Development Manager Position at the Denver Indian Family Resource Center

The Denver Indian Family Resource Center is hiring a full-time Development Manager.  The Development Manager will be expected to contribute to DIFRC’s financial growth through grants, donations, and volunteers. The Development Manager will enhance outreach and communication through numerous outlets including DIFRC’s website, social media, newsletters, and information booths.

For more information on how to apply, please check out the full job announcement here.

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National Indian Health Board Job Opportunites

The National Indian Health Board is hiring several public health project coordinator positions! Positions in behavioral health, chronic disease and diabetes prevention, cancer and environmental health!

For more information go to http://nihb.org/about_us/career_opportunities.php

56th Annual Tecumseh Lodge Pow Wow

Public Health Fellowship in Government

Deadline is August 15

On behalf of the American Public Health Association, I am thrilled to announce the call for applications for the 2017 APHA Public Health Fellowship in Government. This is the ninth year APHA is offering this fellowship, which has been described as an “amazing,” “phenomenal” and “life altering” experience by previous fellows.

Candidates must have strong public health credentials and be able to spend one year in Washington, D.C. The fellow will have the option of working in the House or Senate on legislative and policy issues such as creating healthy communities, improving health equity, addressing environmental health concerns, population health or the social determinants of health.

Training for the fellowship will begin in January 2017 so you must be able to move to the Washington, D.C., area in January. The fellowship provides a unique learning experience and demonstrates the value and need for basing policy on sound science. Throughout the year, the fellow will gain a practical knowledge of government and how the public policy process works.

All candidates must:
1. be an APHA member.
2. have a graduate degree in public health or a related discipline.
3. have at least five years’ experience as a public health professional beyond graduate or medical training.
4. be a citizen of the U.S. or its territories or have permanent residence status in the U.S.

Applications, additional information and brief articles from the previous fellows are available on APHA’s website. The application, including a CV and three letters of recommendation, is due to APHA by August 15, 2016.

Please forward this email to anyone you believe may be eligible and interested. For more information, please feel free to contact us at aphafellowship@apha.org or 202-777-2510.

Sincerely,

Susan L. Polan, PhD
Associate Executive Director, Public Affairs and Advocacy

This fellowship is sponsored by an unrestricted grant from the Aetna Foundation.


   

First Annual Conference on Native American Nutrition

First Annual Conference on Native American Nutrition

September 26-27 in Prior Lake, Minnesota

This conference will be a first-of-its-kind forum to share and advance knowledge related to the dietary health of Native communities.  It represents a commitment by the Shakopee Mdewakanton Sioux Community and the University of Minnesota to co-organize a series of annual national conferences focused on the nutrition of Native peoples.

Tribal leaders, Native and non-Native practitioners, researchers, public health experts, and others are invited to exchange Indigenous and academic scientific knowledge; discuss current practices; listen to, connect with, and learn from each other; and candidly explore ways to overcome the existing obstacles to greater understanding. Additionally, the conference aims to identify areas of needed research, discuss practical applications, and foster new collaborations.

Over 20 confirmed speakers include both academics, students, and practitioners working in Indian Country, including:

• Treena Delormier (Mohawk), University of Hawaii
• Faith Spotted Eagle (Yankton Sioux), Braveheart Society
• Abigail Echo Hawk (Kitkehahki Band of Pawnee Nation/Upper Athabascan People of   Mentasta Village), Washington State University
• Gary Ferguson (Unangan/Aleut), Alaska Native Tribal Health Consortium
• Joel Gittelsohn, Johns Hopkins University
• Janie Hipp (Chickasaw Nation), University of Arkansas School of Law's Indigenous Food and Agriculture Initiative
• J. Neil Henderson (Chocktaw Nation of Oklahoma), University of Oklahoma
• Harriet Kuhnlein, Centre for Indigenous Peoples’ Nutrition and Environment at McGill University

Abstracts for oral and poster presentations may be submitted online until August 15.The full agenda, registration, abstract submission, and other information are available at SeedsOfNativeHealth.org/Conference.

There is an early bird registration discount until July 31. Register soon, as space will be limited!

Native organizations receive funding to pursue First Kids 1st: Every Native Child is Sacred initiative

Washington, DC - The W.K. Kellogg Foundation has awarded a generous grant to the National Congress of American Indians (NCAI), the National Indian Child Welfare Association (NICWA), the National Indian Education Association (NIEA), and the National Indian Health Board (NIHB) to support a nationwide campaign to lift up and support Native youth.

This initiative - called First Kids 1st: Every Native Child is Sacred - aims to galvanize systems changes in education, health, welfare, and governance to better support Native children and youth. In each of these areas, community-determined and community-driven changes will improve the systems that impact Native youth, allowing them more and better opportunities to achieve their full potential. 

The collaboration began in 2008 with the creation of the original National Children's Agenda, crafted by these four partner organizations and also funded by the W.K. Kellogg Foundation. The Agenda was updated in 2015 as the Native Children's Policy Agenda: Putting First Kids 1st, with tribal strategies and policy objectives to implement its principles. The partners look forward to engaging with tribal leaders, community leaders, tribal citizens, and Native youth across Indian Country and the nation to realize the vision of First Kids 1st. 

"First Kids 1st asks for all of us to make our Native children and youth our first priority.  In whatever position we hold, we all have the opportunity to ensure our youth will thrive and prosper. Through love, responsibility, and focus we can take opportunities for our children and youth to the next level," shared NCAI Executive Director Jaqueline Pata.

The First Kids 1st initiative comes at a pivotal time, with Native youth making up 39 percent of the American Indian and Alaska Native population. These demographic trends bring unique opportunities to address some of the longstanding disparities seen in Indian Country and Native communities. Through multi-media communications, community engagement, data development, policy analysis, and capacity building, the First Kids 1st Campaign will offer a range of strategies, activities and tools so that communities can design and implement the solutions that best address their needs.

NICWA Executive Director Sarah Kastelic stated, "Our First Kids 1st team looks forward to working alongside all of our community partners. No one organization can do this work alone; we need each other to address the needs of children and youth holistically. Collaboration makes our vision clearer, our efforts stronger, and our success more certain."

With the new funding from the W.K. Kellogg Foundation, First Kids 1st will reinforce outreach efforts and ramp up capacity building trainings beginning this summer and fall. "We know that targeted, sustained, and smart investments can make all the difference in our tribal communities. This is an exciting time and we are honored to have a role in that investment in our Native children and youth." shared Stacy Bohlen, NIHB Executive Director.  

Campaign partners also look forward to sharing the updated 2015 Native Children's Policy Agenda: Putting First Kids 1st, and providing youth data and policy recommendations. "Decision makers at every level need real-time, accurate information about our children and youth. Part of our charge will be to drill down on that data, and share it broadly so that policies and programs designed for our youth bring the benefits they promise," stated NIEA Executive Director Ahniwake Rose.  

"This campaign is about caring communities creating capable and confident kids. It's as simple as that," said Pata. The First Kids 1st partner organizations invite all who care about Native children and youth to join the initiative and help spread the word.  

For more information about the National Congress of American Indians visit www.ncai.org

For more information about the National Indian Child Welfare Association visit www.nicwa.org

Visit www.nihb.org for more information about the National Indian Health Board.