Abrams is executive director of the Iroquois Nationals and he was left to dwell on what was won and what was lost by refusing to travel to England on non-Native passports.
“Our only goal was to get them to see us … to get them to know us,” said James Swan, organizer of Rapid City’s new Urban Patrols – a program that’s designed to prevent conflict between Indians and non-Indians.
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Youth program grants available to tribes
Written by . Monday, 11 May 2009 04:05
OKLAHOMA CITY – On April 27th, Oklahoma Governor Brad Henry declared the week of April 26 – May 3, 2009, as “OJJDP Tribal Youth Programs Week” at the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Tribal Youth Regional Meeting in Oklahoma City, OK. The proclamation was presented to Laura Ansera, Tribal Youth Program Coordinator at OJJDP’s Office of Policy Development.
Francis Wise of the Tribal Youth Training and Technical Assistance Center shows the Tribal Youth Programs Week proclamation during a regional meeting in Oklahoma City . SUBMITTED PHOTO
OJJDP established the Tribal Youth Program (TYP) in 1999. TYP’s mission is to reduce juvenile delinquency, violence, child victimization, and to increase the safety of American Indian/Alaska Native communities. TYP grantees receive five year awards for providing delinquency prevention programs; offering interventions for court-involved youth, improving their juvenile justice systems; implementing alcohol and drug prevention programs, and providing mental health services. The EDC Tribal Youth Training and Technical Assistance Center also provides grantees with extensive training on strategic planning, evaluation, and program sustainability.
Since 1999, OJJDP has awarded 321 grants to 299 federally recognized tribes. Currently, there are 94 TYP grantees across the country. Ten of those Tribes are located in Oklahoma. They are the Absentee Shawnee Tribe, Alabama-Quassarte Tribal Town, Cheyenne Arapaho Tribes, Citizen Potawatomi Nation, Iowa Tribe, Miami Nation, Pawnee Nation, Ponca Nation, Seminole Nation, and the Wichita and Affiliated Tribes.
TYP programs in the Tribal Nations of Oklahoma and across the country have produced very positive outcomes for American Indian/Alaska Native youth, their families, and their communities. These outcomes include an increased number of prevention programs and comprehensive mental health services for at risk youth, decreased truancy rates, and improvements to tribal juvenile courts and services.
In 2008, OJJDP awarded eighteen grants of $300,000 - $500,000 to federally-recognized tribes. Tribes and their partners are encouraged to apply for TYP grants in the upcoming year. The due date for the FY 2009 TYP application is May 28th. To find out more about the Tribal Youth Program, please visit http://ojjdp.ncjrs.org/typ/ .
Life
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Read More...DEADWOOD, S.D. (AP) – The remains of an early Deadwood resident, who was either of Native Indian or Asian descent, are back from anthropological examination and will be laid to rest on the afternoon...
Read More...OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) – Three Oklahoma universities are atop a list that measures the number of bachelor's degrees awarded to students of American Indian descent.
The report by Diverse Issues in Higher...
News
SAO PAULO (AP) – Protesters released rank-and-file workers early Monday from the construction site of an Amazon hydroelectric plant that Indians say is being built on an ancient burial ground.
Only...
MAE LA CAMP, Thailand (AP) – “Colonel Peacock, Major Hogan, Captain Bower ... Shoot from the hip! Quick march! Right turn!” The names, ranks and barked commands of World War II British officers tumble...
Read More...MONTPELIER, Vt. (AP) – Vermont's commission on Native American Affairs is seeking nine new members.
A new state law that sets up a process for state recognition of Native American tribes also has...
Business
LAS CRUCES, N.M. (AP) – A proposal by the Jemez Pueblo tribe to build a $60 million, off-reservation casino and hotel some 300 miles from tribal land has resurfaced.
Pueblo officials and representatives...
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) – Mississippi Gov. Haley Barbour said Monday that he's going to court to try to block a gaming development proposed by the Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians and will hire an outside...
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The coalition calls itself Citizens...
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Osseo Fairchild has 1 year to comply
MADISON (AP) - The Osseo Fairchild School District in western Wisconsin has been ordered to drop its Chieftains nickname and logo after the state determined...
SHERIDAN, Wyo. (AP) – Summer has brought another season of Indian Relay racing to the northern Rockies and high plains, sending tribal teams in motion across the region as they haul their horses in search...
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BUFFALO, New York (AP) – Percy Abrams stood outside a lacrosse field downtown, an ocean away from his sport’s world championships.
Abrams is executive director of the Iroquois Nationals and he...
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