GAYLE ZEPEDA Areas of Expertise: Preventing Loss Of Culture, Substance Abuse/ Alcohol Abuse Past Presentation Titles: Medicine Wheel
• An independent consultant with over twenty years of experience working with tribal communities and organizations throughout the state to address the root causes of substance abuse and its related issues.
• Specialized training topics include healthy parenting, asset based community development, the GONA curriculum, substance abuse prevention, and wellness and personal development. • She is currently a faculty trainer/facilitator for the Tribal TANF Professional Development Program, Center for Human Services at U.C. Davis. In 1994, Ms. Zepeda became the first California Indian to receive The California Wellness Foundations California Peace Prize for her work in addressing the root causes of violence in Indian communities. HARRIETT SKYE, PH.D (STANDING ROCK LAKOTA) Preventing Loss Of Culture, Substance Abuse/ Alco hol Abuse Past Presentation Titles: Tribal TANF (Temporary As sistance for Needy Families)
• An award winning filmmaker, television moderator, producer and director and a scholar in American Indian History and Culture, and is an enrolled member of the Standing Rock Lakota Nation.She was also the Vice President of Intertribal Programs at United Tribes Technical College, Bismarck, N.D. for 7 years. She has worked at the National Tribal Chairmen’s Association and the Native American Science Education Association in Washington, D.C.Ms
• She coordinated the 1st National Indian Alcohol and Drug Conference in Denver, Colorado in 1970. For the past 6 years she has held AA meeting in jails and treatment centers for Native American women; worked with students and their