**2007 Healthy Native Communities Fellowship**

Fifteen community teams representing forty individuals have been chosen
to participate in the Indian Health Service Healthy Native Communities
Fellowship. Selected through a competitive application process, the new
group of Fellows represents a cross-section of community life including
health care and wellness specialists, substance abuse and social service
professionals, Tribal and local government leaders, and community
volunteers.

**CAN-DO-IT** (Wagner, South Dakota)

Cletus Goodteacher, Probate Contact Representative, BIA-Yankton Sioux
Agency, Santee Sioux Tribe of Nebraska

Glenford "Sam" Sully, Roads Planner, Yankton Sioux Tribe of South
Dakota, Yankton Sioux

**Chippewa Cree Wellness Coalition** (Box Elder, Montana)

Mary DeBerry, Chemical Dependency Counselor, White Sky Hope Center,
Chippewa Cree Tribe

Natalie Flores, Tribal Extension Assistant & 4H Coordinator, Stone Child
College Tribal Extension Program, Chippewa Cree Tribe

Travis Stephens, Cashier, Stocker, Maintenance, Jitter Bugs, Chippewa
Cree Tribe

**Community Wellness Team** (Peach Springs, Arizona)

Thomas Siyuja, Jr., Youth Wellness Program Assistant, Hualapai Tribe

Onawa Shongo, Housekeeping, Grand Canyon Resort Corporation, Hualapai
Tribe

Helen Watahomigie, Youth Wellness Coordinator, Hualapai Tribe

**Contemporary Warriors for Wellness** (Crow Agency, Montana)

Darrin Old Coyote, Vice Secretary of the Crow Nation, Crow Tribe of
Indians, Crow Tribe

Edgar Prettyontop, Medical Social Work, Billings Area Indian Health
Service, Crow Tribe

Deborah Russell, Medical Social Worker, Billings Area Indian Health
Service-Northern Cheyenne Hospital, Northern Cheyenne Tribe

**Devil's Club Nation** (Juneau, Alaska)

Alberta Aspen, Tlingit & Haida Community Council Member/Retired from
IRS, Central Council of the Tlingit & Haida Indian Tribes of Alaska

Doloresa Cadiente, Tlingit & Haida Community Council Member/Retired from
State of Alaska Clerk of Courts, Central Council of the Tlingit & Haida
Indian Tribes of Alaska

Alan Travasso, Health Promotion Manager, SEARHC Medical, Tlingit & Haida
Indian Tribes of Alaska

**Guiding Eagles** (Santa Fe, New Mexico)

Claudene Martinez, Health Coalition Coordinator, Pueblo De San Ildefonso

Maria Martinez, Diabetes Coordinator, Pueblo De San Ildefonso

**Healthy Tribal Helpers** (Harlem, Montana)

Katrese Hammond, Health Educator & Program Manager, Fort Belknap Indian
Community Council, Fort Belknap Assiniboine

Benita Plain Feather, Diabetes Prevention Program Manager, Fort Belknap
Tribal Health, Assiniboine

Kara Todd-Iwen, Tribal Health Director, Fort Belknap Tribal Health
Department, Assiniboine

**HOPE** (Lame Deer, Montana)

Ann Goodluck, Public Health Nurse, Northern Cheyenne Board of Health,
Northern Cheyenne Tribe/Chippewa Cree

Sophia Messer, Health Educator, Northern Cheyenne Tribe, Northern
Cheyenne

**Hopeful Hearts** (Chenega Bay, Alaska)

Cheryl Bruck, Community Volunteer/Tribal Member, Chenega Tribe; Chugach
AK Corp.; Tatitlek Corp.

Gail Evanoff, Behavioral Health Aide, Chugachmiut/Chenega Bay Clinic,
Chenega IRA Council; Chugach AK Corp; Chenega Corp.

Wannah Zacher, Community Volunteer/Tribal Member, Chenega Tribe

**Indigenous Women of the Future** (Indian Island, Maine)

Wenona Lola, Cultural Education Coordinator, Penobscot Nation, Penobscot
Nation & Passamaquoddy

Miigam'agan, Youth Wellness & Outreach, Anikwom WholeLife Center,
Mi'kmag Nation & Wabanaki Confederacy

Kathleen Paul, Native American Program Specialist, The River Coalition,
Penobscot

**No More Fallen Feathers Suicide Prevention** (Portland, Oregon)

Tabitha Whitefoot, Assistant Director, Native American Student &
Community Services, Portland State University, Yakima Indian Nation

Paulette Watanabe, Director, Educational Equity Programs & Services,
Portland State University, Asian American

**Pueblo of Jemez** (Jemez Pueblo, New Mexico)

Margaret Garcia, Senior Citizens Program Manager, Pueblo of Jemez,
Pueblo of Santa Ana

Marjorie Old Horn, Public Health Program Manager, Pueblo of Jemez, Crow
Tribe

Eileen Shendo, Program Assistant, Pueblo of Jemez-Dept of Education,
Pueblo of Jemez/Cochiti

**Sheepsprings Community Wellness Action Team** (Sheepsprings, New
Mexico)

Marvin Begay, Office Aid, Sheepsprings Chapter of the Navajo Nation,
Navajo

Joann King, Public Health Nurse, Navajo Area Indian Health Service,
Navajo

Linda Livingston, Senior Community Health Worker, Community Health
Representative Outreach Program of the Navajo Nation, Navajo

**Team Oochalata** (Jay, Oklahoma)

Woody Hanson, Lead Community Health Representative, Cherokee Nation-Sam
Hider Community Clinic, Cherokee

Betty King, Public Health Educator, Cherokee Nation-Sam Hider Community
Clinic, Cherokee

**Unangan Ataqan Akun! - We Aleuts Are One** (Anchorage, Alaska)

Gary Ferguson, Wellness Coordinator/Naturopathic Doctor, Eastern
Aleutian Tribes, Qagan Tayagungin/Aleut/Unangan

Diana Gundersen, Wellness Program Assistant, Aleutian-Pribilof Island
Association, Inc., Aleut

Laura Revels, Health Promotion/Disease Prevention Coordinator,
Aleutian-Pribilof Island Association, Inc., Tlingit