Progress 09/01/10 to 08/31/15
Outputs
Target Audience:The target audience consists primarily of Native People on Standing Rock. Phillip Bird Horse, our Equine Director, has reached out to the schools on Standing Rock, along with the Warriors Lodge for Veterans, and the Youth Treatment Facilities. All age-groups are encouraged to participate, with teachers generally assigning particular students to one of Phillip's events. However, we also provide whole-class events in which an entire 6th grade might attend. For Veteran's, Manaja Hill, the Veterans Service Officer on Standing Rock, requires all of the Vets in his program to participate in Phillip's EAL (Equine Assisted Learning) events. The Youth Treatment facilities select those individuals they want to participate. Two to three events are held each month, with anywhere from 12 to 25 participants. Changes/Problems:The Director of the AG Program resigned, which caused some delays in implementing program changes. However, a new hire was made, and a new AG Committee was formed, and together they are seeking ways to enhance the AG Programs at SBC. What opportunities for training and professional development has the project provided?Phillip Bird Horse and the councilors he works with at the schools, the treatment facilities, and the Veteran's Lodge have received additional training in Equine Assisted Learning. How have the results been disseminated to communities of interest?Results are disseminated on KLND Radio via general information and interviews with the Directors of the AG Programs, and those working in the AG Program. We also post on Facebook, the SBC webpage, and with posters in the communities. We send emails andtext messages, and announce our events in the classrooms and on our tv screens located throughout the campus. We cross advertise with other Tribal Colleges and the USDA liasons for the college. What do you plan to do during the next reporting period to accomplish the goals?
Nothing Reported
Impacts
What was accomplished under these goals?
Objective 1 Activity 1: Equine Studies - we held dozens of workshops on Equine Learning and general care. All of these workshopswere heavily attended, and a new barn was built for the events. Based on the feed-back we have received from those attending the workshops, we are revamping Equine Program to meet the needs of the community. Objective 1 Activity 2: Phillip Bird Horse and all of the councilors he works with at the school, the treatment facilities, and the Veterans Lodge have received additional training in EAL. Objective 2 Activity 1 and 2 and 3: We have established Horsemanship and EAL Programs across Standing Rock, which are accessible to all members. We continue to sponsor rodeos, horse racing, and overall horsemanship events. We stronglysupport the cultural rides with deep involvement of our kids on Standing Rock. Objective 3 Activity 1 and 2: Our horsemanship workshops and clinics have been highly attended by the members of the Standing Rock community. A new barn was built to support these efforts.
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Progress 09/01/12 to 08/31/13
Outputs
Target Audience: The target audience of this program is the native people of the Stainding Rock Sioux Reservation (SRSR). We particularly target the native youth of the SRSR. The rodeo program is targeted toward youth of all ages. The academic program targets students seeking a degree in agriculture and the Equine Assisted Learning program targets you at-risk on the SRSR. Changes/Problems: The Director of the Equine Studies program resigned at the end of the reporting period. This leasves a bug gap in our ability to run the program. We hope to advertise for a person to fill this position and continue the good work we have completed so far. What opportunities for training and professional development has the project provided? Mr. Joe Dunn and fouir school counselors received training in EAL and were certified as instructors by the OK Corral. Students were able to improve theri roping skills and the roping clinics provided by SBC. Fifteen students participated in the roping clinics. How have the results been disseminated to communities of interest? The Rodeo events were disseminated by announcements on KLND radio and with th use of flyers that were posted at local community centers. Once a list of interested students was complied, the students were contacted about the upcoming events by email or by phone calls. Clinics were advertized in the same way. Students who participate in the EAL program were selected by the counselors, so there was no reason to advertize for participation in this program. What do you plan to do during the next reporting period to accomplish the goals? The Director4, Mr Joe Dunn resigned at the end of the reporting period. We hope to advertize for his position to continue with the programs we are offering. In the mean time Dr. Halvorson and an Equine assistant will continue the programs until a new director is hired. The rodeo program is proceeding very well and we hope it will continue. The EAL program has begun program sessions with the students and we hope to continue to build on this good beginning.
Impacts
What was accomplished under these goals?
Objective 1. Activity 1. Enrollment in the Ag Academic proframs continue to be low. The Agribusiness program was moved into the Natural Resources AS degree program as a separate track. it was hoped that this would increase inrollment.A number of students have completed the degree proram over the past few years and have all obtained good jobs with the tribe or the federal government. In spite of this, the number of students enrolling in the program has remained low and starting next year the academic program will be furloughed. Objective 1 Activity 2.The director of the Equine Studies program and four school counselors received training in Equine Assisted Learning and were certified by the OK Corral. Objective 2 Activity 1. The rodeo Club has been very active. In the fall of 2012, the rodeo season was completed with two rodeos. The rodeos averaged 48 participants, nine adults helping and 81 spectators for the entire sseason. Teh SBC rodeo Club has five participating students members with one participating in intercollegiate rodeo in the Great Plains region. An awards banquet was held on January 5, 2013 and 27 event champions and 5 all around champions were crowned. In addition, youth who have gone on to participate in other Associations and events were recognized. These include, Jke Frazier who won the Chris Shivers Youth Bull Riding in Salt lake City, Lexus Kelch, who won tghe ND rodeo Association Barrel Racing and Tatum Ward who won the Indian National FinalsJr. Barrel racing. Jake Frazier has qualified for two consecutive years in the Indian national Finals Rodeo in Steer Riding. Lacy Standing Bear, a students at SBC, will be competing in the National Intercollegiate Rodeo Association. Kelsey Knight was crowned Miss Indian Rodeo at the 2011 Indian National Finals Rodeo. Objective 2 Activity 2. We have moved away from the development of the Equine Assisted Psychotherapy (EAP) and have moved to the Equine Assisted Learning (EAL) program. The EAL uses school counselors for helping the students and does not require the licensed Psychiatrists that are required in the EAP. Ten students at the Standing Rock Community School were selected by the school counselors and participated in ten sessions of EAL. Teh results showed that the students had improved in self esteme from the experience. There is already a waiting list for student interested in the next sessions. Objective 2 Activity 3. Both Joe Dunn and Phillip Bird Horseparticipated in the Big Foot ride and the Chief's ride in the past year and mentored numerous students. Objective3 Activity 1. Three roping clinics were held for the youth who are interested in progressing in their Rodeo skills. Objective 3 Activity 2. Mr. Joe Dunn and Dr. Halvorson have participated in planning meetings for a proposed Equine Center in Ft. Yates. This proposed facility will include a horse stabling unit.
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Progress 09/01/11 to 08/31/12
Outputs
OUTPUTS: The Equine Studies program has continued to have low enrollments. In the fall and spring semesters of the 2011-2012 academic year, six students participated in courses taught in the Equine Studies Program. In the fall semester five clinics were held between September 4 and October 26 on Beginning Horsemanship, Intermediate Horsemanship, Advanced Horsemanship, a Farrier clinic, and Foal/Colt Halter Breaking clinic. A total of 15 participants attended these clinics. A Farrier clinic was held on April 14-15 and 17 people attended including four under the age of 18. This clinic provided instruction and hands on participation in trimming and shoeing horses. A second Farrier clinic was held August 11 with two participants. A girl's timed event and rodeo queen clinic was held on June 2-3. Eleven girls participated and were instructed in training regimens, horsemanship routines and public relations related to participating as rodeo royalty. A roping clinic was held on June 2-3 by Drew Kalenze. Four youth and seven adults participated. The participants learned the benefits of dummy roping, starting roping horses behind a heel-o-matic, tracking roping cattle in a round pen and roping out of a box in the arena. Six youth rodeos were held from May 26 to October 13. The rodeos averaged 48 participants, nine adults helping and 81 spectators. A small grant proposal of $18,000 was submitted to the North Dakota Indian Affairs Commission to help fund the Equine Assisted learning program. The SBC Rodeo Club has five members with one competing actively in intercollegiate rodeo in the Great Plains Region. PARTICIPANTS: The Director of the SBC Equine Studies program, Mr. Joe Dunn, .has taught the Equine courses in the curriculum. He has also organized and conducted the clinics, rodeos and the Equine activities for Youth. He has been assisted by Dakota Kidder, SBC Horsemanship Assistant. Mr Drew Kalenze has conducted roping clinics as a consultant. We are working with the school districts on the Standing Rock Sioux Reservation to make the Equine Assisted Learning program a reality. Training of SBC personnel and Counselors from the Standing Rock and Wakpala School districts will occur January 9-11, 2013. Mr. Joe Dunn participated in a semester long training for new Instructors through Valley City State University. He completed this course. TARGET AUDIENCES: The target audience of these programs is the people of the Standing Rock Sioux Reservation. Adults have participated in many of the clinics that have been held and have provided significant volunteer support for the rodeos and other youth programs. The youth on the Standing Rock Sioux Reservation are the target for most of the horsemanship programming. Youth of every age from four years through college participate in our activities. PROJECT MODIFICATIONS: We have added clinics in horsemanship, which if taken for Continuing Education Credits (CEU) can add up to a significant amount of training in horsemanship. Completion of all the clinics, makes a student eligible for a Certificate of Completion of the training clinics. This program was set up to encourage students to get some training, who did not want to go through the academic coursework for a degree. A total of 15 students participated in these clinics in the fall of 2011. Another addition we have made to the program is the publication of the first issue of the Sitting Bull College Horsemanship Journal. In addition, to providing information to the community, this publication in intended to help in the recruitment and retention of students in the Equine Studies program. The Equine Assisted Psychotherapy (EAP) has been slow getting off the ground, because the required Interns from the Indian health Service were not staying long enough to get the training and then work with the students. A slightly different system is the Equine Assisted Learning (EAL) program. It allows us to use school counselors instead of trained Psychiatrists in the program. We are working with the Wakpala and Standing Rock School districts to provide this service. Training of SBC staff and the school district counselors will be completed on January 11, 2013. The actual EAL program will start soon after that.
Impacts
The Equine program began emphasizing the clinics as a way for students to get knowledge of Horsemanship. This led to the fall clinics, which provided participants much of the knowledge and skills that they would have learned in the academic program. The SBC Youth Rodeo Association crowned twenty-seven event champions and five all around champions at the awards banquet on January 5, 2013. Some of the youth who participated have gone on to participate in other Associations and events. These include Jake Frazier who won Chris Shivers Youth Bull Riding in Salt Lake City, Lexus Kelch, who won the ND Rodeo Association Barrel Racing, and Tatum Ward who won the Indian National finals Jr. Barrel Racing. Jake Frazier has qualified for two consecutive years in the Indian National Finals Rodeo in Steer Riding. Lacy Standing Bear, a student at SBC, is competing in the National Intercollegiate Rodeo Association. Kelsey Knight was crowned Miss Indian Rodeo at the 2011 Indian National Finals Rodeo.
Publications
- Sitting Bull College Horsemanship Journal. 2012. Volume 1, Issue 1, Sitting Bull College, Ft. Yates, ND 58538. December 10, 2012.
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Progress 09/01/10 to 08/31/11
Outputs
OUTPUTS: Three of the Horsemanship courses in the Horsemanship Certificate program were incorporated into the Natural Resrouces AS Degree program. This will encourage students to continue their education into an AS Degree program. A farrier clinc was held April 22-23 with five participants. A rodeo rough stock clinic was held on May 13 and eight people participated. A roping clinic was held May 27-28 for ten participants. Six rodeo events were held during the summer. SBC continues to provide assistance to the Equine Assisted Therapy program. Equine activities for youth were held in three districts of Standing Rock and 200 participants took part. PARTICIPANTS: Mr. Joe Dunn who is the Director of the Equine Studies program at SBC organized the clinics, rodeos, and the Equine activites for youth. As a result of these activities, a support group has been developing, which provides support for the Equine programs. The SBC Equine program continues to work with the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe to provide training and assistance for the Equine Assisted Therapy program. SBC continues to support the development of an Equine Center on Standing Rock. TARGET AUDIENCES: The target audience of these programs is the people of Standing Rock. Mainly adults have participated in the clinics that have been held. Adults have also provided a lot of volunteer support for the rodeos and other programs. Youth are the target audidence for most of the rest of our programing. Youth who are very young participate in rodeo events and equine activities. Youth of every age participate in equine activities all the way through college. A few of our SBC students participate in Intercollegiate Rodeo events. The Equine Assisted Psychotherapy program targets at-risk youth in our communities, however we do not recruit students into this program. These youth are chosen by trained Psychologists and Psychiatrists to participate in the program. PROJECT MODIFICATIONS: We are evaluating our recruitment and retention of students into the Horsemanship Certificate program. Since very few students have completed the program, we are looking at what to do with the program. it may be that we should put more emphasis on youth programs in the community. No decisions have been made at this time.
Impacts
Several students in the Horsemanship Certificate program continued on in other degree programs at SBC or other institutions. From the farrier clinic two students used their knowledge in their ranching operations and one used it in their verterinary practice. Two of the participants in the Rough Stock clinic rode the bucking horses and all of the particdipants went on to compete in high or collegiate rodeo. Several of the participants in the Roping Clinic continued in rodeo and roping events over the course of the summer. In the six rodeo events during the summer 142 youth participated in the events. Two students went on to compete in the National Intercollegiate Rodeo Association events. As a result of the Equine youth activities a support group has been developing and has been providing assistance as volunteers.
Publications
- No publications reported this period
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