CONGRATULATIONS to the "Heroes" who have been nominated and selected to date. View the current awardees.
The Heroes Project was developed by the National Resource Center on Native American Aging at the University of North Dakota, and the Administration on Aging (AoA). In conjunction with the upcoming 30th anniversary of the AoA Title VI program, we are looking for your hometown heroes. We are seeking nominations from Title VI directors and other program workers for individuals who you feel have impacted the lives of elders in your community. The project seeks to honor individuals for their dedication to helping Native elders solve local problems, share cultural traditions, and build stronger communities.
Eligibility — Any individual in your community who has worked with your Title VI or elder’s program is eligible to be nominated. At this time, organizations are not eligible for nomination. Separate nominations may be submitted for as many different individuals as desired.
General Info — Supplementary materials may be submitted by mail (see address below).
The selection committee may request additional information and/or references from nominators for consideration in judging. Decisions of the judges are final. Because of the volume of nominations received, the selection committee cannot respond to inquiries on the status of specific nominations.
Nominees who are selected will have their stories published in AoA literature, and on the NRCNAA web site.
Key Questions
Who? Describe the nominee and his or her contributions to the Native elder community in your area.
What? Give specific examples if his or her service to the people and the scope (who or how people were reached).
When? Provide dates of service, if possible.
Where? Where did the nominee provide service?
Why? Why did or do they help? (In their words, or in your own).
Please provide a digital or high quality photo of the nominee.
Email/mail your nominations by December 31, 2008. Selected honorees will be contacted individually after their selection in October 2008.
Send your nominations to Ann at:
National Resource
Center on Native
American Aging
Center for Rural Health, Room 4535
501 N. Columbia Rd. Stop 9037
Grand Forks, ND 58201
National: 800-896-7628
Fax: 701-777-6779
Email: annmiller@medicine.nodak.edu
This project is dedicated to Alan Allery,
our fallen director of the NRCNAA who
passed away on July 14, 2007.
He developed this idea to honor elders
who work hard in tribal communities.
We hope you can add your elders
as a tribute.
