The Cast of Reservation Dogs on Auditioning and Sharing Native American Humor
"Native people are just so funny, and like, it's the first time it's ever been shown before. Like, so that's why I think that's why people are falling in love with it, because it's our humor... we're really funny people. It just hasn't been shown before." -Paulina Alexis
The cast of Reservation Dogs discuss auditioning for the show, playing characters that are similar to themselves and sharing Native American humor with the world. (Watch time 5:27):
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“Tribal Nations are resilient and have demonstrated our resolve and dedication since time immemorial. We expect to continue to be treated as Sovereign Nations with Governmental Parity and Equity.”
– Fawn Sharp, NCAI President, Quinault
Each week, DCYF ESIT Tribal Support Specialist Brian Frisina provides a key topic to help us get to know our Tribal Nations partners better.
This week’s topic is:
Trust Lands
Self-governance and tribal sovereignty, in practice, are closely associated with sovereignty over and management of tribal lands. Since the organization was founded in 1944, NCAI has actively supported the restoration of tribal lands. The principal goal of the Indian Reorganization Act of 1934 was to halt and reverse the abrupt decline in the economic, cultural, governmental, and social well-being of Indian tribes caused by the disastrous federal policy of “allotment” and sale of reservation lands.
Between the years of 1887 and 1934, the US government took more than 90 million acres, nearly two-thirds of all reservation lands, from the tribes without compensation and sold it to settlers. As noted by one of the IRA’s principal authors, Congressman Howard of Nebraska, “the land was theirs under titles guaranteed by treaties and law; and when the government of the United States set up a land policy which, in effect, became a forum of legalized misappropriation of the Indian estate, the government became morally responsible for the damage that has resulted to the Indians from its faithless guardianship” (78 Cong. Rec. 11727-11728, 1934).
Learn more
LANDBACK is a movement that has existed for generations with a long legacy of organizing and sacrifice to get Indigenous Lands back into Indigenous hands. Currently, there are LANDBACK battles being fought all across Turtle Island, to the north and the South... As NDN Collective, we are stepping into this legacy with the launch of a LANDBACK Campaign as a mechanism to connect, coordinate, resource and amplify this movement and the communities that are fighting for LANDBACK.
Watch moving video here (watch time 5:05):
Sources
Trust Land |NCAI. © 2001-2022 National Congress of American Indians.
LANDBACK Manifesto. | NDN Collective. ©2021 LANDBACK. Powered by NDN.
Hello ESIT DMS Users,
DCYF's production server on which the ESIT DMS resides will be down to perform some required maintenance activities estimated to begin at 5 a.m. on Friday, August 5.
This outage will affect all users. Please ensure you are completely signed out of the DMS (signed out and web browser closed) at the end of day on Thursday, August 4. The system will be unavailable from 5 a.m. on Friday, August 5, through Sunday, August 7 at 5 p.m.
Please let any coworkers know of this scheduled down-time if they do not receive these notices (have them sign up!).
- ESIT Data Systems and Analysis Team
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The Office of Innovation, Alignment, and Accountability (OIAA) Evaluation team is now recruiting for a new ESIT Evaluator! The recruitment closes Wed. August 10 at 11:59 p.m.
If you have a solid background in program evaluation research and data analysis, and you want to join an organization that is working toward the common goal of eliminating child and youth outcome disparities based on race and ethnicity, apply today! The ESIT Evaluator position is part of the DCYF OIAA’s Evaluation Team, which is part of the larger OIAA Evaluation and Research Team.
Click here to learn more about this position and apply:
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The latest episode of On the Evidence focuses on the ways that racism and inequity within human services programs affect fathers and families, and how adopting a more inclusive father engagement strategy can benefit children, fathers, and their families.
Listen to episode (45 minutes):
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This two-hour, virtual interactive workshop led by The Montana Institute and provided by the Washington State Essentials for Childhood Initiative, will provide an overview of the Science of the Positive, Positive Community Norms, and Healthy Outcomes from Positive Experiences (HOPE) frameworks and how they can be used in harmony to promote child development, grow Positive Childhood Experiences, and promote a healing-centered approach to help children and adults increase resiliency.
The workshop will include current research-findings and applications of these frameworks and will provide participants with opportunities to consider and discuss how they might advance these applications in their own unique contexts.
Advancing Applications of HOPE,
the Science of the Positive, and Positive Community Norms
August 29, 2022 | 9 – 11 a.m.
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This 2022 series is called “Going Virtual.” Webinars in this series will discusses equitable, culturally sustaining early intervention (EI) and early childhood (EC) care and education strategies and their application in a virtual, or telehealth, environment. These webinars address family coaching practices, aspects of the transition process in various contexts, and common challenges often experienced by families and practitioners in virtual settings.
Presented by the Military Families Learning Network
Sept. 14 | Nov. 16 | 8 – 9:30 a.m.
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Find registration information for one or more sessions:
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Please join us for a free virtual home visitor training series with presenters from a wonderful team of experienced and wise home visitors and Washington State Coalition Against Domestic Violence (WSCADV) staff!
The first training in this series is Domestic Violence (DV) Assessment and Response, followed by Safety Planning with Families:
DV Assessment and Response
August 11 – 12|10 – 11:30 a.m.| Register here
October 20 – 21|10 – 11:30 a.m.| Register here
Safety Planning with Families
September 15|9:30 a.m. – 2:30 p.m.| Register here
November 9|9:30 a.m. – 2:30 p.m.| Register here
Break from 12 – 1 p.m.
Questions? Contact Leigh Hofheimer at leigh@wscadv.org or call 206-389-2515 x202.
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