Leaving A Legacy

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Leaving A Legacy

• Our Vision

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Leaving A Legacy

• From the Indian approach to life, there can be a
  great freedom
• An intense and absorbing love for nature
• A respect for life
• An enriching faith in a Supreme Power
• Principals of truth, honesty, generosity, equity
  and brotherhood
• as a guide to sustain our relationship to all
  living things on earth
• Chief Standing Bear
• Oglala Lakota Nation

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Leaving A Legacy Tribal Youth Programs

• Providing prevention intervention
• programs, improvements to juvenile justice
  systems and providing mental health services to
  impact risk factors for juvenile delinquency

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Leaving A Legacy

• Tribal Youth Programs continuously building
  support with
• Youth
• Elders
• Tribal Government
• Juvenile Justice
• Social Service
• Schools
• Other Tribal Programs
• Tribal Court

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Leaving A Legacy

• EDC Tribal Youth Training Technical Assistance
  Center TYP grantees working together to promote
  change from within a frame of respect and
  celebration of differences
• In the process we learn from grantees innovative
  and creative approaches and we will work to
  connect grantees so they can learn from each
  other

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Leaving A Legacy

• Walking in two worlds
• Sustaining culture, values life ways
• Sustaining our children, our families, our
  nations
• Honoring the past
• Learning new skills for the future

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Leaving A Legacy

• Involves embracing a broader view of
  sustainability
• Using various strategies represented in the
  Legacy Wheel

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Leaving a Legacy - 2008

• A Guide to Sustainability
• Partnerships/Collaboration
• Capacity Building
• Communications/Marketing
• Evaluation
• Financing
• Leadership
• Strategic Planning