NANAINA Newsletter
Fall 2004 Newsletter
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Presidents Report by Deb Smith, President, NANAINA |
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Beautiful fall greetings to all! I am so honored to join you this year as your NANAINA President. For those of you whom I have not had an opportunity to meet yet, let me introduce myself. I was born on the Fond du Lac Reservation in northeastern Minnesota near the city of Cloquet. My mother’s family is from the Fond du Lac Band of Lake Superior Chippewa on the Fond du Lac Reservation. This is where I was raised for the first years of my life. My father’s family (and where I am actually enrolled) is with the Shoshone tribe of the Wind River Reservation in Fort Washakie, Wyoming. I graduated from the College of St. Scholastica in Duluth, MN with a BA in Nursing in 1977 and from the University of MN with a master’s degree in Public Health Nursing in 1997. Over these many years I’ve had the opportunity to work in a variety of nursing areas, including neurology, coronary intensive care, long term care supervision, home care, as a diabetes nurse clinician, as a nurse educator, a grant writer and program planner and finally and most importantly to me, as a public health nurse. Currently I am the Public Health Nursing Coordinator for the Fond du Lac Reservation, my home reservation. I’ve been an active member with NANAINA since 1996 and have assisted in conference planning and served last year as the Secretary. My focus over the next year is to improve the organization’s infrastructure by updating the By-Laws and recruiting new NANAINA leader, increase our overall membership and seek out new sources of funding so that we can continue to grow as the professional nursing organization for American Indian and Alaskan Native nurses. I encourage all of you to reach out to new individuals to pull into the NANAIAN fold. Mentoring and nurturing one another has evolved as an important value for our organization. I look forward to working with and for you. Please don’t hesitate to contact me at (218) 878-2104 or at [email protected] if you have questions, great ideas, comments, and so on. The rest of the NANAINA Board, identified inside the newsletter, is available to assist, too. Take care and have a wonderful fall and holiday season. Look for the next newsletter in January 2005 and remember to visit the NANAINA website. Back to Top |
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NANAINA Summit X - Sept. 16-19, 2004 |
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The 10th annual NANAINA Summit was held on September 16-19, 2004 at the place it all started, beautiful Kwa Tuk Nuk Resort in Polson, MT and the Salish-Kootenai Tribal College in Pablo, MT. Once again, our gracious hostess was Jacque Dolberyy, Dean of the School of Nursing at the Salish-Kootenai Tribal College. Every year it is like taking a deep, restful breath of fresh air when we are able to visit with our old friends and make new friends. Conference participants come from all over the country, from Alaska to Florida and points in between. They provide nursing care in a number of different sites: IHS units, tribal and urban health organizations, hospitals, private and public health care organizations and universities to name a few. We have one thing in common, though, and that is our cultural heritage. So many nurses have been through the same experiences and have shared the same challenges. All of the nurses are strong and believe in helping their families and communities. If you have not done so already, invite at least one new nurse to join us at next year’s summit. It will be a rich and rewarding experience for all. Watch the NANAINA website at www.nanaina.com for the conference proceedings. Back to Top |
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Meet the New NANAINA Board Members |
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Elections for new NANAINA officers were held at Summit X in Polson, Montana. The following officers were elected: President: Debra Smith (1 year term to fill the unexpired term of C. June Strickland). Please refer to the front page for additional information about Deb. Secretary: Martha Baker (2 year term). Martha Baker RN, PhD is the Director of the BSN Program for the Southwest Baptist University in Springfield, MO. She can be reached at (417) 820-5058 or (417) 887-4847 (fax) or [email protected]. Member-at-Large: Lanette Perkins (2 year term). Lanette is an enrolled member of the Crow Tribe of Montana. She attended the Salish Kootenai College and received her BSN from Montana State University in 1997. Currently, she is the Native American Patient Advocate for Deaconess Billings, Clinic in Billings, MT. President-Elect: Roxanne Struthers (Year 2 of a two-year term). Roxanne is an enrolled member of the Red Lake Ojibwe tribe in Minnesota and was born and raised on the White Earth Reservation in Northwestern Minnesota. She is an assistant professor at the University of MN School of Nursing. She has a BSN from Bemidji State University, a MS in nursing with a focus in rural health from the University of North Dakota and a Doctorate in Nursing from the University of MN. E-mail: [email protected]
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Interviews Needed! |
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Students Seeking APNs for Interviews Graduate nursing students from the University of Scranton are seeking advanced practice nurses to interview about their rural practices/experiences. The University of Scranton is an urban university in northeastern Pennsylvania. The students and faculty are interested in learning from APNs in another part of the country about their perspectives on rural nursing. They have developed a questionnaire to be used in all their interviews. If you are interested in offering comments to any of their questions, contact Lori Pierangeli, Assistant Professor in the Dept. of Nursing at the University of Scranton, Scranton PA 18510. Her phone is (570) 842-7031 or email her at [email protected]. Back to Top |
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2004 NANAINA Scholarship Winners |
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Resources/Opportunities: |
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American University's Washington Internships for Native Students (WINS) The WINS Program is a unique experience for American Indian and Alaska Native Students [including graduate students] to work and study in Washington DC for a semester. Native American students from across the country will combine a full-time internship in a Federal Agency with traditional university courses. Students acquire essential hands-on experience while continuing to make academic progress. Each fall and spring term students can earn up to 12 credit hours. Summer students will earn 6 credit hours. The WINS program sponsorship includes: transportation to and from Washington DC, daily subway fare, full tuition, housing in American University's Tenley Campus dormitories, a meal plan, stipend, as well as planned social and cultural activities and field trips. Summer 2005 will include a new partnership with the FBI to recruit qualified American Indian and Alaska Native students to work in the Office of Intelligence in the WINS/FBI Honors Internship Program. The FBI will give preference to junior and senior Tribal College and University students with at least a 3.0 grade point average. This program has an earlier deadline of November 15,2004 in order to complete the rigorous background check before confirming placements in April. The Washington Internships for Native Students accepts applications on a rolling basis, for greater internship opportunities students should apply by February 4, 2005 for the summer session. For more information and eligibility requirements or to complete an application please visit our Web site at www.american.edu/wins or call us at the number listed below. Washington Semester American Indian Program Washington Internships for Native Students (WINS) Tel: 1-800-853-3076 Fax: 202-895-4882 email: [email protected] www.american.edu/wins SIDS Risk Reduction Resource Kit American Indian organizations serving populations that suffer some of the highest SIDS rates in the country joined forces with the CJ Foundation to develop culturally appropriate educational materials to help reduce the risk of SIDS. For more information watch the CJ Foundation website: Web: www.cjsids.com or email: [email protected]
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