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# Healthy Native Communities Fellowship

## 2005 Fellows

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# Billings Area Wellness Team (Montana)

Susan Fredericks -- Indian Health Service, Area Pharmacy Consultant

Richard L. King -- Montana Wyoming Tribal Leaders Council, Health
Specialist

Victoria R. LaFromboise -- Yellowstone City-County Health Department,
Preventive Health Specialist II

**Bristol Bay Wellness Team** (Alaska)

Wassiliisia R. Bennis -- Bristol Bay Native Association, Chief
Administrative Officer

Christine A. Garner -- S. A. F. E., Village Services Coordinator

Karen Johnson -- Bristol Bay Area Health Corp., Deputy Director

**Chippewa Cree Community Wellness Coalition** (Montana)

Annette Blue Belcourt -- Rocky Boy Chemical Dependency Center,
Secretary/Data Entry

John Mitchell -- Chippewa Cree TERO/EEOC/WIA, GED Instructor

Jonna Parker -- Chippewa Cree TERO/EEOC/WIA, Director

**Community Fun and Wellness Team** (Alaska)

Cindy S. Baldwin-Kitka -- Southeast Alaska Regional Health Corporation,
Healthy Systems Specialist

Wilbur G. Brown, Jr. -- Southeast Alaska Regional Health Corporation,
Health Educator I

Somer Cox -- Southeast Alaska Regional Health Corporation, Community
Injury Prevention Coordinator

**History Makers** (Alaska)

Lucy Ann Apatiki -- Gambell Presbyterian Church, Elder And Commissioned
Lay Pastor

June J. Walunga -- Gambell Presbyterian Church, Session Elder

**Lac Vieux Desert Tribe** (Michigan)

Terri Fox -- Lac Vieux Desert Tribal Health, Health Services Director

Mike Hazen -- Lac Vieux Desert Band Of Chippewa, Chief Of Police

Henry K. Smith -- Lac Vieux Desert Tribe, Vice Chairman

**Manokotak Healers** (Alaska)

Melvin P. Andrew -- Bristol Bay Native Association, Village Public
Safety Officer

Leona Black -- SAFE, Village Advocate

Tommy Evon -- Bristol Bay Area Health Corp., Family Service Worker I

**Ogi-Ma Kwi't** (Michigan)

Tracy Lynn Hicks -- Huron Potwatomi Inc., Youth Learn To Work Program
Coordinator

Merri Louise Medawis -- Nottawaseppi Huron Band Of Potawatomi Health
Department, Enrollment Clerk

**Partners Addressing The Communities Health "PATCH"** (Oklahoma)

Arlinda Copeland -- Oklahoma State Department Of Health, SE Regional
Turning Point Field Consultant

Dana Elizabeth Jackson -- Department Of Human Services, School Based
Social Worker

Joyce Lynn Wells -- Choctaw Nation Of Oklahoma, Healthy Lifestyles
Director

**Ramah Navajo** (New Mexico)

Sarah Adeky -- RNSB, Inc. and Public Servant

Yin-May Lee -- RNSB, Inc. and Director, Ramah Navajo Continuing
Education/FACE Program

Alvin Rafelito -- RNSB, Inc. and Pine Hill Health Center, Contract
Health Specialist

**San Carlos Apache DHHS** (Arizona)

David Reede -- San Carlos Apache Wellness Center, Director

Cherrill Williams -- San Carlos Apache Emergency Medical Services,
Acting EMS Program Manager

Velda Ann Williams -- San Carlos Apache Dept. Of Health And Human
Services, Assistant Health Director

**The Challengers** (North Dakota)

Ruth Anna Buffalo -- Social Services, MHA Nation, Substance Abuse
Prevention Specialist

Lila Mae Wells -- Ft. Berthold Diabetes Program - Awatii Wellness
Center, Fitness

# The Hopi Fellowship (Arizona)

Deidra Grelle-Scarborough -- IHS Hopi Health Center, Community Dietician

Paulita Sue Kewanwytewa -- IHS Hopi Health Center, Public Health
Educator

Carey Rose Onsae -- Hopi Women\'s Health Program-Hopi Tribe, Health
Educator

**U-TLI-NI-GI-DA A-YV-LI Strong Nation** (Oklahoma)

Karen Sue Blackfox Rabon -- Cherokee Nation - Wilma P. Mankiller Health
Center, Public Health Educator

Shirley Cochran -- Wilma P. Mankiller Health Center, Healthy Nation
Program, Health Promotion/Disease Prevention Educator

Charlotte Sue Wolfe -- Americorps VISTA Attached To Cherokee Nation,
VISTA Volunteer

**Yo Yot Sqelixwa Suki≠xuni7ni Aq≠smakik** (Montana)

Arleen Rae Adams -- Salish Kootenai College, Native American Studies
Instructor

Anita L. Dupuis -- Salish Kootenai College Faculty & Qe Esya-Qapinala
CDC, Board Member

Alethea Lynn Hendrickson -- Tribal Health & Human Services, Wellness
Coordinator