders of the North and South in fulfilment of the prophesies of the Eagle and the Condor. In 1998, she was initiated as a priestess in the Mayan Tradition by Don Alejandro Cirilio Oxlaj. At the sacred lake of Atitlán, Guatemala, she was given her Mayan name: Julaju Keme.
2001 brought the co- founding, with Leon Secatero, of Friends of the Indigenous Elders, a non-profit organization. Under the auspices of Friends, she produced a video documentary, “The Sodizin Ceremony, The Reunion of Mother Earth with Her Children.” Her book,Freeing the Light Within, The RADIANCE Practice Workbook, is about to go to its first printing. Cynthia is available for Mayan Horoscopes and Divinations 505-867-8087. Workshops: Mayan Calendar & The RADIANCE Practice.
2001 brought the co- founding, with Leon Secatero, of Friends of the Indigenous Elders, a non-profit organization. Under the auspices of Friends, she produced a video documentary, “The Sodizin Ceremony, The Reunion of Mother Earth with Her Children.” Her book,Freeing the Light Within, The RADIANCE Practice Workbook, is about to go to its first printing. Cynthia is available for Mayan Horoscopes and Divinations 505-867-8087. Workshops: Mayan Calendar & The RADIANCE Practice.
Althea Gray
Althea Gray is an internationally known Healer and lecturer who has developed a unique Healing system that integrates Body, Mind, and Spirit.
Althea trained with teachers all over the world for 30 years. However, she contributes most of her gifts as a Healer to her own grandmother who was a traditional Curandera from Nicaragua.
Her unique Healing style disentangles patterns and conditions which hinders success in life and contributes to the development of disease, mental confusion, and soul loss.
She uses many tools and works tirelessly with each client to help them reach their goals. She believes deeply that a Healer’s sacred journey with you is to do all that you will empower you and make you whole.
In addition to her Healing Practice, she holds the distinguished position as Honorary Consul for Sri Lanka in New Mexico. She is a California Certified Designer, she is a member of the American Medical Naturopathic Association, a member of the American Society of Dowsers, she is certified in Black Hat Feng Shui. She is the founder of Peachbudda.
Althea trained with teachers all over the world for 30 years. However, she contributes most of her gifts as a Healer to her own grandmother who was a traditional Curandera from Nicaragua.
Her unique Healing style disentangles patterns and conditions which hinders success in life and contributes to the development of disease, mental confusion, and soul loss.
She uses many tools and works tirelessly with each client to help them reach their goals. She believes deeply that a Healer’s sacred journey with you is to do all that you will empower you and make you whole.
In addition to her Healing Practice, she holds the distinguished position as Honorary Consul for Sri Lanka in New Mexico. She is a California Certified Designer, she is a member of the American Medical Naturopathic Association, a member of the American Society of Dowsers, she is certified in Black Hat Feng Shui. She is the founder of Peachbudda.
Christine Nelson
The Native American Science & Engineering Program (NASEP) at the University of Arizona is a pre-college program designed to encourage Native American students to pursue a college degree in Science, Technology, Engineering, or Mathematics (STEM). Through a three step process, NASEP has been able to utilize the American Indian Well-Being Model for program development, curriculum implementation, and program evaluation. The presenters, through hands-on activities and dialogue, will show attendees how they too can utilize the model in educational programming, academic preparation for college, and/or personal well-being. Future implications and program development for NASEP will also be shared with participants for feedback.
Amanda Cheromiah (Laguna)
Amanda Cheromiah is a coordinator with the Office of Early Academic Outreach at The University of Arizona in Tucson. She organizes various college preparation initiatives with the intent to increase the number of low-income, minority and first generation college-bound students who aspire and are eligible to attend a university degree program. These initiatives include the Native American Science and Engineering Program, College Knowledge for Counselors and College Academy for Parents. She received her B.A. in Communications from The University of Arizona. Amanda is from the Pueblo of Laguna.
Nancy Iverson PATHSTAR Films "From The Badlands to Alcatraz"
Nancy Iverson, PATHSTAR director, is a pediatrician who puts her ideas into action for the benefit of children and families in her work in San Francisco, the Bay Area, and at the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation. With honors including a 2001 proclamation of “Dr. Nancy Iverson Day in San Francisco,” and a 2005 Certificate of Award ‘for valuable contributions to the promotion of good health and awareness to the Oglala Lakota people’ (Oglala Sioux Tribe, Lakota Nations Wellness Team), recognition for “Outstanding Contributions to Children and Families (USF Center for Child and Family Development), designation as the 2004 Honoree for Support for Families of Children with Disabilities, and a Certificate of Honor for Outstanding Service (SF Board of Supervisors), she brings to PATHSTAR, the nonprofit she founded in 2000, more than twenty years of experience in clinical pediatrics and medical education along with her background with the Indian Health Service at Pine Ridge Reservation in her native state of South Dakota. Her practice of medicine, dedicated to developing and nurturing family and community integrity, compassion and caring emphasizes individual and collective health, education, and support.