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Wellbriety/Recovery Month—September,
2005
Community Proclamations and Plans
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| Cherokee Diabetes Program, Eastern Band of Cherokee
Indians--Cherokee, NC |
Turning Point, Inc., Newburyport, MA |
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| Totah Behavioral Health Authority--Farmington,
NM |
The Lenape Nation of Indians--Sinking Spring,
PA |
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| Healing Through the Elders Wisdom Wellbriety
Group, Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians--Cherokee,
NC |
The Sacramento Native American Health Center--Sacramento,
CA |
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Community Proclamations
Proclamations are coming in. It’s not too
late to ask your community to declare September,
2005 as National Alcohol and Drug Addiction Recovery
and Wellbriety Month. Visit www.whitebison.org and click on September
2005 is National Native American Wellbriety Month at the top of the home
page to download a Proclamation form to take to
a responsible organization in your community. Help
the community become conscious of the need to come
out for alcohol and drug free living. |
Two Recovery Month
events are well along in their planning and the third
will come in (in Lincoln, Nebraska--please note the change
in cities) a little later on.
 Mayetta, Kansas
NAWA (Native American Wellness Association) of Kansas,
and White Bison will team up to present two days
of activities to celebrate Wellbriety/Recovery Month
as part of NAWA’s second annual Wellness Summit
meeting in Kansas. This celebration will take place
adjacent to the Pottawatomi Indian Reservation at
Harrah’s Prairie Band Casino in Mayetta, Kansas
on Tuesday and Wednesday,
September 13 and 14, 2005.
Tuesday morning’s festivities begin at 8:30
a.m. with a grand entry of the Wellbriety Movement’s
100 Eagle Feather Hoop followed by a keynote address
by Don Coyhis of White Bison. Next, NAC (Native American
Church) Roadman Johnny Whitecloud will show an informational
video about the Peyote Way at 10:45 am and then host
a discussion about the video and the Native American
Church after lunch at 1:30 pm.
Still later in the afternoon at
2:30 pm, there will be a panel discussion on the
topic Historical and Present Barriers to Native American
Wellness that will place Indian wellness in its historical
framework and then bring it up to the present. Tuesday’s
agenda will close with an opportunity for each conference
participant to introduce him or herself briefly in
talking-circle format.
Wednesday, September 14 begins
at 8:30 am with a review of NAWA’s accomplishments over the past year
by long-time Native wellness advocate and worker, Gayl
Edmunds. The conference will then break into small
groups to identify NAWA’s goals for the coming
year.
The NAWA session continues after lunch with a summary
and statement of goals for the coming year, an invitation
for participants to join NAWA, and commitments to reach
those goals.
At 2:45 pm, Don Coyhis will talk about the White Bison
Firestarters Program and how participants can set up
Firestarters circles in their home communities. The
day ends with the exit of the Hoop and establishment
of dates for the 2006 NAWA Summit.
Want to go? Contact the following people:
Gayl Edmunds Kansas City, MO • 816-561-3600 • gayl@iats.kscoxmail.com
Ellen Mzhickteno, Mayetta, KS • 785-966-2463
Kateri Coyhis, White Bison, Inc. • 1-877-871-1495
Where to show up?
Harrah's Prairie Band Casino
12305 150th Road
Mayetta , KS 66509
Phone: 785-966-7777
Anyone who is interested in joining us to celebrate
recovery is welcome to attend.
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 Cheyenne, Wyoming
Come to the Wyoming Voices for Recovery Celebration on Saturday,
September 10, 2005 at Cheyenne’s
Holliday Park and join in a multicultural event to
stand up for addictions recovery. Better yet, start
out the day at Cheyenne’s Mylar Park at 8:00
am and walk with other recovery advocates over
to Holliday Park to put a public face on recovery.
This event will be the largest of the recovery
month celebrations that Wyoming has held to date.
The purpose of the day is to show that families
and individuals can come together and go beyond
the stigma of past addictions for themselves and
for others who need to know that recovery is possible.
The Red, Yellow, Black and White
racial/ethnic “directions” will
all be present at Wyoming’s celebration. Blaine
Wood (Cherokee Nation) who heads up the Wellbriety
for Prisons Program and the Firestarters Trainings
will bring the 100 Eagle Feather Hoop to Cheyenne and
speak during the day. Wyoming State Government will
provide a speaker to show their support of recovery.
Other speakers are still being planned.
The day in Holliday Park will include traditional
African dance demonstrations, Hispanic dancers, a Karate
display and games for kids. There will be informational
booths on addictions recovery and lots of eats.
Some of the energy for Wyoming’s
Recovery month celebration is coming through Connie
Robinson, who works as a counselor on the Wind River
Reservation. All tribal people from Wyoming and elsewhere
are cordially invited to participate.
Want to go? Contact the following people:
Connie Robinson • 307-332-5459 • meadowlark02@onewest.net
Kateri Coyhis, White Bison, Inc. • 1-877-871-1495
Where to show up?
For the walk, come to Mylar Park (Seminoe Road and
Mylar Park) at 8:00 am, or to Holliday Park, Morrie
Avenue and 19th St. in Cheyenne.
Anyone who is interested in participating in celebrating
recovery is invited to join us
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