White Bison, Inc. is offering its new Fathers of Tradition––A Native American Curriculum for Developing Effective Fathering Skills––Facilitator’s Training Manual program as a giveaway to any organization working with Native fatherhood issues. The giveaway is available from Father’s Day, 2007 until Father’s Day 2008. The Fathers of Tradition kit consists of a 356 page workbook and a set of 9 DVD’s. The actual lessons are presented by seven of the DVD’s, while the eighth and ninth offer supportive material. The kit also includes the booklet entitled, 7 Philosophies for Native American Men, which is taught as one of the modules.

The purpose of the program kit is to train Native men, who will then go on to facilitate Native American men’s circles in American Indian and Alaska Native communities. It is a facilitator’s training program. The program is designed so that many men will be able to facilitate circles simply by watching the DVD’s and utilizing the workbook without further training. Some communities, however, will choose to bring White Bison, Inc. onsite to their locations to teach the facilitator’s program in a 3-day training event at White Bison’s usual training fee. “Probably half the communities can do it on their own, from the kit,” said Don Coyhis, White Bison’s President, who teaches the entire program on the DVD’s. The goal is to establish intergenerational healing.

The Fathers of Tradition facilitator’s training manual program kit is offered as a giveaway to representatives of organizations or groups working with Native men involving fatherhood or parenting issues until Father’s day, 2008. It can be obtained for a nominal charge by mail from White Bison, Inc.

This is a training program for facilitators. As part of the Giveaway we ask that those who receive the kit agree to pre-test and post-test the groups that they go on to facilitate once they have themselves gone through the program. This enables White Bison, Inc. to measure the effectiveness of the program and so create the best possible program. We will provide the pre and post-test documents for your groups.

This Giveaway includes just one kit per organization. If necessary, the person requesting a kit can discuss other arrangements during the telephone follow-up interview before your kit is shipped. The actual cost of the Fathers of Tradition Facilitator’s Training Program when the Giveaway ends is still to be determined.

To receive a kit by mail for your organization, please send $8.00 to cover shipping and handling expenses. To order, visit the White Bison, Inc. website and place your order online with PayPal below. Please be sure to include your telephone number on the PayPal order. Or call White Bison, Inc. at 1-877-871-1495. Please give the name and contact information of the organization or Circle with which you are affiliated when requesting the kit.

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