Primary Faculty:
Gary Peterson.  Yvonne Peterson. Raul Nakasone. David Rutledge.  Guest faculty will be invited from the National Indian Child Welfare Association, Washington State CASA Association, and national Indian parenting advocacy associations.

Program Description:
This program will be offered as a special topic offering of the on campus, Patience, program.  Students will have access by registering for the Patience program, through Individual Learning contracts, or independent study.  The class will meet, depending on the needs of the students, on weekends.  Northwest Indian College students may take the class as an independent study.  Foundation knowledge will include Bloom's taxonomy, Maslow's Hierarchy of Need, the language of oppression, relational worldview model, the river of culture, and others.

The three elements of the program will be offered fall, winter, and spring quarters as follows:

FALL -
THE INDIAN CHILD WELFARE ACT  Background materials from the National Indian Child Welfare Association (NICWA), Indian Child Welfare Certification Program, will be used.  Representatives from NICWA will meet with the class to clarify the process and register students for the on-line course.  By the end of the quarter, students will have registered to take or will have already taken the NICWA on line certification course.  Students will attend the statewide CASA conference in Yakima, Washington October 23-25.  The conference this year will have several ICWA related presentations.  Readings will include:

Indian Child Welfare:  A state of the field study - University of Denver 1977
The Merriam report - February 21,1928
Real Indians:  Identity and the Survival of Native America - Eva Marie Garroutte
Beyond the Reservation: Indians, Settlers, and the law in Washington Territory, 1853-1889 - Brad Asher

Articles:

    Writing History by Litigation - Sasha Harmon
    Tribal Enrollment Councils:  Lessons of Law and Indian Identity - Sasha Harmon
    Understanding the relational worldview in Indian families - Terry Cross
    The Wheeler-Howard Act , June 18, 1934
    The Dawes Act, 1887
Student selected readings

Proposed meeting schedule:
Fall
October 9th
October 23rd
November 6th
November 20th
December 4th
Winter and Spring visit these links
In Addition there will be special events that will be identified as the year goes along.  Students may attend if possible.  For example:

Statewide CASA conference - Yakama  October 16 & 17
Generations Rising - Winter quarter
NICWA annual conference:  Other events in conjunction with the conference.
   
23nd Annual "Protecting Our Children" Conference
National American Indian Conference on Child Abuse and Neglect
"Courage, Conviction, and Living Our Values: How Well Are We Protecting Our Children"


April 24-27, 2005
Hilton Albuquerque
Albuquerque, NM
22nd Annual Gathering of Nations Pow Wow
April 28 - May 1, 2005
Over 3,000 Indigenous/Native American/Indian dancers and singers representing more than 500 tribes from Canada and the United States come to Albuquerque annually to participate socially and competitively.

Indian Traders Market
The trading of intercultural traditions and crafts is an experience for all who attend. The Indian Traders Market offers a very special shopping experience and exhibition of Native American artifacts. Over 800 artists, crafters, and traders will place their wares on display and for sale.

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