Speaker
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Dr. Lyle IgnaceDr. Ignace is Menominee and Coeur D’Alene. He is a Board Certified Internist and former Clinical Service Chief of Internal Medicine with 10 years of experience providing comprehensive ambulatory and inpatient acute care for the Gallup Indian Medical Center. Dr. Ignace received his Master of Public Health in Health Care Management and Policy from Harvard. He completed his Internal Medicine Residency Program at the Medical College of Wisconsin in Milwaukee, WI (1999), Medical Degree from the University of Minnesota, School of Medicine (1996) and has a Bachelor of Science Degree from Marquette University, Milwaukee, WI (1992). -
Dr. Carol Cornelius Instructor @ UWGBCarol A. Cornelius completed her Ph.D. at Cornell University in 1992. Her major was curriculum and instruction, and minor American Indian culture and history. She taught at the University of Wisconsin, Green Bay for three years and helped build the First Nations Studies undergraduate program. Her coursework included Wisconsin Indian Nations, Oral Traditions, Contemporary Issues, Oneida Ethnohistory and she co-taught a course on Cultural Diversity. Her dissertation was published in 1999, Iroquois Corn in a Culture-Based Curriculum, A Framework for Respectfully Teaching about Cultures.
A History in Indigenous Voices: Menominee, HoChunk, Oneida, Stockbridge, and Brothertown Interactions in the Removal Era. The author, Dr. Carol Cornelius, Oneida Turtle Clan, Mohican and Montauk, gathered historical documents containing Indigenous Voices during the time when Wisconsin was entirely Indigenous Nations to the loss of lands which resulted into current day reservations.Dr. Cornelius, Ph.D Cornell 1992, retired as Area Manager Oneida Cultural Heritage, continues to teach one course per semester alternating with College of Menominee Nation and Univ of WI Green Bay. Author of Iroquois Corn in a Culture-Based Curriculum, A Framework for Respectfully Teaching about Cultures. 1999, SUNY Press.
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Dr. Alton "Sonny" Smart Professor Emeritus (1990 – 2020) Sociology & Social Work Department @ UW – Stevens PointAlton J (Sonny) Smart
Professor Emeritus (1990 – 2020)
Sociology & Social Work Department
UW – Stevens Point
Research Areas:
- American Indian family systems using a cultural paradigm as the model for assessment
- Using a culturally developed parenting model “Family Circles” as a model for working with tribal families and communities
- Assessing cultural parenting styles from “traditional to Acculturated boarding school behaviors
- Cultural leadership styles and supervision
- Minobimaadiziwin: What is good Indian Mental Health?
Education and Bio Information
Alton “Sonny” Smart is an Anishsiabe educator who occupies many roles in native and nonnative communities. He is first and foremost a grandfather, father, husband, son, uncle, and grandson. He is a Tribal Judge; a United States Army (Airborne) Vietnam Veteran; He holds positions on Ojibwa ceremonial Big Drum and Midewiwin medicine societies. He is a member of the Band River Band of Chippewa of Wisconsin, where he was born into the Fish Clan. His spiritual names of Ozaawa ana-quad (Yellow Cloud) and later a Menominee tribal name of Notnowgiishick (Center Sky), when he was adopted into a Menominee Tribal Family
He is currently Professor Emeritus of Social work at the University of Wisconsin – Stevens Point. (1990-2020) Where he coordinated the Native American Rural & Social Work program and Native American Family Institute. He served as Program director of the department Social Work program. 2010-15. He taught courses in Native American Social work, child Welfare, Problems in Family Interaction, Human Behavior and the Social Environment, and other social work courses. He has undergraduate and graduate degrees in social work, sociology and has post-graduate training in Family Therapy. He is state certified as a third-party therapist in individual, family and group therapy. He has served as an expert witness in many Indian Child welfare cases and has done numerous cultural assessments in such cases.
He has worked for various Wisconsin Tribes in many capacities, such as clinical social worker, director of alcohol and drug prevention, in-home family therapist, director of family and counseling services, high school guidance counselor, school cultural specialist, health careers recruiter. He served in the United States Army Airborne field medic in Vietnam and Germany. He has served as a Tribal Judge for the Bad River Band since 1985 where he is currently Senior Associate Tribal Judge. (simi-retired)
He currently does consultant work and training in the areas of tribal mental health, Indian child welfare, treatment modalities in working with tribal families, alcohol and drug intervention and prevention, cultural parenting programs, Indian education and cultural teaching styles, community and program development, Peacemaking in tribal courts
He has done work in the areas of tribal leadership development and supervision. He has provided training to tribal, state, federal and private social service and educational agencies and organizations throughout the Midwest regional and national levels. He has done training in cultural sensitivity and cultural competency. He has developed assessment tools to assist in evaluating child welfare and counseling tribal clients.
He conceptualized and co-authored the Family Circles Woodland Parenting manual using Ojibwe cultural paradigm as the main learning paradigm. He currently works with the Lac Du Flambeau community in revitalizing the Family circles model as a consultant working with tribal families.
He just recently provided cultural in-depth narration history for the just released documentary “Bad River”, which premiered in theaters across the country March 13th, 2024, and is currently available in various streaming formats.
He produced an in-depth series of Ojibwe language CDs with Larry “Amik” Smallwood He currently conducts cultural teachings and presentations on “What is good Indian Mental Health”. Using Ojibway Minobimaadiziwin philosophy: living and maintaining balance.
Sonny has a unique style of blending his cultural knowledge and heritage with the western paradigm of helping. He is able to help bridge the gap between the two worlds in a humorous and non-threatening way through his use of cultural stories of song and dance and life stories of his Anishinabe people.
He has been attending and dancing at powwows through out the country for over 40 years in traditional Woodland and grass dance categories as well as serving as head judge, head Veteran and Arena Director and Master of Ceremonies.
Presentation Titles:
Cultural considerations in adopting Native American children: manifest and latent consequences
Adult adopted children: responses of those who decide to return to tribal communities and the communities’ cultural responses to the new returnees
Intertribal Socio-Cultural generational changes to tribal families through the boarding school eras.
The effects of Indian Child Welfare Act on tribal social welfare systems and Tribal courts
Cultural resilience in assessing and treatment interventions with tribal family’s exposure to intergenerational trauma. The basis for healing of past trauma.
What is Good Indian Mental Health? In asking this question, this presentation looks at a cultural paradigm of teachings and way of life as the foundation for natural mental health among tribal people.
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Dr. Brian JacksonBrian Jackson, Chi Ayaabe (Big Buck), MS, Ed.D
Assistant Professor, Institute Health & Equity
Location: Milwaukee & Lac Du Flambeau
• Primary Appointment: Assistant Professor Medical College Wisconsin (MCW)
Contact Information
• brjackson@mcw.edu
• (715) 614-1194
Education
BA, Youth Development, Concordia St. Paul
MS, Indigenous Education, University of Minnesota
Ed.D Indigenous Curriculum & Pedagogy, University of Minnesota
Tribal Affiliations: Lac Du Flambeau Ojibwe Tribal member and Family in Bad River and Lac Vieux Desert
Brian Jackson Chi Ayaabe (Big Buck), MS, Ed.D.
Tribal Affiliations: Lac Du Flambeau Ojibwe Tribal member and Family in Bad River and Lac Vieux Desert
Dr. Jackson joined the MCW January 16, 2023, as assistant professor with a background serving Indian Country over 26 years of experience working with an emphasis on American Indian Studies/ Lifeways and Community Based Participatory Research. He is part of the Great Lakes Native American Research Center for Health (GLNARCH) Community Scientific Advisory Committee serving the Bemidji Area. He has worked extensively with Native American students in student development programs through storytelling and cultural teachings combining academic research and Indigenous ways of being. Furthermore, Dr. Jackson is trained as a Family Circles AODA Prevention Program facilitator, providing instruction in Ojibwe language, traditional cultural practices, history, and culture of Native people preserving and restoring pride in the identity of Anishinaabe. With an introspective approach on identity in which family members examine their own behaviors, the curriculum enables individuals to better understand how the process of realizing positive healthy lifestyles within the family begins with selfesteem building, coping skills building through Indian culture, values and lifestyles. -
Daniel Crowsee Thomas Cultural Consultant @ Oneida NationAs a young man, after being taught by his mother and grandmother, both boarding school inmates, what they knew of Oneida traditions, Crowsee began expanding his exploration of his indigenous heritage, traveling the US and Canada, learning traditions from many tribal elders. His Wisconsin roots run deep, his Oneida ancestors having arrived in Green Bay with the third wave from New York; on his father's side, he comes from a long line of Lenni Lenape sachems. Today he shares his knowledge serving as Cultural Wellness Consultant for Oneida Behavioral Health. -
Patrick Danforth Recovery Coach @ Oneida NationRecovery Coach Professional and currently a Recovery Coach at Oneida Recovery Nest, Patrick has a B.A. in history from the University of North Florida. Patrick’s Oneida name is “Teh Sal Ha Let” which means He Hollars. As a Two Spirit person in long-term sobriety, Patrick has overcome many obstacles to reach his goals. After completing treatment at Jackie NItschze Center in 2013 here in Green Bay, he continued to struggle with his sobriety.
In 2020, Patrick successfully completed inpatient, outpatient and sober living programs through Apricity treatment services in Appleton, Wisconsin. His goal was to become a recovery coach and return to the Oneida reservation to help others. Patrick has discovered that recovery means so much more than sobriety. Recovery is about learning to grow as an individual and as a community. One of the ways Patrick does this is through helping others learn about the Wellbriety Movement.
The term Wellbriety simply means to go beyond sobriety, committing to a life of wellness every day. He will be speaking on Recovery Coaching and Wellbriety - How the Wellbriety Movement came to Indian Country and how Wellbriety is a framework for multipathways to recovery as well as recovery coaching. -
Stephenie Muscavitch VanEvery Wolf Clan Manager @ Oneida Cultural HeritageKaluhyak^le, Stephenie Muscavitch VanEvery, a member of the Oneida Nation Turtle Clan, has been an educator of the Oneida language and culture for over 20 years. She is also a Haudenosaunee potter, silversmith, graphic and clothing designer, and storyteller. Stephenie holds a BS in Broadfield Social Studies and a Master's in Applied Leadership for Teaching and Learning. She currently serves as the Wolf Clan Manager at Oneida Cultural Heritage.
Stephenie has received the Herb Kohl Teacher Fellowship Award in 2017 for excellence and innovation in teaching. Her work has been displayed at the Oneida Nation Museum (Oneida, WI), the Iroquois Museum (Howes Cave, NY), the Neville Public Museum (Green Bay, WI), and the Kress Pavilion (Door County, WI).
Stephenie is a dedicated maker, focusing her talents on creating art inspired by the inherent power of family. She cherishes her husband and children, aiming to elevate love and peace for oneself and our interconnectedness with each other.
Performer
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Lil Mike and FunnyBone Hip Hop Group @ Mike Bone Media -
Oneida Hymn SingersWhen we came to Wisconsin from New York in 1822, we brought these Christian Hymns with us.
We have been singing our Oneida Hymns as early as the mid-1600s, when we first heard early missionaries singing them.
Hymns are traditional to the Oneida communities.
Our songs were preserved orally and later in hand-copied books originally in the Mohawk alphabet.
They have been passed on from generation to generation.
Hymns:Amazing Grace
Amazing Grace, how sweet the sound
That saved a wretch like me
I once was lost, but now am found
Was blind but now I see
Was Grace that taught my heart to fear
And Grace my fears relieved
How precious did that Grace appear
The hour I first believed
Through many danger, toils and snares
We have already come
T'was Grace that brought us safe thus far
And Grace will lead us home
Amazing Grace, how sweet the sound
That saved a wretch like me
I once was lost but now am found
Was blind but now I see
Musicians PrayerMake a Joyful Noise Unto the Lord!
God, please bless my music
that it might glorify your name.
May using it to serve you always be my aim.
Let it be a witness to Your Majesty and Love,
And remind us that You are watching from Your throne above.
May others see Your beauty in every note they hear,
And when they hear my music,
May they feel your presence near.
Oh Lord, I ask for guidance in everything I do,
And pray you'll make my music an instrument for you.
Please feel free to sing along with the chorus of these 4 songs with us:
In The Sweet by and By #6
In the sweet by and by,
we shall meet on that beautiful shore.
In the sweet by and by,
we shall meet on that beautiful shore.
Traveling Home #15
Yes, I feel like traveling home.
I feel like traveling home.
My heavenly home is bright and fair.
I feel like traveling home.
God Will Take Care of You #15
God will take care of you,
through every day, in every way.
God will take care of you!
God will take care of you!
Jesus Loves Me#76
Yes, Jesus loves me.
Yes, Jesus loves me.
Yes, Jesus loves me.
The bible tells me so.
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Edi Cornelius-Grosskopf, MSFamily Wellness Coach/Consultant
717 West First St.
Shawano, WI 54166
715-524-3194
Edijafra@yahoo.com
BS in Family Life Education from University of Wisconsin, Stevens Point
MS in Family and Consumer Sciences from University of Wisconsin, Stevens Point
Edi has worked in Community Education for over 40 years. She started her career working with the University of Wisconsin Extension Program as an Extension Home Economist and 4-H Agent, followed by an Adjunct Family Life Instructor for Northeast Wisconsin Technical College.
She currently works as a Family Wellness Consultant. She owns her own consulting business called "Gentle Directions for Life" which includes facilitating personal growth for individuals and groups of all sizes.
She offers life coaching for every season of the human experience. Parenting classes are her specialty.She teaches Zumba Gold classes. (A heart healthy, fun, family oriented Latin exercise/dance program that works every part of the body.)
She teaches people of all ages and stages...including a class at a nursing home with wheel chair participants. One of her recent participants was 103 years old.She is also licensed in Zumba Gold Toning (Using 1-2 pound weighted shaker sticks while dancing.)
Zumbini, bonding with music and movement for birth to 4 year olds and parents or caregivers, Zumba Kids JR. for 4-6 year olds and Zumba Kids 7-11 year olds.
Her newest license is Plate by Zumba Coach. This is an evidenced based, nutrition information program to help guide people to health and well-being.
She is also trained in the Wellcoaches wellness coaching program which assists professionals in building a coaching a roadmap using positive psychology.She is passionate about diabetes prevention education and family health and family fun community programs.
She manages a team of JAFRA cosmetics consultants and sells their unique skin and body care products for the entire family.
She has been a hospice volunteer for more than a decade.
She is a wife, a mom and a grandmother.
One of her favorite hobbies is singing. She sings traditional Oneida Hymns as well as sings with her church choir.
One of her favorite quotes, “When we know better, we usually do better.” She reminds all people to learn something new every day.
Book Link and Information
Traveling Home Blessed by Spirit-filled Songs: A Journey to Indian Boarding School and Home
This book shares positive family values and life lessons Alice lived and taught.
Oneida history and culture come alive as the story of Alice's life unfolds.
It is a story of hardships, overcoming obstacles, unconditional love, and the Great Spirit.
It emphasizes the importance of hard work, contribution, family and community involvement, faith, and the power of Spirit filled songs.
This tender story tells of how Alice beat all odds and was able to pass on her wisdom and philosophy.
This book has been prayed over by many prayer warriors and it is hoped that it will be a blessing to individuals, families, and communities all over the world.
The lessons are timeless and cross cultural.
This book is intended to help people understand more deeply about the Oneida culture, Oneida hymn singing, Indian boarding schools, good family values, and the Savior of the world. -
Oneida VeteransThe purpose of the ONVAC is to serve as an advisory body to the Oneida Veterans Service Office in all matters related to the Oneida Nation’s veteran’s rights, benefits, veterans affairs issues, and to protect the honor and integrity of the Oneida Nation and all veterans who have served honorably in the United States Uniformed Services.
It shall be the purpose of the ONVAC to affairs and/or issues in order that the office can formulate veteran’s services and programs for Oneida Veterans.
Furthermore, ONVAC coordinates veteran events with the assistance of the Veterans Service Office, and other organized groups and organizations that are also representatives of Oneida Veterans within the Oneida Nation.Our Oneida Veterans are respected within our community because of our commitment and service to the Oneida Nation and the United States.
It is through our service being given back to our community which solidifies this respect.
Our individual and organizational involvement within our community shows both our honor and pleasure to be a part of the Oneida Community.
Our efforts to respect ourselves and our community encourages our veterans to want to be a part and also share our participation for the benefit of the whole.
Furthermore, we as Veterans are an integral part of the Oneida Community within which we live and serve. -
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Marlon Skenandore Councilman @ Oneida Nation
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