The highlight of the National Title VI Training and Technical Assistance Forum in Washington, DC, this year was the luncheon honoring recipients of the 2008-2009 Heroes Award. Our extended family was gathered to share good food and to say “Thank you”, to some of the people who are the heart and soul of the Native American community. These are the people who have sustained and guided us in the past and who are the foundation and inspiration for our future.
Pictured above back row (left to right): Monte Fox, Cynthia LaCounte and Connie Bremner; front row (left to right): Danise Barker (representing Ed Ben and Donna Kessinger), Beverly Karsten, LaVerne Wyaco, Alfreda Morin and Judy Nieto. Awardees who were unable to join us include: Isaac Akootchook, Rose Ambrose, Kay Branch, Sophia Chase, Gregorita Chavarria, Helen Cummings, Cheryl Easley, Leroy Elliott, Nancy Furlow, Janet Guthrie, Rose Heyano, Claire Hughes, Andrew Jimmie, Mary John, Gladys Jung, Daniel Karmun, Susan LaBelle, Anecia Lomack, Rick Ludtke, Ethel Lund, Iver Malutin, Jane Martin, Bill Rossig, Mary Schaeffer, James Sipary, Emma Widmarck, Lotha Wolf and Mike Zacharof.
The awardees were presented with a booklet of the 2008-2009 Heroes. If you would like to know more about the Heroes program or see brief biographies of the 2008-2009 Heroes, please click on the link below. If you would prefer to have a printed copy of the booklet, email us at nrcnaa@medicine.nodak.edu or call (800) 896-7628.
Thank you to everyone who took the time to send in a nomination. Don’t forget the program will be available again in 2012, so get your pens and keyboards ready. There will be an announcement on the web page when nominations begin anew.
The highlight of the National Title VI Training and Technical Assistance Forum in Washington, DC, this year was the luncheon honoring recipients of the 2008-2009 Heroes Award. Our extended family was gathered to share good food and to say “Thank you”, to some of the people who are the heart and soul of the Native American community. These are the people who have sustained and guided us in the past and who are the foundation and inspiration for our future.