Progress 04/01/06 to 03/31/10
Outputs
OUTPUTS: AG OBJECTIVES: Meetings with the RST Tribal Land Enterprise (TLE) Executive Director revealed that many people on the reservation who lease and/or own land do not have the proper education to maintain it. To address this, CES staff collaborated with TLE and the Mellette County CRCS office to develop curriculum and establish a range monitoring program. Two formal and several informal sessions were held with producers on land management issues, utilizing SDSU educators and specialists. Annual rancher's workshops were also held on Rosebud; the 2008 workshop was particularly successful with over 100 local ranchers in attendance. YOUTH OBJECTIVES: To help combat the prevalence of youth suicide on the Rosebud Reservation, the office collaborated with the Suicide Task Force, local schools, and other youth programs to develop activities in each community. A counseling program was begun, showing youth how to be proud of themselves, their culture, and their heritage and how to embrace life, not throw it away. As part of the suicide prevention movement, the office participated in the first two Family Resource Fairs, a chance for families and youth to learn about resources available on the reservation, including Extension. Around 500 participants were reached through informational booths and craft activities. In 2004, the office established a yearly Lakota Youth Day, exposing youth ages 8-18 years to tribal youth programs and activities. From 2005-2006, 350 youth participated in the events. Other youth programs served over 500 youth through activities that taught cooking skills, nutrition, food safety, winter preparedness skills, leadership skills, Character Counts! education, team building, traditional crafts and games, science, engineering, technology, environmental education, and drug and alcohol awareness. Grants for tree planting and youth gardening were funded in 2006. Curriculum was developed to provide training to youth on how to establish their own small business. Curriculum was also adapted to provide land management classes and hands-on training for youth to produce youth leaders who will teach other youth how to properly care for and manage the land. COMMUNITY OBJECTIVES: In 2009, a new Horizons program was initiated with the Saint Francis community, with additional support being provided to other Horizons communities initially served under a program with Sitting Bull College. Thirty people were taught leadership skills through "Leadership Plenty." The educator also worked with a number of organizations on garden and nutrition outreach, leading to the Rosebud Garden Fair and a contest in September 2008. A new program for garden education and support was implemented in 2009. Over 100 Rosebud residents received education in garden techniques through formal education sessions and one-on-one assistance. Several new plots were established with Extension personnel assisting in design and cultivation. Additional sessions were held to promote proper use of vegetables and nutritional aspects, including sessions on cooking and preservation. PARTICIPANTS: Teddie Rae Herman, Extension Educator, Community Innovation and Leadership; Dawn Rae Waln, 4-H and Youth Program Assistant; Justin Keyser, Extension Educator, Agronomy; Lealand Schoon, Natural Resources Conservation Service, Mellette County; Lakhdar Benkobi, NRCS, South Central RC&D Coordinator, Murdo, SD; Calvin Waln, Sr., Rosebud Sioux Tribe Tribal Land Enterprise; Valerie Mitchell, Extension Educator; Mary Scott, Tribal Liaison, Natural Resources Conservation Service, Mellette County; Heather Fairbanks, Extension Educator, 4-H/Youth Development; Lakota Tiwahe Center; St. Francis Indian Schools' F.A.C.E. (Families and Childrens' Education)Program; Healthy Start; RST Tribal Education; RST Head Start; RST Employee Assistance; Native Employment Works Program; RST Health Administration; RST Housing Program; Pine Ridge B.E.A.R. Project; RST Diabetes Program; White Buffalo Calf Women's Society; RST Police Department; RST Juvenile Detention Center; Tiwahe Glukinipi Circle of Care; Lucy Attebury, EFNEP Nutrition Assistant, SDSU Extension Service; Grace Menard, Nutrition Technician, RST Commodities Food Distribution Program; Linda Husher, Southern Plains Mental Health Service Case Manager; Todd County School District; Gail Frank, Extension Educator, 4-H/Youth Development; Ann Schwader, Extension Educator, Family & Consumer Sciences; Nancy Fleming, Workgroup Trainer, Applied Suicide Intervention Skills Training (ASIST); Lorna Saboe-Wounded Head, Extension Assistant, Food Safety; Maggie Schmaltz, Northern Great Plains, Inc.; Sera Thompson, "Art of Hosting Conversations that Matter" Host and Consultant, Canada; Tim Merry "Art of Hosing Conversations that Matter" Host and Consultant; Canada. Dr. Russell Stubbles and Dr. Paul Fokken, both of SDSU Foundation have worked with myself and the Rosebud Sioux Tribe's President, Rodney Bordeaux, and his liaison, John Spotted Tail to develop a Parks and Recreation Department. The Rosebud Sioux Tribal Council was met with and they have approved of forming a Parks and Recreation Department on the reservation. This will bring about a Code Talkers' Memorial Park as well as recreation facilities and different types of recreation and unlimited sports in each of the 20 communities on the reservation. TARGET AUDIENCES: The target audience encompasses families, youth and communities of Rosebud reservation, with producer outreach programs targeted toward enhancing training and opportunities for Native producers and youth outreach programs targeted toward preventing youth suicides and developing leadership and survival skills. PROJECT MODIFICATIONS: Not relevant to this project.
Impacts
AG OBJECTIVES: The Land Management training was a seasonal program, so students could see actual results and the impact of different conditions. Of those producers trained on land management, 30% reported implementation of improvements. With a new partnership with Sinte Gleska University, additional trainings will be available to producers, as will a new vocational program for new producers to begin in Fall 2010. YOUTH OBJECTIVES: The two Family Resource Fairs were very successful. Not only did the participants receive suicide prevention education, the collaborating programs were able to learn about each other and how we can use our resources to better assist each other and the public. In the afterschool activities, youth are learning skills that they need for survival. Many youth on the reservation are taking care of themselves as well as their siblings. Teaching cooking skills, as well as nutrition, teaches them how to better take care of their bodies, in addition to teaching them how to cook a meal. Teaching winter preparedness and leadership skills is important because many youth are raising themselves here on the reservation, and these skills are not being taught to them by their parents, who are often absent from the home. The Lakota Youth Day in 2006 led to the creation of a new 4-H club with five members. The South Dakota "Character Counts: We Are All Relatives" curriculum, adapted from the Josephson Institute Character Counts! program, uses Lakota culture and beliefs to help students realize their potential and their ability to effect change in their own lives. Getting students to be more accountable for their decisions and responsible for their own character building will help to decrease the threats and minimize the ease in which youth fall prey to making detrimental choices. Teachers using this program consistently in their classroom reported significant decreases in behavior problems among students. COMMUNITY OBJECTIVES: There are Horizons programs in three communities now, and new community groups have been established.
Publications
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Progress 04/01/08 to 03/31/09
Outputs
OUTPUTS: Natural Resources & Environment Objectives: (For Land Management Education & Training) Assisted in determining what type of education and training is needed for land management and establishing a range monitoring program and found individuals who can provide the training. Facilitated meetings, trainings, and assisted with collaborations of other land programs. Adapted curriculum from an Educator in Land Management Training for youth education classes and "hands-on" training to produce youth leaders who will teach other youth how to properly care for and manage the land. Adapted curriculum for adult training and education classes of land management. Assisted in finding a land management grant which complimented and can fund this particular type of Land Management Training as well as hire full-time personnel to specifically monitor the condition of the land surrounding the reservation. Families, Youth and Communities Objectives: (Working for a reduction of youth suicides on reservation) Collaborate with Suicide Task Force, local schools, and other youth programs to develop youth activities, including both cultural and spiritual, in each of the communities. Bring outside resources, as well as local community "experts", to begin a counseling program. Reveal to youth how to be proud of themselves, their culture, their heritage, and to embrace life, not throw it away. And, reveal to parents that a child is a gift, not to be thrown away. Economics, Markets and Policy Objectives: (Develop & teach youth entrepreneurship classes..small business development) Bring together resources for funding and knowledge of small business entrepreneurship. Develop/Adapt curriculum and training materials to teach youth how to establish their own small business. PARTICIPANTS: Teddie Rae Herman, Educator Dawn Rae Waln, 4-H and Youth Program Assistant TARGET AUDIENCES: The target audience encompasses families, youth and communities of Rosebud reservation, with producer outreach programs targeted towards enhancing training and opportunities for Native producers. PROJECT MODIFICATIONS: Not relevant to this project.
Impacts
Outcomes A second Resource Fair was held in May, 2008, at the SGU Multi-purpose Bldg, are targeting youth suicide and prevention of. All tribal programs will again participate. At the first fair, many youth, including their families, were in attendance. The Rosebud Extension program was able to reach out to over 200 participants through this effort. The educator worked with other agencies and resources on land management and outreach, including tribal organizations and local producers. During this reporting period, the educator worked with a number of organizations on garden and nutrition outreach; culminating in the Rosebud Garden Fair and contest in September 2008. The educator worked with other community organizers to help enhance outreach to former Horizons communities over this past reporting period as well.
Publications
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Progress 04/01/07 to 03/31/08
Outputs
OUTPUTS: Rosebud Reservation FRTEP Project 2008 Project Summary. Support for 4-H events and rodeo through collaborative efforts by other CES personnel. Assisted with youth development after-school activities: This included collaboration with Todd County School District, 4- H/YD, and Southern Plains Mental Health. Also, youth were taught cooking skills, nutrition, food safety, winter preparedness skills, and leadership skills. Participated in the first ever Family Resource Fair: All Rosebud Sioux Tribal Programs and other Resources for people of the reservation showcased the services they each provide, including the Rosebud Extension program. The Resource Fair was held as a part of the Suicide Prevention task that has now become of importance due to the high increase of youth suicides. It was a chance for families and youth to come together to learn of what resources there are for them on the reservation. Did a Make-n-Take informational booth, for both parents and their children. Was
able to educate what Extension is about and parents and youth gave ideas as to what types of education they would like to attend, as well as make an ornament during the discussion that they could take home. Collaborated with programs such as the Lakota Tiwahe Center, St. Francis Indian School F.A.C.E. (Families and Children's Education) program, RST Healthy Start, Pine Ridge B.E.A.R. Project, etc. Land Management education and training has been an issue that I started working on with the RST Tribal Land Enterprise (TLE)Executive Director. After meeting with the TLE Executive Director it was understood there are many who both lease and own land but do not have the proper education to maintain the land. Have collaborated with South Dakota State University's Justin Keyser, Range Management specialist, and Lealand Schoon, of the Mellette County CRCS office, and also with the TLE Director, to begin an education and training of land management curriculum. Sent letters of support, and
biographies for the "Monitoring Range Program for Native Americans" grant which was written by SDSUWRAC's Roger Gates. The annual Rancher's Workshop: To be held January 15, 2008, at Sinte Gleska University Multi- Purpose Bldg. beginning at 10 AM.
PARTICIPANTS: Teddie Rae Herman, Community Innovation & Leadership Extension Educator, Rosebud Reservation. Justin Keyser, Extension Educator, Agronomy, Burke, SD. Lealand Schoon, Natural Resources Conservation Service, Mellette County, White River, SD. Lakhdar Benkobi, NRCS, South Central RC&D Coordinator, Murdo, SD. Calvin Waln, Sr., Rosebud Sioux Tribe Tribal Land Enterprise. Valerie Mitchell, Extension Educator, Livestock, Murdo, SD. Mary Scott, Tribal Liasion, Natural Resources Conservation Service, Mellette Co. Heather Fairbanks, Extension Educator, YD/4-H, White River, SD. Dr. Russell Stubbles, Dr. Paul Fokken, both of SDSU Foundation have worked with myself and the Rosebud Sioux Tribe's President, Rodney Bordeaux, and his liasion, John Spotted Tail to develop a Parks and Recreation Department. The Rosebud Sioux Tribal Council was met with and they have approved of forming a Parks and Recreation Department on the reservation. This will bring about a Code Talkers' Memorial Park
as well as recreation facilities and different types of recreation and unlimited sports in each of the 20 communities on the reservation. Lakota Tiwahe Center, St. Francis Indian Schools' F.A.C.E. (Families and Childrens' Education)Program, Healthy Start, RST Tribal Education, RST Head Start, RST Employee Assistance, Health Start Program, Native Employment Works Program, RST Health Administration, RST Housing Program, Pine Ridge B.E.A.R. Project, RST Diabetes Program, White Buffalo Calf Women's Society, RST Police Department, RST Juvenile Detention Center, Tiwahe Glukinipi Circle of Care, were all involved in the Family Resource Fair, and will be involved in the Family Resource Fair on May 2, 2008. Lucy Attebury, EFNEP Nutrition Assistant, SDSU Extension Service, Grace Menard, Nutrition Technician, RST Commodities Food Distribution Program, Linda Husher, Southern Plains Mental Health Service Case Manager, Mission, SD, Heather Fairbanks, Extension Educator, YD/4-H, White River, SD,
Todd County School District, Gail Frank, YD/4-H, Tripp County Extension, Ann Schwader, Extension Educator, Family & Consumer Sciences, Burke, SD, were all involved in the after-school programs. Nancy Fleming, Workgroup Trainer, Applied Suicide Intervention Skills Training (ASIST). Lorna Saboe-Wounded Head, Extension Assistant, Food Safety, Brookings, SD. Maggie Schmaltz, Northern Great Plains, Inc., Fargo, ND, Sera Thompson, "Art of Hosting Conversations that Matter" Host and Consultant,Canada, Tim Merry "Art of Hosing Conversations that Matter" Host and Consultant, Canada.
TARGET AUDIENCES: The outreach to youth and their families, as well as to the general public, with the suicide prevention. Target audience for the Rancher's Workshop was all area ranchers and the public that is interested in topics covered at the workshop. As for the Parks and Recreation Dept. being developed by SDSU Foundation and the Rosebud Sioux Tribe, the audience is youth, as the sports recreation facilities being built in each community will be for youth. Also, SDSU college intern students will deliver to the youth of the communities of the reservation recreation services. Land Leasers, Land Owners, and youth, both Tribal and non-tribal members will be the audience for the Land Management Training. Youth are also the target for the after-school programs.
Impacts
The Resource Fair turn out was a success, for both the participant and the collaborative programs. There is another Resource Fair being planned for May 2, 2008, at the SGU Multi-purpose Bldg. Again, we are targeting youth suicide and prevention of. All tribal programs will again participate. At the first fair, many youth, including their families, were in attendance. The Rosebud Extension program was able to reach out to 246 participants. SDSU Foundation donated footballs and soccer balls for door prizes for Rosebud Extension to give away during our learning sessions. They will again donate to the second Resource Fair. Not only did the participants receive suicide prevention education, the collaborating programs were able to learn about each other and how we can use our resources to assist each other, and the public better. The Land Management education and training is still being planned for May, 2008. Those listed in the Outcome above, on the team of planners for the
education and training, are collaborating with Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS)of Murdo, South Dakota. Lakhdar Benkobi, South Central RC&D Coordinator, has been of great assistance in planning the training. They have decided on specifically targeting monitoring of grass and land. Classes such as Grass and Land Monitoring, Soil erosion, by Mr. Benkobi and Pat Johnson, Daniel Uresk, a national authority on prairie dogs will also teach of monitoring both animal and range. Included will be a ranch tour of an award winning ranch located in North East Mellette County. Personal Stories and Testimonials will also be included in the curriculum. Also decided is to have these trainings seasonal for the next year so that the student will see actual results and show them the impact. In providing after-school activities, the youth are learning skills that they need for survival. Many youth on the reservation are taking care of themselves as well as their siblings. Teaching cooking
skills, as well as nutrition, teaches them how to better take care of their bodies, as well as teaching them how to cook a meal. Teaching Winter preparedness, as well as leadership skills, are important as many youth are raising themselves here on the reservation and these skills are not being taught to them by their parents because they aren't in the home. The Rancher's Workshop was also successful as there were about 100 local ranchers in attendance and classes in the fields of Finances, Production, Family, and Natural Resources were taught. Classes were Niche Marketing & Natural Beef, Leafy Spurge, Natural Beef, and Planning your estate. Also, in planning this workshop many businesses such as Assman Land & Cattle, Buche's grocery store, RST TRibal Land Enterprise, Wells Fargo bank, Sinte Gleska University; and, individuals were involved which made it a successful community and county event.
Publications
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