Volume 6, Number 4  
April 11, 2005  
  
 Articles:
Volume 6, Number 14
• State and Municipal Governments Stand up for Recovery Month. Also in this issue: Keeping a personal journal for the Wellbriety Journey
Volume 6, Number 13
• Seven Trainings Takes Place in Pocatello, Idaho
Volume 6, Number 12
• We’re Eagles, Not Chickens!
Volume 6, Number 11
• Wellbriety/Recovery Month—September, 2005
Community Proclamations and Plans
Volume 6, Number 10
• Top 10 Solutions to Problems in Indian Country
Volume 6, Number 9
• It’s Wellbriety/Recovery Month Time Once Again!
Volume 6, Number 8
• Sobriety History
Volume 6, Number 7
• The Grassroots Speaks…
About Intergenerational Trauma
Volume 6, Number 6
• From Intergenerational Trauma to Intergenerational Healing
Volume 6, Number 5
• Wellbriety ‘05 in Denver!
Volume 6, Number 4
• Agenda- White Bison’s Fifth Annual Wellbriety Conference
Volume 6, Number 3
• Bill Miller will Perform at the 5th Annual White Bison Wellbriety Conference
Volume 6, Number 2
• Recovery Rising: Radical Recovery in America
Volume 6, Number 1
• Healing the Hurts: The Grassroots Speaks
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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Agenda
White Bison’s Fifth Annual Wellbriety Conference
Denver, Colorado  April 21-24, 2005

Council of Elders
The 2005 Conference is
Dedicated to
The Memory of
Bill Iron Moccasin

A Special Thank You!
Bill Iron Moccasin (Lakota) 1921-2004
Bill and Carol Iron Moccasin
 
Henrietta Mann (Northern Cheyenne) Harold and Wanda Frogg (Ojibwe) Marie Randall (Lakota)
   
Ozzie Williamson (Blackfeet)
Horace and Andrea Axtell (Nez Perce)
   
   

Thursday Evening, April 21, 2005 Events
Grand Ballroom

WHEN

EVENT
6:00pm-7:00pm Opening Ceremony––Hoop Grand Entry
7:30pm-8:15pm Keynote: Don Coyhis, President of White Bison, Inc.
• The next 16 years of the Wellbriety Movement
• Honoring the Elders of the Wellbriety Movement
8:15pm-8:45pm

Lakota Rose Program progress report
8:45pm-9:00pm Retreat of the Sacred Hoop
   
 

Special Events—Throughout the Conference

12 Step Meetings
AA – Al-Anon Friday-Sunday – 6:45am-7:45am

Registration
Thursday, April 21 – 12 Noon-6:00pm
Friday-Saturday, April 22, 23 – 8:am-6:00pm

Exhibits
Thursday, 12 Noon-Closing
Friday-Saturday, 8:00am-Closing

Wellbriety For Youth: Track I (ages 13-14); Track II (ages 15-19)
Friday and Saturday Workshop 9:00am-5:00pm            Oak Room

National Indian Youth Leadership Project: Project Venture
With McClellan Hall (For adults who work with Youth)
Workshop repeats Friday and Saturday, 10:30am-5:00pm Rosso Ristoranti
 

Friday, April 22, 2005 Events
WHEN

EVENT

  
8:30am-9:10am Opening Ceremony––Hoop Grand Entry Grand Ballroom
9:10am-9:30am Keynote: Don Coyhis, President of White Bison, Inc. Grand Ballroom
9:30am-10:15am

Keynote: Dr. Maria Yellow Horse Brave Heart Intergenerational Trauma

Grand Ballroom
10:15am-10:30am Break  
10:30am-12 Noon Concurrent Sessions (10 Discovery Circles) Rooms Posted
Noon-1:30pm Lunch on your own  
1:30pm-2:15pm

Keynotes: Henry Lozano, White Bison Board of Directors
Beverly Watts Davis, CSAP

Grand Ballroom

2:15pm-2:30pm

 Break  
2:30pm-3:45pm Concurrent Sessions (10 Discovery Circles) Rooms Posted
3:45pm-4:00pm Break  
4:00pm-5:00pm

General Session: Top Ten Solutions and Reflections by the Elders
Ivette Torres, Moderator

Grand Ballroom
6:30pm-8:00pm

Rewards and Recognition Dinner: Special Guest Speaker: Rick Sampson
Honoring the Workers in the Wellbriety Movement

Grand Ballroom
8:15pm-closing Entertainment
Bill Miller, Singer-Songwriter and GRAMMY award winner		 Grand Ballroom
 
Friday and Saturday Sessions

Friday Concurrent Discovery Circle Sessions
Discovery Circles are your opportunity to share your hopes and experiences on a particular issue.  Morning sessions identify community issues.  Afternoon sessions identify solutions.  Join the facilitators to identify the Top 10 Issues in Indian Country.

Fatherhood (Ramon Vasquez)
Children of Alcoholics (Gary Neumann)
Community Leadership (Marlin Farley)
Domestic Violence (LeRoy Comes Last and Jackie Mercer)
Drugs and Inhalants (Daryl Rides at the Door)
Youth Suicide (Patricia Shepard)
Alcoholism (Ivette Torres)
Parenting (Darlene Foster)
Family (Connie Falleaf)
Intergenerational Trauma (Theda New Breast)

 

Saturday Concurrent Sessions
Workshops: Grassroots Programs that Work in Indian Country

Morning Workshops

• Youth Treatment and Prevention (Ed Barnhart)
• Healing the Healers (Gary Neumann)
• Wellbriety Through the Arts (Dana Tiger; Joe Chamberlain; Sam English)
• Firestarters (Blaine Wood)
• Fathers and Sons of Tradition (Jeri-Brunoe-Samson)
• Recovery Month (Ivette Torres)
• Children of Alcoholics (Dr. Jeannette Johnson)
• Fatherhood Initiative (Albert Pooley)
• Cultural Approaches for Treatment—NARA (Phil Archambault)
• Families of Tradition (Connie Falleaf)

Afternoon Workshops

• Warriors for Children of Alcoholics (Gary Neumann)
• The Venture Project (McClellan Hall)
• Evaluation (Dr. Jeannette Johnson)
• Mobilizing Men (Ramon Vasquez)
• 7 Trainings; Warrior Down; Coalition Building (Don Coyhis, Blaine Wood)
• Cycle of Life (Marie Randall)
• Mothers and Daughters of Tradition (Jeri-Brunoe-Samson)
• Fetal Alcohol Syndrome (Candace Shelton, MS)
• Meth and Traditional Approach to Healing (Daryl Rides at the Door)
• Domestic Violence (LeRoy Comes Last)
 

Saturday, April 23, 2005 Events

WHEN

EVENT

  
8:30am-9:00am Opening Ceremony––Hoop Grand Entry Grand Ballroom
9:00am-9:30am Keynote: Dr. H. Westley Clark, Director, CSAT Grand Ballroom
9:30am-10:15am Keynote: William L. White, MA
Native American Resistance to alcohol since first contact:
The Resistance Continues 		Grand Ballroom
10:15am-10:30am Break  
10:30am-12 Noon Grassroots Programs that Work–10 different sessions Rooms Posted
Noon-1:30pm Lunch on your own  
1:30pm-2:15pm

Keynotes: Marlin Farley-The Ojibwe Wellbriety Movement
Albert Pooley-Native American Fatherhood and Family Association

 Grand Ballroom

2:15pm-2:30pm

 Break  
2:30pm-3:45pm Grassroots Programs that Work–10 different sessions Rooms Posted
3:45pm-4:00pm Break  
4:00pm-5:00pm

The Elders Speak

Grand Ballroom
5:15pm-7:30pm

Dinner on your own

 
7:30pm-10:00pm 5th Annual Wellbriety Powwow
Master of Ceremonies: Sam English: (Chippewa) and
Carrie Howell (Pawnee)
Host Drum: Denver Indian Singers
Eagle Spirit Drum
Head Male Dancer: Lance Allrunner
Head Female Dancer: Marcey Hosdshire		 Grand Ballroom
 
 

Sunday, April 24, 2005 Events
Grand Ballroom

WHEN

EVENT
8:30am-9:30am Opening Ceremony––Hoop Grand Entry
9:30am-10:15am Keynote: Youth Presentations
Hosted by Jeri Brunoe-Samson (Wellbriety for Youth)
 
10:15am-10:30am

Break

10:30am-11:30am Reflections by the Elders
Open Microphone
11:30am-Noon Closing Ceremony–– Retreat of the Sacred Hoop
   
 
 
Don’t Forget…Bill Miller in Concert
Friday evening April 22, 2005 8:15 pm Grand Ballroom
Visit the White Bison Website for tickets www.whitebison.org or call (719) 548-1000
 
 
 

We wish to take this opportunity to honor those Elders who have paved the way for this Wellbriety Movement.  Their tireless efforts and dedication to sobriety and wellness have made this Movement possible.  We thank these Elders for their assistance with this Conference.  And we would like to take the opportunity to acknowledge the years of guidance and support provided by Bill Iron Moccasin.

 
   
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