Healthy Native Communities Fellowship
2006 Graduates

Fifteen community teams representing forty individuals from a cross-section of community of  health care and wellness specialists, substance abuse and social service professionals, Tribal and local government leaders, and community volunteers graduated from the Healthy Native Communities Fellowship training held on September 14, 2006 in Potomac, Maryland. The Fellows, represent unique partnerships between health systems, local organizations and community members committed to improving the health and well-being of their Native communities.

Chumash Coalition (California)
Adelina Alva Padilla, Tribal Medicine Woman/Healer, Self-Employed
Marcielle A. Pfeifer, Director, Social Services, Santa Ynez Tribal Health Clinic

Diabetes Community Advisory Committee of Santa Clara (California)
Adelina LaVerne Roberts, Volunteer-Founder & Board President, Bay Area American Indian
Alliance, and Alcohol and Drug Services- Rehab Counselor, Santa Clara Health &
Hospital Systems
Charlene Yvonne Hardridge, Volunteer, Inter-tribal Baptist Church
Valarie Jernigan, Consultant, Indian Health Center of Santa Clara Valley and NIH
Doctoral Research Fellow, Stanford University, Patient Education Research Center

Dillingham Healthy Choices Team (Alaska)
Shelly Wallace, Director, Health Education, Bristol Bay Area Health Corporation
Thomas Tilden, Health Educator I, Bristol Bay Area Health Corporation
Ida Roehl, Volunteer, Tribal Judge, Curyung Tribe

Hoopa Citizens on Patrol “Safety 1^st Team” (California)
Linda Michelle McGriff Saxon, Retired Teacher
Norma McAdams, Self-Employed, Contracted Grant Writer, Hoopa Valley Tribe
Juliet Marie Maestas, Administrative Assistant, Hoopa Valley Tribal TANF

Kake Healing Heart Committee (Alaska)
Shannon Ann McIndoo, Volunteer, Chemical Dependency Counselor CDCI
Loretta D. Gregory, Coordinator, Field Business Office, SEARHC
Frank J. Hughes, Jr., Community Family Service Worker, SEARHC

Lac Vieux Desert Education Awareness Prevention “LEAP” (Michigan)
Charles D. Fox, Certified Alcohol, Drug & Chemical Abuse Counselor, Lac Vieux Desert Tribe
Roger Dale LaBine, Director, Youth Recreation, Lac Vieux Desert Tribe

Owyhee Community Prevention Coalition (Nevada)
Virginia Howard, Director, Health Educator, Shoshone Paiute Tribes-Owyhee Community Health Facility
Raymond Andy Jim, Adolescent Substance Abuse Counselor, Shoshone Paiute Tribes-
Owyhee Community Health Facility
Timothy Holmes, Sports Coordinator, Shoshone Paiute Tribes of the Duck Valle Indian Reservation

Partnership for O’odham Health (Arizona)
Karen Blaine, Outreach Coordinator-Nutrition, Health & Culture, Tohono O’odham Community Action (TOCA)
Terrol Dew Johnson, Co-Director, Tohono O’odham Community Action (TOCA)
Angela Fallon, Cardiovascular Project Administrator, Tohono O’odham Nation, Division of Health Promotion

Pueblo of Jemez (New Mexico)
Kevin Shendo, 2nd Lt. Governor, Pueblo of Jemez
April Wilkinson, Education Director, Pueblo of Jemez
Lynette R. Henderson, Administrative Assistant, Pueblo of Jemez

Rapid City Urban Indian Wellness (South Dakota)
Katherine A. LaBonte, Director, Public Health Nursing, Sioux San Hospital, IHS
Laurette M. Pourier, Community Coordinator, Rural America Initiatives
Jacqueline Arpan, Community Health Educator, Sioux San Hospital, IHS

Strong Sisters Promoting Health (Utah)
Antonio (Toni) Williams, Coordinator, Diabetes Program, Indian Walk-In Center
Ivonne Crane, Project Manager, Community Health Connect

T’iists’ooz Nideeshgish Community Task Force (New Mexico )
Eli Bigthumb, School Health Coordinator, Crownpoint Health Care Facility – Division of Community & Preventive Health Services
Virginia L. Nelson, Program Supervisor, Navajo Nation Department of Youth – Eastern Navajo Agency

Togiak Wellness Committee (Alaska)
Anna Mae Ferguson, BIRCH AmeriCorps Member, Rural CAP in Anchorage
Marie Paul, City Administrator, City of Togiak
Shannon Johnson-Nanalook, Tribal Social Worker, Traditional Council of Togiak

War on Trash Community Coalition (Arizona)
Shirley Nelson, Health Promotion Coordinator, Ft. Defiance Indian Hospital
Sarah Jean Riggs, Volunteer, DNA People’s Legal Services, Inc.

Wellness of the Mandan, Hidatsa & Arikara Youth (North Dakota)
L. Kenneth Hall, Fitness Coordinator, Fort Berthold Diabetes Program
Frederick P. Baker, Community Volunteer, Management & History Consultant
Kara Lee Cross, Education Coordinator, Boys & Girls Club of the Three Affiliated Tribes