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Monthly Archive: May 2022

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Summer Higher ED, Ojibwe Language, Health Care Grant and Early Education

Graduating Seniors. JUNE 8 is the last day to sign up for our summer College course. Those in YES PROGRAM can take it for non credit but transfers as credit to UWEC. Those graduating can fill out financial aid and take it for credit. We need those taking for credit, to fill out UWEC application. EMAIL me a time to help with this. Then in the fall, we will be signing up new college students for full or part time […]

Healing Circle Run

This 7-day run connects 10 tribal nations throughout the Ojibwe Ceded Territory. Join us as we run our homelands or walk/run in prayer and unity from wherever you are. July 9-July 15, 2022

Affordable Connectivity Program

A Federal Communications Commission program that provides a discount on monthly internet bills for qualifying households.

MARVEL STUDIOS CASTING CALL FOR POWWOW PARTICIPANTS

Marvel Studios ECHO extras casting. Seeking Competitive Powwow Dancers, Singers and Royalty to participate as background performers in a new Marvel streaming series.

Today is National MMIW (Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women) Awareness Day

Wear Red to work or school and post a photo onto social media with the hashtag #NationalDayofAwareness, #MMNWG, or #MMIW Attend an event, prayer circle, or candlelight vigil hosted in a community, if any are taking place Create a memorial for those lost or no longer with us Be proactive in spreading the work about the gravity of missing and murdered Indigenous women and girls.  

The Fortune Cookies Play

Wanted to share this neat opportunity that will be happening on 6/07. We are hosting Remember Project: Fortune Cookies Play which about talking more about memory loss.  This is a free event and just need to register at this link or sign in at the door. https://www.eventbrite.com/e/northwest-wisconsin-fortune-cookies-tour-registration-311575589977 As many as 1 in 3 Native American Elders will be diagnosed with Alzheimer’s or other forms of Dementia.

ST CROIX CHIPPEWA CONSTITUTION REVISIONS COMMITTEE

The St Croix tribal council is looking for dedicated tribal members interested in serving on the newly created “St Croix Constitution committee”.

Air Quality Awareness Week

Air Quality Awareness Week 2022 Is May 2-6 Air Quality Awareness Week will be celebrated across the U.S. from May 2-6, 2022. Air quality awareness is more than just understanding the Air Quality Index (AQI) forecast that utilizes the color-coded system to measure how healthy the air is to breathe that day. Some of the most widely recognized negative health impacts of air pollution include childhood asthma and adult cardiovascular disease. Understanding the importance of the air quality forecasts and their direct relation […]