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For more information, contact:
National Indian Justice Center
5250 Aero Drive
Santa Rosa, CA
95403
Ph: (707) 579-5507
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2nd Annual California Indian Museum and Cultural Center Community
Awards Nominations
The Board of Directors of the California Indian Museum and Cultural Center are
sponsoring three awards to be given at this year's 10th Annual For All My Relations:
Conference For Indian Families, July 9th in Garden Grove, California. The awards
include: the Cultural Guardian Award, The Emerging Leader Award and the Leadership
in Action Award. Past award recipients include the following:
The Cultural Guardian Award - Ernest Siva, Dorothy Ramon Learning Center
The Emerging Leader Award - Chairman James Ramos, The San Manuel Band of
Mission Indians
The Leadership in Action Award - William Madrigal, Jr., Cahuilla
Nominations are currently being accepted for the following:
The Cultural Guardian Award recognizes an individual who has demonstrated
a powerful commitment to protecting, preserving and enhancing the cultural integrity
of Indian tribes of California. The recipient must have demonstrated a dedication to
tribal language enhancement and preservation activities that assure an
intergenerational connection to culture and tradition.
The Leadership in Action Award recognizes a California Indian leader who has
demonstrated a strong commitment, dedication and devotion to improving tribal
governance and the community spirit of Indian country. The recipient must have
demonstrated a genuine appreciation for the enhancement of tribal sovereignty,
families and communities.
The Emerging Leader Award recognizes a student who has demonstrated the ability
to reach leadership potential through competitive achievement. The recipient must
have demonstrated academic, athletic, and/or community service excellence and show
commitment to using their skills to improve the well being of California tribal
communities.
The awardees will be honored at 11:30AM on Thursday, July 9, 2009 at the Hyatt
Regency Orange County, located at 11999 Harbor Boulevard, Garden Grove,
California 92840.
Award guidelines and nomination forms are listed below. We hope that you will take
this opportunity to honor the achievements and contributions of individuals from your
community.
For additional information on the California Indian Museum and Cultural Center visit
www.cimcc.org
Award Guidelines and Nomination forms
The Cultural Guardian Award
The Emerging Leader Award
The Leadership in Action Award
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The National Indian Justice Center wants to Thank all the
participants attending the Ninth Annual For All My Relations
Conference July 10-12th.
For those of you interested in attending the 2009 Conference,
please sign up for the NIJC Mailing List for future information.
2008 For All My Relations Presenter Survey
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