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Press Release: Tulsa Affiliate of the Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation. OK
Tusla Komen Affiliate Announces Call for Grant Applications
TULSA, Okla., July 25 /PRNewswire/ -- Grant applications for the Tulsa Affiliate of the Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation are being accepted for the year 2006 from Tulsa County non-profit organizations, government agencies, and educational institutions and must be postmarked or received by August 26, 2005. The grants are being offered to organizations that can demonstrate innovative projects in the areas of breast health and/or breast cancer education, outreach, screening or treatment support. This includes projects targeting services not otherwise available to the medically underserved populations of the Tulsa Metropolitan area. A community needs assessment of Tulsa has determined that there is a significant need for projects focusing on the provision of culturally-appropriate breast cancer education, screening, and treatment services to African American, Hispanic, Asian American and Native American women residing in the Tulsa Metropolitan area. Funding priority will be given to those projects that specifically address these needs. The grants are available for up to one year. Applications must comply with Komen Foundation format requirements. Guidelines and instructions can be obtained at http://www.komentulsa.org or by writing: Tulsa Affiliate of Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation; Attention: Cyd G. Scott; 8831 S. Joplin Ave., Tulsa, OK 74137.
By Wanda Jean Lord, ThreeHoops.com, VA
Hopi Foundation Is National Finalist for Leadership for A Changing World Award
The Hopi Foundation is a national finalist in the Ford Foundation's Leadership for a Changing World awards program. Among many other descriptions of Hopi Foundations accomplishments, Ford Foundation says "With a deep belief in the Hopi concept of Itam naap yani (doing the work ourselves), Barbara Poley and Loris Ann Taylor merge Hopi ways with community activism to create non-traditional approaches to community needs."
By Bill McAlister, Independant Writer, IndianTrust.com
Cobell v. Norton - Senior Interior Official Admits that the Government Mischaracterized Status of Computer Security
WASHINGTON, July 20 -- A senior Interior Department official whose testimony on computer security was crucial to a 2003 ruling in a lawsuit over the government’s mismanagement of Indian Trust accounts has acknowledged that Department of Justice attorneys failed to accurately relay his views on computer security to an appeals court.
By Wanda Jean Lord, ThreeHoops.com, VA
New Grants Opportunities to benefit Elders
New federal grants opportunities for Tribes & Tribal organizations are up on the ThreeHoops Roundtable under "Elders"
By Wanda Jean Lord, ThreeHoops.com, VA
New Grants Opportunities Health & Wellness and Arts & Culture
New federal grants opportunities for Tribes & Tribal organizations are up on the ThreeHoops Roundtable under "Health & Wellness" and under "Arts & Culture."
By Kay Humphrey, Indian Country Today, NY
Oldest Native women's shelter seeks help
The shelter, the first Native shelter in Alaska was funded by the state of Alaska and the Council on Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault: but its grant has run out.
The Emmonak shelter is one of just two Native-run shelters in Alaska.
''Our fiscal year begins July 1 [and ends] June 30 of each year and we apply for a two-year grant every other year,'' said Shelter Director Lynn Hootch.
The staff has been laid off and the shelter's executive director has been working on a volunteer basis until funding can be optained.
''We have not been able to service victims in need of safety. An elder sat in our front steps, fleeing from violence at her home, hoping the doors would open. No one was at the shelter,'' she said...
By JODI RAVE, Lee News Service, Bismark Tribune, ND
Indian Health Needs Outlined
U.S. Senate leaders agreed Thursday that the long-awaited reauthorization of the Indian Health Care Improvement Act is overdue. The act hasn't been improved since 1992.
"We should have done it in our last session," said Sen. Byron Dorgan, D-N.D. "We didn't get it done."
In a joint three-hour hearing, the Senate Committee on Indian Affairs and the Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions discussed the pros and cons of Indian health care legislation, Senate Bill 1057, introduced earlier this year by Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz. Committee members and panelists repeatedly used the word "disparate" to describe health conditions in Indian Country. "We have many health issues in this country, but the disparity in Indian communities is absolutely intolerable," said Sen. Ted Kennedy, D-Mass...
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