ASU Fall Welcome

Fall Welcome is your opportunity to get acquainted with the campus, learn ASU traditions and become familiar with ASU services and resources. At Fall Welcome you will have the chance to interact with other new students and families and meet ASU faculty and staff by taking advantage of the many programs designed specifically for you. Fall Welcome consists of programs for new students, family members and guests.

Fall Welcome will begin Wednesday, August 19, and continue through the week. Most parent and family activities will conclude on Friday evening, August 21. For travel planning, see general residence hall move-in information. Students' specific date and time for residence hall move-in will be available by July 17.
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2009 ASU American Indian Spring Convocation

Motivation & Celebration (Slide Show)

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Explore Graduate School Seminars

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National Graduate Fellowships Workshops (See Schedule)

The Graduate College and the Office of National Scholarships in Barrett the Honors College sponsor workshops for students interested in applying for the Javits, National Science Foundation, Ford, and Harriett Jenkins (NASA) 3-year graduate fellowships. These workshops are designed for graduating seniors, first- and second-year graduate students. Faculty mentors are also welcome to attend the workshops. Graduate students who have successfully competed for these awards in the past and some of their faculty mentors will be available at these workshops to talk about the proposal process and answer questions.

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ASU Graduate College Article: “A Chance to Succeed, a Desire to Serve”

Read complete article here: http://graduate.asu.edu/files/pdfs/AIGarticle.pdf

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Upcoming Career Events and Workshops - ASU Career Services

• Aug 19 2009 - 12:00pm Making the Most of Sun Devil CareerLink
• Aug 19 2009 - 12:00pm Making the Most of Sun Devil CareerLink
• Aug 20 2009 - 1:00pm West campus Student Employment Job Fair
• Aug 20 2009 - 2:00pm Tempe campus Student Employment Job Fair
• Aug 20 2009 - 2:00pm Tempe campus Student Employment Job Fair

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American Indian Student Support Services (AISSS) 2009 Calendar (see schedule)

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Construction in Indian Country (CIIC)

2009-2010 American Indian Construction Management Grant Application

Available to American Indian students enrolled in the Del E. Webb School of Construction. Award amount will vary ($1,000-$2,000) per year depending on academic status. There is no deadline for the grant, but the sooner the application and required materials are submitted the sooner funding will be awarded.

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Second Annual Native American Month on ASUtv

August Schedule

Each week will feature a new round of programs:

• Beginning on Sunday, August 2nd the ASU Labriola Center video and the Simon Ortiz lecture with Ned Blackhawk at the Heard Museum will air.
• The week of Aug 9 is a Dustinn Craig interview from a KAET Horizons episode followed by his film “Our Home, Our Stories” and also the Simon Ortiz lecture with Wilma Mankiller at the Heard Museum.
• The week of Aug 16th will be two programs, “Urban Indian” (produced by Cronkite students Carly Campo and Brandon Donahoo) and the independent film “Spirit Warriors: A Legacy of the Navajo Veteran”.
• The week of Aug 23rd: Two lectures from the Stabilizing Indiginous Laguages Symposium. “Languages, Fruits and Vegetables”, and “Our Language and Our Way of Life is Our Strength”.
• The week of Aug 30th is Gerald TaiaiakeAlfred’s lecture at the Heard Museum, “Resurgence of Traditional Ways of Being”.

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The College of Nursing & Health Innovation in partnership with AISSS is offering one section of HRC 194 Five To Thrive: COPE (Creating Opportunities for Personal Empowerment) / Healthy Lifestyles course with a Native American focus this Fall semester at Tempe. Other courses offered at Downtown and Tempe campuses. We are promoting section #87951 at Tempe. Forward the information to your freshmen and transfer student contacts immediately.

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Courses related to Indigenous/Native American/American Indian People & Issues

ASU Fall 2009

HRC 194 Five To Thrive: COPE (Creating Opportunities for Personal Empowerment) / Healthy Lifestyles - Courses offered at Downtown and Tempe (section #87951) campuses

ENG 101 Indigenous Rhetoric
T/TH 10:30-11:45 AM - T/TH 1:30-2:45 pm
Instructor: Kyle Grant Wilson, MFA

English 457 St: American Poetry--Indigenous Poetry
T/Th 10:30-11:45 AM, Tempe

English 461 Studies in Women’s Lit. Native American Women's Literature

EPA 691 Indigenous Knowledges in Education
Tuesday 1:40 - 4:30 p.m.
Instructor: Bryan McKinley Jones Brayboy

AIS 394 Indigenous Nation Building - Innovation for American Indian Sustainable Development
Thursday 440-730 p.m
Instructors: Dr. Eddie Brown and Dan O’Neill

APA 360 Pacific Islanders/Pacific Islander Americans
TUESDAY/THURSDAY 9:00AM – 10:15AM
Engineering Center G347
Prof. Rudy Guevarra
*Satisfies HU or SB and C requirements

IED 194 Beginning Navajo I M 6:40-9:30 PM Tempe - ED338 Bitsuie
IED 394 Intermediate Navajo I W 6:40-9:30 PM Tempe - ED332 Bitsuie
IED 430 Lang/Literacy-Indig Peoples W 4:40-7:30 PM Tempe - MUSICE275 (HU or SB) & C Romero-Little
IED 499 Individualized Instruction Tempe Romero-Little
IED 530 Language/Literacy-Indig People

Tribal Certified Public Manager Program (CPM) - See Update
I: Tribal Government Management 8/6-7; 8/20-21; 9/10-11; 9/24-25; 10/8-10/9/09
II: Systems Approach to Public Management 11/20/09; 12/3-12/4; 12/17-12/18/09
III: Case Studies in Decision Management 1/21-1/22/10; 2/10-2/12/10
IV: Ethics/Management Simulation 3/23-3/26/2010

Look out for Spring 2010 courses...

• ENG 102 Indigenous Rhetoric
• Social Work with American Indians - contact OAIP for more info.

Fall 2009 full course listings by ASU American Indian Studies Department (AIS)

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SAVE THE DATE!

What: 10th Annual Native American Children’s Christmas Benefit Concert
When: Saturday, December 5th, 6-10 pm
Where: Arizona State University, Memorial Union, Ventana Room 241, Tempe, AZ

The Benefit Concert is a community effort for the past nine years led by the Phoenix Native American community. Donated toys and clothing goes to homeless or indigent Native American children. The Concert is more than an evening of music... it's about giving and sharing. It's also about community building and empowerment. All musicians donate their time, the lighting & sound equipment has been donated, and many hours of volunteer time. This is truly a community event. Come out to enjoy good music and donate a toy or clothing.

• Music line-up TBA
• At Arizona State University: If you are not able to attend the Benefit Concert and wish to donate, please drop off items at the AISSS Computer Lab, Room 320, Discovery Hall (Physical Address: 250 E. Lemon Street, Discovery Hall (Bldg 44), Tempe, AZ).

Thank you to our Communities, see you soon.

randy kemp
Choctaw/Euchee/Muscogee-Creek\

For further inquiries please contact: randy.kemp@asu.edu / www.randykemp.com

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Meet Your 2009-2010 ASU NABO Members!

Native American Business Organization (Brochure)

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Gates Millennium Scholars Reception

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The University Staff Council is proud to present a series of Town Hall Meetings for ASU Staff

Let us know your thoughts about how we can make ASU an even better place to work.  You may submit your questions in advance to usc@asu.edu.  For more information, please contact University Staff Council.

8.01.09:

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Pascua Yaqui Tribe Education Division - Higher Education

Back 2 School College Fest

Wednesday, August 5, 2009
South Mountain Community College
Guadalupe Campus
4:00pm to 7:00pm

*ASU Present

8.06.09:

8.07.09:

American Indian Council Retreat - Chandler,AZ

Aug. 7-9, 2009

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FREE!

Concert Series continues with: “Artificial Red”

Organ Hall in the School of Music at ASU

12:00 noon to 1:00 p.m

8.14.09:

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8.18.09:

New Graduate Student Reception

Graduate College

3:- 5pm, SRC Maroon Gym

8.19.09:

8.20.09:

DOI Pathways to Leadership

Zah Keynote Speaker

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AISSS Open House

Discovery Hall

3-4:30 PM

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NATIONS Parent Workshop

4-5 pm

Discovery Hall

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Hoop of Learning - Mesa Community College (MCC)
Fall Orientation
August 20, 2009
LB 145 @ 5-8pm

*ASU Office of Pres. AII and UGA (tentative) will be present

8.21.09:

American Indian Studies (AIS)Open House

10:30 - 12 PM

Discovery Hall

8.22.09:

NAAP I - Orientation

11 am - 1pm

Four Points Hotel

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NAAP II - Orientation

6 - 8 pm

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Passport to ASU - MSS Carnival

7-9:30 PM

WP Carey Dean's Patio

8.23.09:

8.24.09:

First Day of Classes

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AISSS Welcome/Open House

8 am - 5pm

Aug. 24-28 (all week)

8.25.09:

8.26.09:

8.27.09:

Indian Legal Program's
Welcome Dinner for Newly Admitted Students
6:30 p.m.

Contact Sunny Larson at Sunny.Larson@asu.edu or (480) 965-6413.

8.28.09:

Do You Remember When? - Opening reception for Postcommodity

Friday, August 28, 2009 / 6:30pm - 8:00pm

Arizona State University Art Museum, Ceramics Research Center (NE Corner of Mill Avenue @ 10th Street)

Do You Remember When is Postcommodity's site-specific installation and intervention that makes up the first part of the Native Confluence: Sustaining Cultures project spanning the fall 2009 season at the Ceramics Research Center (CRC).  

Postcommodity is an interdisciplinary Indigenous artist collective comprised of Raven Chacon (Navajo), Kade L. Twist (Cherokee), Steven Yazzie (Laguna/Navajo) and Nathan Young (Delaware/Kiowa/Pawnee). Postcommodity works to advance Indigenous cultural self-determination and decolonization within the global climate of instability, ethnocentric violence and neoliberalism.

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Coolidge High School Student Event

August 28th, 10am-12pm.

Round House

8.29.09:

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8.31.09:

1st General Meeting
5p, August 31st, 2009
Memorial Union, Apache Room, #238 - ASU - Tempe Campus

Officers:

Title: Co-President Name: Angela Matus
Title: Co-President Name: Kelly Vallo
Title: Secretary Name: Deanna Tsosie
Title: Political Advisor Name: Trynaty Parker

Contact: www.myspace.com/naws_asu, www.facebook.com/naws_asu, www.twitter.com/naws_asu

COMMUNITY

Phoenix All Tribes Scholarship - Postmark by Sept. 28th

See criteria/application here

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Classes on American Indians at Mesa Community College

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University of New Mexico-Gallup
Through Achieving the Dream
Navajo Nation Talking Circle Summary Report

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August Menu for Angel Food

Affordable food boxes for those who may be struggling financially
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2009 Indigenous Soccer Cup

July 29 - August 2, 2009

NMSU

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NAJA - Native American Journalists Association

July 30 - August 1, 2009

ABQ, NM

NAJA Student Scholarship Benefit Golf Tournament

Thursday, July 30, 2009 - Deadline for Reg. is July 28, 2009

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WEWIN 5th Annual Conference

Women Empowering Women For Indian Nations

Sovereignty: A Generation for Change

July 31-August 2

Radisson Fort McDowell Resort & Casino Hotel

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"Reality...Lets' Face It"

5th Annual Beautiful Life with Hope Coalition Youth Conference - Agenda

August 3-4, 2009

Dine Education Center, Window Rock, AZ

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7th Annual Native American Procurement Conference - NAPC 2009
Strength in Partnerships to Secure Opportunities
August 4 - 5, 2009
Tulalip Resort Casino
10200 Quil Ceda Boulevard
Tulalip, WA 98271
866-716-7162 ~ www.tulalipcasino.com

Phyllis Smith, Event Specialist
The National Center for American Indian Enterprise Development
800-4NCAIED (800-462-2433) ext. 243 ~ Fax: 480-545-4208
events@ncaied.org ~ www.ncaied.org

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Native American Wildlife Student Professional Development Grants

to attend The Wildlife Society's 16th Annual Conference in Monterey, CA in September

Join us in Monterey, CA September 20-24
for The 2009 Wildlife Society Annual Conference
http://joomla.wildlife.org/monterey09/

Application Deadline August 7,2009

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SIENA's Early Childhood Care & Family Development Conference

Flyer & Registration Packet

August 7-8, 2009

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Navajo School Clothing Program
Phoenix Indian Center
4520 N. Central Aye, Suite #250
Phoenix, AZ 85012
(602) 264-6768
The Clothing Drive will begin on August 10, 2009 at 8:00 a.m. thru 4:00 p.m. daily.
(For additional information, contact Rose Thompson @ Ext. 2402 or Lorena CIah @ Ext. 2002)

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Navajo Code Talkers Day
Navajo Nation Museum
August 13, 2009

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Grand Opening
of our newest clinic Native American Health Center West
Wednesday, August 19th, 2009
3:00 - 6:00 pm
2423 West Dunlap
Phoenix, Arizona 85021
602.279.5351
www.nativehealthphoenix.org

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Hopi Voter Drive

3 Valley Locations - August 21, 2009

PIMC & Native American Community Bldg

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One of North Americas Funniest Native Comedians, Don Burnstick will be at Apache Laugh Day Fest..along with Drew Lacapa and others.. for a Day of Healing.. Aug 21 at the Apache Gold Casino in San Carlos Ariz.. benifiting our Native Youth Programs dealing with Suicide Prevention.. Fill up the Van and Bring all the cousins.. for a nite of fun and laughter.. Call 928-475-7335 for tickets.

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SWAIA - Santa Fe Indian Market

August 22-23, 2009

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Navajo School Clothing Program

Saturday, August 22 - Phx Indian Center

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Phoenix Indian Center and Mesa Public School present

Classes Start August 22nd - Flyer

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NABI Foundation - Phoenix Mercury Night Event

August 23rd - Phoenix College - 11AM

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OPEN FOR AUDITIONS! (Notice Here)

Monday, August 24th

Holt Hamilton Productions will be auditioning for their new movie, “More Than Frybread”

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Salt River Disabilities Conference
Salt River Community Building
1880 N. Longmore Rd., Scottsdale, Arizona
August 27, 2009
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SACNAS Rocky Mountain Regional Meeting

August 28-29, 2009

Denver, CO

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Upcoming Art Exhibit featuring Leonard Chana's Work

Tohono O'odham Nation Cultural Center & Museum on August 29th

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Community and Economic Development Department - Small Business Division

Presents

Mind Your Business
A Workshop Series for Small Businesses

"MARKETING"

Monday, August 31, 2009

4:00 P.M. - 6:00 P.M.
Phoenix City Hall - 200 West Washington - 1st Floor Assembly Room C

Please RSVP online or by calling (602) 495-5626 - FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC

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SEPTEMBER

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The Hopi Foundation Conference for Treatment of Trauma

October 2-3, 2009
This is the first ever conference of this kind and it will be hosted in conjunction with our international Barbara Chester Award Ceremony on October 3rd in Flagstaff, AZ. For more information on our conference and our award celebration, please visit us at www.barbarachesteraward.org. The conference is sponsored by The Hopi Foundation.

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10th annual technology conference for the Native American industry

10/5/09 - 10/8/09
Suncoast Casino & Hotel • Las Vegas, NV

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Thursday, October 8th

Meet-the-author event and book signing with Leslie Marmon Silko in

Author Talk and Book Signing, 10:00 a.m., Labriola Center, 2nd flr, Hayden Library (LIB) ASU, Tempe campus

Host: Labriola National American Indian Data Center

Honoring Reception, 3:00 p.m., West Hall 135 (WHALL 135) ASU, Tempe campus
Host: Women and Gender Studies Program

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The Simon Ortiz and Labriola Center Lecture on Indigenous Land, Culture, and Community presents

SPEND “AN EVENING WITH LESLIE MARMON SILKO” AT THE HEARD MUSEUM

Heard Museum, ASU Partner to Host Lecture by Best-Selling Native Author

7:00 p.m.: Reading & Audience Discussion | 8:00 p.m.: Book Signing

Heard Museum Downtown 2301 N. Central Avenue (Central & Encanto) Phoenix, AZ 85004

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27th Annual NATIVE AMERICAN CONNECTIONS PARADE

on THIRD STREET in Downtown Phoenix!
October 10th - Parade begins at 9:00 AM on 3rd Street & Oak, and will continue North along 3rd street
ending at Steele Indian School Park.

Share in rich cultural heritage as tribes from all over the Southwest showcase their
traditional songs and dances on the parade route through downtown Phoenix. Then join
us afterward for a Pow Wow at the softball field at Central High School, hosted by their
Native American Youth Council.

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48th Annual Miss Indian Arizona Scholarship Program
Native Women - Keepers of Our Culture
Saturday, October 10, 2009
Mesa Arts Center - 1 E. Main Street - Mesa, Arizona

for more information, please call 480.306.4533 or visit www.missindianarizona.com

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Discover Navajo Photo Contest (Flyer Here)

There is NO entry fee. The deadline for entries and voting is October 15, 2009

See Rules & Regs and Model Release Form

Kathie Curley, Marketing Coordinator - Navajo Tourism
P.O. Box 663, Window Rock, AZ 86515
928/810-8504 Fax: 928/810-8500
www.discovernavajo.com

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NATIONAL CONGRESS OF AMERICAN INDIANS (NCAI)
66th Annual Convention & Trade Show
October 11 - 16, 2009
Palm Springs Convention Center
Palm Springs, CA

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CHANGING HANDS BOOKSTORE & HEARD MUSEUM PRESENT AUTHOR SHERMAN ALEXIE DURING THIRD FRIDAY SERIES NU
Acclaimed Author Will Discuss New Book War Dances

WHEN:            Friday, October 16, 5:30 to 9 p.m. : Sherman Alexie presentation 6 p.m.

WHERE:         Heard Museum, 2301 North Central Avenue, Phoenix, Ariz. - COST: $7 for speaker, event admission is free.

For more information, call the Heard Museum at 602.252.8848, Changing Hands Bookstore at 480.730.0205 or visit www.heard.org/NU.

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Answering the Call: Veteran’s Day Short Film Contest

We are looking for short films (four minutes of less) about Native American Veterans that illustrate what participation in the military means to Native people. We are looking for all types of non-fiction films—documentary, experimental, animation, etc. Films selected will be shown on Veteran’s Day for a special program in our museum. First Prize $500 - Second & Third Prizes: NMAI Pendleton Blanket - Entries must be received by October 18, 2009.

If you have any questions regarding this Contest, please contact Sierra Ornelas, National Museum of the American Indian, at 202-633-6695 or email ornelass@si.edu. Presented by The National Museum of the American Indian Media Initiatives.

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Navajo Transportation Conference

October 27-29, 2009 - Mesa, AZ

Early bird registration ends September 18th

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NATIONAL CONGRESS OF AMERICAN INDIANS (NCAI)
66th Annual Convention & Trade Show
October 11 - 16, 2009
Palm Springs Convention Center
Palm Springs, CA

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Mesa Public School's Native American Education Program

2nd annual Native American College Fair Night for our 9th-12th grade Native American students

Thursday, November 5th from 6PM-8PM

*ASU Present

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1st Annual IHS Adolescent Health Conference
November 13-14, 2009
Navajo Nation Museum – Window Rock, AZ

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5th Annual American Indian Heritage Festival
November 21, 2009
10 am – 3pm
Admission is Free - ASU & Deer Valley Rock Art Center
This is a 2009 NARD (Native American Recognition Days) event. Bring the family and enjoy the festival!

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2nd Annual Renewable Energy Projects in Indian Country

December 7-9, 2009

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14th Annual Native American Grant School Association Conference

“Our Children Excel and Succeed When Communities Care”

December 10-12, 2009

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52nd Annual Conference of the Western Social Science Association (WSSA)

The conference will be at the Grand Sierra Resort in Reno, Nevada April 14 – 17, 2010. 

The WSSA website (http://wssa.asu.edu/) contains an introduction to the Association and useful information.

Proposals for papers and panels are due to us by December 1, 2009.

          The Vine Deloria, Jr. Student paper award will also be given at this conference. 

Further, we hope you will encourage your students to consider attending this conference.

Letter of Invite

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Native American & Indigenous Studies Association (NAISA)

May 20-22, 2010

University of Arizona - American Indian Studies

EMPLOYMENT

VOLUNTEER

SAVE THE DATES!! ASU Community Service Program announces 2009-2010 Event Schedules!

2. Student Organization in need of Fall Welcome volunteers

3. Green build 2009 looking for volunteers

4. 2009 Jerry Lewis MDA Labor Day Telethon volunteer opportunity

5. Volunteer opportunities with local beagle rescue!

6. Elementary Schools looking for volunteers and interns

7. "Light Rail Rally for the Arts"

8. Desert Botanical Garden Volunteer Opportunities

Much Respect, Many Blessings and Happy Planning,
LorenAshley Buford, American Indian Council Facilitator

NOTICES

NATIVE HEALTH Newsletter - August

United States Census 2010 - Tribal Nation News - An information service of the Denver Regional Census Center
Issue 3 - 3rd Quarter 2009

Arizona Telecommunications & Information Council (ATIC - http://www.arizonatele.com/atic/)

• See listing of technology events and meetings in Arizona here

HISTORIC “TRIBAL PRIORITY” INITIATIVE in licensing of new radio stations PLANNED BY THE FCC

• NPM NCAI Joint Press Release

Reviewers for the Broadband Technology Opportunities Program

Center for Native Education's August News Notes

• CNE August News Notes

Commerce and Agriculture Announce Strong Demandfor First Round of Funding to Bring Broadband, Jobs to MoreAmericans