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September is...
* National Alcohol and Drug Addiction Recovery Month
* National Native American Wellbriety Month!!

Join with your family,friends,community members,and those who walk with you in recovery for a month of learning and celebration about sobriety and wellness.

White Bison is delighted to co sponsor National Native American Wellbriety Month in partnership with CSAT (Center for Substance Abuse Treatment)and SAMHSA (Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration)this September,2002.

White Bison/CSAT will sponsor four urban sites for celebrations and events this September.But each and every community can step forward with pride for addictions recovery and host local events.

A landmark event in Wellbriety Month this September is the Third Annual Circles of Recovery Conference, Strengthening Our Communities,to be held in Billings,Montana from September 26-29, 2002. Come to four days of learning, listening, participating and celebrating Native American Community Strength in Billings,Montana.The first 750 registrations are free,so register early.

FOUR CITIES

Special Native American Wellbriety Month celebrations are slated to take place in four cities in September. They are Sioux Falls, South Dakota; Anchorage, Alaska; Yuma, Arizona; Billings, Montana. A fifth, Portland, Oregon, will have a celebration as part of the National Recovery Month effort .What will take place in these four White Bison/CSAT sites,plus Portland? and what can other communities do in September to boost awareness of sober and healthy life styles? MORE

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PLANS UNDERWAY

Sioux Falls, South Dakota
George Eagleman, 605-221-0077
Sobriety Pow Wow and Sobriety Run

Anchorage, Alaska
Jacqueline Lee, 907-550-2444
September 14
Voices of Recovery, Alaska Sings Together
+Traditional Dance and Sharing of Food

Yuma, Arizona
Gary Menta, 760-572-0232
September 3-28
Sobriety Walk, Picinc, GONA (Gathering of Native Americans),
Sober Conference/Alcathon, and more.

Billings, Montana
Anna de Crane 406-259-2362
September 28
Pow Wow in conjunction with Circles of Recovery Conference
+buffalo feed; Sobriety Walk earlier in September

Portland, Oregon
Theresa Monteverdi, 503-236-3269
September 14
NARA (Native American Rehabilitation Association)
Alumni picnic + Wellbriety Mini Pow Wow

*Contact any of these Coordinators if you live in one of the cities, or if you would like ideas about doing something in your own local community. Go to the White Bison web site, choose the Recovery Month link, and learn about activities nation wide.

The Third Annual Circles of Recovery Conference, Strengthening our Communities, Billings, Montana, September 26-29,2002 is fast becoming a centerpiece for Wellbriety Month in Native America.

This year the six conference tracks will include: Servant Leadership; GONA; Creating the Community vision; The Firestarters Program; Wellbriety for Youth; Adult Children of Alcoholics;and Al-Anon for Native Americans.

Featured Speakers,Allies,and Collaborators will include: Don Coyhis; Henry Lozano; Dr. H. Westley Clark; Gen. Arthur T. Dean; John P.Walters; Dr.Ruth Sanchez-Way; Alvera Sterns; Laura Flinchbaugh; Willie Wolf; Theda Newbreast; Jeri Brunoe-Samson; Sharon White Fawn;King Lyons; Gayle Lyons; Connie Falleaf; Juanita Uhl; Sis Wenger; Dana Tiger;Dr.Susan Doctor; and others to be announced...

For much more information, call White Bison toll free 1-877-871-1495 for a Brochure, or visit the website www.whitebison.org to read or download one.

National Alcohol and Drug Addiction Recovery Month and National Native American Wellbriety Month Events in Five Cities
* The White Bison Conference * Local events of your choosing in your home community * Come on out for sobriety, recovery, and wellness!