September 7-8 – Arizona Alliance of Community Health Center’s Workforce Recruitment and Retention Conference. For more information click here.
September 7-9 – Indian Health Service Health Promotion Disease Prevention presents the Public & Community Health Virtual Summit “Using Innovative & Collaborative Approaches to Support Community Health Partners”. For more information or to register click here.
September 8 – The House Committee on Veterans’ Affairs Chairman Mark Takano (D-Calif.) and Subcommittee on Health Chairwoman Julia Brownley (D-Calif.) announced a new Committee effort focused on reproductive healthcare access for America’s veterans. On Thursday, September 8 from 6:00-7:30 pm MST the Members will be holding a listening session for current servicemembers and veterans on reproductive healthcare in Phoenix, Arizona. If you are a servicemember or veteran, click here for the exact location and to sign up.
September 8-10 – AT Still’s American Indian Preadmission Workshops. For more information or to apply click here.
September 9-11 – 100th Annual Southern Ute Tribal Fair. Southern Ute Indian Reservation, Colorado. For more information call (970) 563-2983.
September 11 – Code Talker 10K Race. Window Rock, Arizona. Navajo Nation Museum. For more information click here.
September 12-15 – September I.H.S. Cancer Support Leadership Virtual Training. Deadline to apply, September 9. For more information or to register, click here.
September 13-15 – Sparks of Possibility: A Focus on Indian Education. Produced by SunClan Consulting. Great Wolf Lodge, Scottsdale. For students in grades 7-12, educators, administrators, counselors and parents. For more information call (623) 670-3561 or email Nadine.
September 16 – 5th Annual Pursuing Peace Conference. Held at ASU Thunderbird School of Global Management in downtown Phoenix. For more information or to register, click here.
September 16-18 – 15th Annual Prescott Pow Wow, Watson Lake. “Elders Embracing the Youth to Carry on the Traditions of Native Culture.” Museum of the Indigenous People. For more information click here.
September 16-18 – Hopi Education and Endowment Fund Virtual Run. For more information click here.
September 17-18 – Prescott Indian Art Market, Sharlott Hall Museum, Prescott. For more information click here.
September 20 – Age Friendly Arizona Conference: Age of Connections. Hybrid conference. Desert Willow Conference Center or virtual. Free. For more information or to register, click here.
September 21 – Community Mental Health Summit, VA Be Connected. 8:00 a.m.-noon. Virtual. For service members, Veterans, their families, and communities. Free. For more information or to register click here.
September 21-23 – 17th Annual Government to Government Violence Against Women Tribal Consultation. Anchorage. For more information or to register click here.
September 22 – Virtual Arizona’s Annual Health Literacy 2022 – Out of the Maze: Mental Health Resources, Information and Services to improve Health & Well Being. 8:00-3:30 p.m. Fee. For more information click here.
September 22 – Alliance for Innovation on Maternal Health Collaborative Conference. Arizona Hospital and Healthcare Association. Creighton University Phoenix Campus. For more information or to register click here.
September 26-27 – Arizona Alliance of Community Health Center’s Workforce Recruitment & Retention Conference. Desert Willow Conference Center. For more information or to register click here.
September 26-28 – National Indian Health Board’s National Tribal Conference, Washington, DC. For more information click here.
September 26-28 – 2022 Tribal Healing to Wellness Court Enhancement Training. Travel scholarships available. Albuquerque. For more information click here.
September 28 – Coalition to Stop Violence Against Native Women – Sexual Violence in New Mexico & Tribal Communities Training. Via Zoom. 9:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m. MST. For more information or to register click here.
September 28-October 1 – Colorado River Indian Tribes Native American Days Fair & Expo 2022, Manataba Park, 26600 Mohave Road, Parker. For more information click here.
September 29 – Arizona Health Equity Conference, “Building Pathways for Successful, Resilient, Healthy and Equitable Communities”. Virtual and in-person. For more information click here.
September 30th, known as the National Day of Remembrance, is a day to recognize the legacy of the American Indian boarding school system.
For more information click here
Resources:
- Volume I, Federal Indian Boarding School Investigative Report, Assistant Secretary for Indian Affairs Bryan Newland, May 2022
- We all need to learn more about boarding schools and their legacy, Trip Jennings, New Mexico In Depth, May 13, 2022
- Healing from Boarding School Trauma Will Take Time, National Native Boarding School Coalition, July 14, 2021
- Haaland Seeks Healing for Native American Boarding School Survivors, Michel Martin, Tinbete Ermyas and Kira Wakeam, NPR, May 22, 2022
- The National Native Boarding School Healing Coalition
- Trauma and Resilience Webinars, National Native Children’s Trauma Center
- Resources Specific to American Indian/Alaska Native (AI/AN) Communities, Administration for Children & Families, U.S. Department of Health & Human Services