Trainings with the same dates and location run simultaneously. Please register for only one training per dates and location.
Native Life Skills
- Training of Trainers with Renee Roman Nose Registration Fee: $495 Become a Certified Native Life Skills Trainer! Leading The Next Generations Native Life Skills Curriculum is an awesome NEW tool that helps Native people build meaningful lives and get into the flow of wellness and life! These lessons are ideal for Tribal leaders and their staff who effect positive change in their communities, health clinic employees, anyone who is touching any segment of a Native population, such as Tribal Police department employees, TANF, workforce development, young parenting, GED, early or returning college, and juvenile justice programs, among others. All Training of Trainers participants will receive Trainer certification, your own personal copy of the LNG Native Life Skills Curriculum, new skills, trainers tips, and hands-on practice in using the curriculum with community members and clients! |
Seneca Niagara Resort & Casino
Niagara Falls, NY 1-877-873-6322 Please call to make your reservations under the group block. The group code is SNATWE2 Room rate: $115 Cutoff date for group rate: 4/14/18 |
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May 15 - 17, 2018 |
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Well for Culture
Mind-Body Optimization through Ancestral Foods, Holistic Wellness, & Mindful Movement with Thosh Collins & Chelsey Luger Registration Fee: $395 Movement is medicine. Real foods from the earth are medicine. Mindful meditation is medicine. This training will explore our holistic wellness - mind, body, spirit, and emotions - from a historical to modern perspective in order to optimize our abilities and derive strength from the wisdom of our ancestors. The traditions of our cultures mixed with the most cutting edge of modern science leads to a world of knowledge and methodologies to tap into our strengths, fulfill our greatest potential, and lead well lifestyles. This training will provide information to help individuals gain better tools for their personal wellness and help programs integrate more skill development around health and wellness for clients. From colonization, integrating language and culture into programming, Indigenous ways of knowing to modern science, this interactive and invigorating training will be life-changing. The training will utilize lectures, small and large group discussion and hands-on exercises and movement. Dress accordingly. |
Seneca Niagara Resort & Casino
Niagara Falls, NY 1-877-873-6322 Please call to make your reservations under the group block. The group code is SNATWE2 Room rate: $115 +$20 Resort Fee Cutoff date for group rate: 4/14/18 |
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June 25 - 28, 2018 |
Native Youth Wellness Warrior Camp
with Charles Tail Feathers, LoVina Louie, Robert Johnston, Rulan Tangen, Cristina Lara, Jim Warne, Chelsey Luger, Thosh Collins, Wade McGee, John Spence, Shalene Joseph, Josh Cocker, Bethany Yellowtail, Martin Sensmeier, Tomas Karmelo Amaya, & Siera Begay
Registration Fee: $375
with Charles Tail Feathers, LoVina Louie, Robert Johnston, Rulan Tangen, Cristina Lara, Jim Warne, Chelsey Luger, Thosh Collins, Wade McGee, John Spence, Shalene Joseph, Josh Cocker, Bethany Yellowtail, Martin Sensmeier, Tomas Karmelo Amaya, & Siera Begay
Registration Fee: $375
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Traditionally, our young people were trained, mentored and taught how to live a good life. Through hands-on experiences, stories and teachings, they learned how to be a good relative. The Native Youth Wellness Warrior Camp is intended to provide healing opportunities and skill development through ceremony, workshops, activities, movement, traditional games, crafts, horseback riding and more. Youth participants will be given tools needed to live a life of balance.
In a village setting, young people will meet and network with other Native youth from around the country and work in small and large groups to accomplish various tasks. Life-long friendships are often developed. Connecting with our earth is a healing tool. Meals are cooked outdoors on an open fire, the tribal longhouse is the main gathering place and most activities will be outdoors. Youth will camp in yurt tents, tipi or have the option of staying in the local tribal hotel. |
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July 5 - 6, 2018 |
Veterans Summit VI
with Charles Tail Feathers & Will Penn
Registration Fee: FREE EVENT!
More information coming soon!
with Charles Tail Feathers & Will Penn
Registration Fee: FREE EVENT!
More information coming soon!
September 18 - 20, 2018
NWI 3rd Annual Wellness in the Workplace Training Institute
Three Trainings, One Location! Please register for one training only, as trainings run simultaneously.
Aqua Kauai Beach Resort
Lihue, HI (Kauai)
1-888-805-3843
Traditional Mountain Garden
Room rate: $135 +$16 Resort Fee
Deluxe Mountain Garden
Room rate: $155 +$16 Resort Fee
Cutoff date for group rate: 8/20/18
Group Code: NWI
Aqua Kauai Beach Resort
Lihue, HI (Kauai)
1-888-805-3843
Traditional Mountain Garden
Room rate: $135 +$16 Resort Fee
Deluxe Mountain Garden
Room rate: $155 +$16 Resort Fee
Cutoff date for group rate: 8/20/18
Group Code: NWI
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Wellness in the Workplace
- Stress and Burnout Prevention with Jillene Joseph & Chelsey Luger Registration Fee: $395 The Native Wellness Institute has heard many, many stories and examples of unhealthy workplaces over the years. In response, we have developed a Wellness in the Workplace training that helps participants better understand where unhealthy work behaviors come from and more importantly, how to address it in the workplace. This interactive training will take participants on a journey of personal and workplace wellness with skills and tools to be a more positive, proactive and productive employee. |
Wellness in the Workplace
- Integrating Healing and Wellness in Community Programs with Theda New Breast & Gene Tagaban Registration Fee: $395 You don’t have to look far to see the need for community healing and wellness; poverty, suicide, addiction, violence, unhealthy relationships, chronic negativity, apathy and more. How do you address this? What do you do? Where do you begin? How do you get the community engaged and involved? This three-day interactive training will provide an awareness and understanding of the impacts of trauma, the importance of healing and tools to live a balanced life. Strategies for integrating these concepts into your work life and the community will be the focus of the three days. |
Wellness in the Workplace
- for Adults Who Work with Native Youth with Robert Johnston, Thosh Collins, Charles Tail Feathers, LoVina Louie, & Shalene Joseph Registration Fee: $395 Young people who are not connected to cultural teachings and opportunities often struggle through life with confusion, identity issues, cultural pain and shame, feeling lost and most often yearning for that cultural connection. In many cases, young people who grow up with without cultural teachings and opportunities grow up to be adults without cultural teachings and opportunities. This training is for youth workers who want to bring more cultural teachings and opportunities to their youth programming. A team of Native adults representing different tribal nations will be the facilitators. |
Brochures and Agendas Coming Soon!
October 16 - 18, 2018 |
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Being Trauma Informed
with Jillene Joseph Registration Fee: $395 Historical and inter-generational trauma continues to impact tribal and urban communities. How this impacts our places of work, individuals and families is the behavior associated with trauma- chronic negativity, addictions, suicide, lateral oppression, violence and more. Where there has been trauma, healing is the answer. This three-day interactive training will focus on providing a profound understanding of trauma on the brain, on behavior, how it plays out in the workplace and community and how to address trauma in your community. The training will also include how programs in their policies and delivery of services can be trauma-informed. |
Brochure and Agenda Coming Soon!
October 16 - 18, 2018 |
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Wellness in the Workplace
- Motivating Staff Through the Power of Positive Thinking with Robert Johnston Registration Fee: $395 More information coming soon! |
October 23 - 25, 2018 |
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Dealing and Healing from Loss & Grief
with Charles Tail Feathers, Jillene Joseph, & Robert Johnston Registration Fee: $395 Native people, families and communities experience much loss and consequently grief during a lifetime. Death of loved ones, suicide, loss of relationships, living in the past due to daily reminders of pain and hurt experienced by a different generation and more. This often keeps Native people in a state of grief and keeps us stuck. Due to the impacts of colonization, healthy grieving processes have faded and have been replaced by unhealthy grieving practices including not grieving at all. Unresolved grief impacts tribal and organizational leaders, clients of programs, staff, young people and every community member. This creates negative energy in our homes, places of work and community and we feed off of that energy which promotes more negative actions and responses which then contributes to chronic negativity that plagues many of us. This training is to help individuals, tribal and organizational programs better understand grief, grieving and how to help yourself and others through the grieving process. Each participant will receive a handout packet, resources and ideas to integrate into programming for their community. Whether you work with youth, health, social services, law enforcement or beyond, learning how to move beyond grief will positively impact you and the people you serve. |
South Point Hotel & Casino
1-858-539-7700 Room rate: $80 Cutoff date for group rate: 9/30/18 Group Code NAT1021 |
Brochure and Agenda Coming Soon!
October 23 - 25, 2018 |
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Gathering of Native Americans (GONA)
- Training of Facilitators with Theda New Breast & Marcus Red Thunder Registration Fee: $495 The Gathering of Native Americans (GONA) curriculum was developed between 1990 and 1994 and has stood the test of time as an effective healing and planning model for tribal communities addressing impacts of historical and inter-generational trauma. Impacts include substance abuse, suicide, meth and other drug use, violence, poverty and more. This training will teach people how to facilitate a GONA for your tribe or agency. Participants will go through the four foundational phases of the GONA- belonging, mastery, interdependence and generosity. A handout packet will be distributed to each participant that can be duplicated for GONA’s that will be implemented in your community. |
South Point Hotel & Casino
1-858-539-7700 Room rate: $80 Cutoff date for group rate: 9/30/18 Group Code NAT1021 |
Brochure and Agenda Coming Soon!
December 5 - 7, 2018 |
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Native Youth Leadership Academy
with Charles Tail Feathers, Robert Johnston, Thosh Collins, Chelsey Luger, Martin Sensmeier, Emcee One AKA Marcus Guinn, Shalene Joseph, Tomas Karmelo Amaya, & Siera Begay Registration Fee: $350 Native youth need caring adults to provide guidance, support, direction and skills for their personal growth and development. The Native Youth Leadership Academy does just that. Activities focus on their physical, mental, emotional and spiritual well-being and helps to prepare them to be positive contributing members in their school, family and community. Youth participants engage in a journey of ceremony, sharing, learning and experiencing leadership development. Youth from throughout Native Country will have an opportunity to learn about healing, Native wellness, leadership, spirituality and healthy risk taking. They will meet other youth who are on similar paths and will be able to network and connect with other amazing youth. |
Brochure and Agenda Coming Soon!
December 5 - 7, 2018 |
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Adults Working with Native Youth
- Training of Trainers with Jillene Jospeh Registration Fee: $495 Become a Certified Trainer! This training is intended for adults who work with Native youth. Participants who complete the training will be certified trainers in the Native Wellness Institute’s, 10 lesson “Native Youth Leadership” curriculum. The training will be hands-on, experiential and participants will give presentations to display their knowledge and understanding of the curriculum. The curriculum is great for any youth program. Each person will receive a curriculum kit - curriculum, beaded lanyard, name tag, and certificate. |
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December 5 - 7, 2018 |
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Healthy Relationships
- Training of Trainers with Theda New Breast Registration Fee: $495 Become a Certified Trainer! The Leading the Next Generations Healthy Relationships Curriculum is an innovative tool founded in Native culture and teachings. The Native Wellness Institute developed it specifically for Native couples, people, and communities. Healthy couples raise healthy children who will, in turn, rebuild the foundation for healthier Native communities. The Healthy Relationships Curriculum and training combines the teachings of our Native ancestors with the realities of today’s world. Using the curriculum can lead to balance of the mind, body, and spirit by creating and strengthening healthier relationships with partners, families, and communities. The Native Wellness Institute’s focus on culturally-based healthy relationship education and promotion makes the Healthy Relationships Curriculum the leader in Indian Country. Imagine tribal communities supporting positive, healthy relationships and having access to information, role models, mentors, training and resources to build healthier relationships and families. This is the goal of the Leading the Next Generations Healthy Relationships Curriculum. |
Brochure and Agenda Coming Soon!
December 5 - 7, 2018 |
Choose Respect
- Men's Mentoring Program to End Violence with Gene Tagaban Registration Fee: $395 Tribal communities embrace strong efforts of cultural revitalization, community engagement and provide healing opportunities. Yet, physical violence, sexual assault, dating violence, stalking and child sexual abuse continues on tribal lands, in urban centers and areas in between- violence against women by men. Most often, it is women helping other women to heal from these traumatic experiences, bringing awareness to the prevalence of violence and helping women learn more about healthy relationships. Where are the men in all of this? Small pockets of men across the Nation are stepping up to make positive change, to take responsibility to hold themselves and other men accountable and to END violence against women. There is much more work to be done. This new training being offered by the Native Wellness Institute will provide a framework for men to engage in conversation with each other about violence against women, to help men of all ages to better understand where their hurt, pain, anger and rage comes from and how men can gather with other men, formally and informally, to choose respect to end this violence. The training materials from this training will come from the Native Wellness Institute, the Alaska Network on Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault, Dr. Clayton Small’s The Good Road of Life and the National Indigenous Women’s Resource Center. |
Brochure and Agenda Coming Soon!
