Augus 2007 Summer Issue II

"You are part of everything! You are part of the fire, you are part of the water, you are part of the green, you are part of the stars, and you are related to everything. You are related to the stones, to the trees, to the fish, to the creepy-crawlers, to the ones that fly, to the ones that walk on all fours, and to the ones that walk on two legs. Everything is sacred and, therefore, you are sacred too. That's what we mean when we say, Mitakuye oyasin."
Wallace Black Elk, Sicangu Lakota Spiritual Elder

The Kaiser Media Internships Offers a program for young minority journalists interested in specializing in health reporting. http://www.kff.org/about/mediafellowships.cfm	Vote: Native American Music Awards 2007 Listen to lots of full length songs and vote for your favorite http://www.votenative.com/	ONLINE PETITION: Save Apache sacred site from copper mining 20,000 signatures are needed kill a bill in US Congress enabling a Canadian firm to destroy Apache Leap area http://www.petitiononline.com/
DQ-UNIVERSITY GOOD LUCK DINNER September 8, 2007 Davis, CA 95616 Help Save California's Only Tribal College (916)213-6786 OR (916)719-6328	National Whale Conservation Fund Grants Deadline: August 8, 2007 Supports conservation efforts for the great whale species that migrate through or reside within U.S. waters. http://www.nfwf.org	environmental fellowship opportunity for American Indian student Fall 2007 Creighton University, Omaha, Nebraska For Native American students with interests in environmental and atmospheric sciences. http://www2.creighton.edu/gradschool/index.php
First Nations United Warrior Society Run August 2-5, 2007 Lower Sioux, MN to Grand Portage MN	BEAR BUTTE PRAYER GATHERING August 1-12, 2007 Black Hills, SD Prayer for the Protection of Bear Butte http://www.bearbutteprayergathering.org/	SEARCHING FOR NATIVE AMERICAN ATHLETE FOR NEW SERIES Accepting recommendations for high school and college Native American athletes for The Real Winning Edge TV series for teens. www.challengerfilms.org
Saucony Run For Good Foundation Deadline: October 8, 2007 Designed to encourage active and healthy lifestyles in children. http://sauconyrunforgood.com/	American Indian Fellowship in Business Scholarship Program Deadline: August 3, 2007 Business scholarships for American Indian college students. http://ncaied.org/scholarships.php	Graphic Design Contest Deadline: August 10, 2007 For youth ages 10-25 to design the covers and booklet template for the Global Youth Service Day 2008 planning tools. contact rbisi@ysa.org.
CIGNA Foundation Targeted Grants Supports innovative programs addressing the health and well-being of children, families and communities. www.cigna.com.	Native Hawaiian Career and Technical Education Program Deadline: August 6, 2007 Provides grants to plan, conduct, and administer programs for the benefit of Native Hawaiians. http://www.ed.gov/legislation/	Fifty Crows Foundation: International Fund for Documentary Photography Supports emerging documentary photographers whose visual storytelling promotes understanding of our common humanity. http://www.fiftycrows.org/grants/
Awards for Heroes in Animal Welfare Deadline: August 15, 2007 November 1, 2007 New York City Nominate extraordinary pets and people for the ASPCA's Humane Awards http://www.pnnonline.org/article.php?sid=7530	METIS MEDIA FEST 2007 Deadline AUG 15, 2007 A call for all forms of media work - including digital photographs, videos, radio plays, web sites http://www.graham.gs/metis_media_fest_2007.html	Smithsonian's 2007 National Powwow Aug. 10 to 12, 2007 Washington, D.C http://www.americanindian.si.edu
International Day of the World's Indigenous Peoples: Honoring Indigenous Youth and Languages, and Sacred Sites Deadline for UN Pass: August 2, 2007 August 9, 2007 United Nations Plaza, New York www.un.org/esa/socdev/unpfii.	North American Indigenous Peoples Mining Summit August 15 – 18, 2007 Anchorage, Alaska Discusses the impacts of mining on Indigenous Lands and communities Contact: ienmining@igc.org	2008 MetLife Community College Excellence Award Deadline: August 31, 2007 Rewards Community Colleges Helping First-Generation College Students http://registration.jff.org/
Minority Women's Health Summit August 23-26, 2007 Washington, DC http://www.4women.gov/mwhs/	Disney Youth Service Projects Grants Deadline: August 30, 2007 Supports youth (ages 5-14) in planning and implementing service projects in their community. http://www.disney.com	International Conference on Traditional Medicine and Medicinal Plants, Women's Health, and Traditional Medicines September 7-9, 2007 Surabaya, Indonesia
French and Amerindians in the Heart of North America September 9, 2007 Montreal, Quebec http://www.h-net.org/announce/show.cgi?ID=156936	12th Annual International WanapiteiAboriginal History and Politics Colloquium September 20-23, 2007 Lake Temagami, Ontario Focuses on major, multidisciplinary topics related to the history, present state and possible future of Aboriginal resource use practices. Email: wanapiteicolloquium@sympatico.ca	Climate Change and its potential impacts on Indian Country Dates: September 5-7, 2007 United Tribes Technical College, Bismarck, ND Participants will engage with Tribal leaders, TCU Presidents, Inter Agency professionals and private industry to discuss impacts of climate change on Indian Country and the world. Contact Dr. Bull Bennett: bbennett@ndatc.org
Acres for America Deadline: September 1, 2007 Funding for projects that conserve important habitat for fish, wildlife, and plants through acquisition of interest in real property. http://www.nfwf.org/programs/a	National Forest Foundation: Community Assistance Program September 7, 2007 Promotes the creation of locally-based forest partnerships that seek to build economic and environmental sustainability http://www.natlforests.org/consp_05_cap.html	15th Annual National Aboriginal Achievement Awards March 2008 Deadline: September 10, 2007 Toronto, Canada www.naaf.ca
Women Helping Others Foundation Grants Deadline: September 11, 2007 Supports grassroots charities serving the overlooked health, education, and social services needs of women and children. http://www.whofoundation.org/	Confronting the Triple Crisis: Climate Change, Peak Oil, and Global Resource Depletion September 14-16, 2007 George Washington University, Washington DC http://www.ifg.org/pdf/triple%20crisis%20emailer.pdf	Grants for Scholarly Investigations of Ancient Mesoamerican Cultures Deadline: September 15, 2007 Mexico, Guatemala, Belize, Honduras, and El Salvador Grants for scholarly investigations of ancient cultures of Mesoamerica. http://www.famsi.org/grants/apply.htm
Honor the Earth Grants Deadline: September 15, 2007 Creates awareness and support for Native environmental issues and the survival of sustainable Native communities. http://www.honorearth.org/grants.html	Documenting Endangered Languages Deadline: September 15, 2007 Supports projects that develop and advance knowledge concerning endangered human languages http://topics.developmentgateway.org/	Law School Admissions Workshops For People of Color September 15, 2007 - Boalt Hall School of Law October 6, 2007 - UCLA School of Law http://www.forpeopleofcolor.org/events.html
Grants for Scholarly Investigations of Ancient Mesoamerican Cultures Deadline: September 15, 2007 http://www.ncela.gwu.edu/newsline/	Collaborative for Healthier Communities and States Deadline: September 14, 2007 (Planning Proposals) For organizations and tribal groups to advocate for effective, sustainable policies that decrease tobacco use and exposure. http://www.rwjf.org/	YouthPower Grants Deadline: October 1, 2007 Support youth in foster care (ages 5-18) and youth transitioned out of foster care (ages 19-25) in planning and implementing service projects in their community. www.YSA.org/awards
South Dakota Film Festival September 21-23, 2007 Aberdeen, SD	Development Gateway Foundation Photo Contest Deadline: September 21, 2007 Looking for compelling photographs of socioeconomic development in developing countries http://www.dgfoundation.org/news-events/photo-contest.html?intcmp=800	CIC American Indian Studies Consortium September 24, 2007 Newberry Library, Chicago IL The first in a three-year cycle of annual symposia which will situate American Indian Studies within a comparative, global perspective. www.newberry.org
Contesting Knowledge: Museums and Indigenous Perspectives September 24, 2007 Newberry Library, Chicago, Illinois The first in a three-year cycle of annual symposia which will situate American Indian Studies within a comparative, global perspective. Contact Laurie Arnold: arnoldl@newberry.org	FREE Eye Care and Glasses for native youth in need September 24-28, 2007 Los Angeles, CA From the UAII and the “Give the Gift of Sight Foundation” 213) 202-3970 or www.uaii.org/	Preserving Aboriginal Heritage: Technical and Traditional Approaches September 24-28, 2007 Ottawa, Ontario, Canada For Aboriginals and conservation specialists to learn and share all aspects of the conservation of Aboriginal material culture. http://www.cci-icc.gc.ca/symposium/callforcontributors_e.aspx
Supporting Equitable SLCs September 24–25, 2007 Portland OR Focuses on secondary school efforts to minimize tracking and provide high expectations and challenging curriculum for all students http://www.nwrel.org/scpd/sslc/events/Event.php?EventID=32	Carolina Recruits American Indian Graduate Students Deadline: August 24, 2007 September 28-29, 2007 University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, NC http://gradschool.unc.edu/airecruit.html	New Directions in American Indian Research Conference September 28-29,2007 University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill http://gradschool.unc.edu/newdirections/
The First Nations Graduate Circle September 28-29, 2007 UNC Chapel Hill, NC Showcases the scholarship of American Indian graduate students in all fields of study. http://gradschool.unc.edu/newdirections/	Straight Forward Media Minority Scholarship Deadline: September 30 , 2007 Available to current and prospective students of color. http://www.straightforwardmedia.com/minority/	Captain Planet Foundation Deadline: September 30, 2007 Funds hands-on environmental projects involving children and young adults in communities across the United States. http://www.captainplanetfdn.org/
Dads Make A Difference Call for Papers Deadline: September 30, 2007 March 4-7,2008 Phoenix, Arizona These National Fatherhood Conferences have been attended by thousands of peoele from across the word www.azffc.org	The Grammy Foundation Grants Deadline: October 1, 2007 Grants for scientific research projects and archiving and preservation projects. http://grammy.com/GRAMMY_Foundation/	Tourism Cares Offers Worldwide Grant Program Deadline: October 1, 2007 Supports worthy tourism-related nonprofit organizations working to preserve, conserve, and restore the world's natural, cultural, and historic treasures. http://www.tourismcares.org/
Steps to Creating a Native Credit Union October 2-4, 2007 Free, online class. Contact Bill Guevara: bill@oweesta.org	47th Annual Western History Association Conference October 3-6, 2007 University of California, Los Angeles	Same Voice, But Different" Conference October 5-7 Sapmi, Norway A conference for indigenous and native journalists www.galdu.org
EXPO Classroom Makeover Contest Deadline available in fall, 2007 Canada, US Open to students in grades 3-12 who write an original essay describing why one of his or her teachers deserves a classroom makeover. http://www.expomarkers.com/