NICWA Sponsorship Booklet(1) - National Indian Child Welfare ...

FROM OPPORTUNITY TO REALITY
H O N O RIN G O U R D R E A M
Sponsorship Opportunities
April 11-14, 2010, Portland, Oregon

About NICWA
The National Indian Child Welfare Association (NICWA) is a national
voice for American Indian and Alaska Native (AI/AN) children and families.
We are the most comprehensive source of information on American
Indian child welfare and the only national American Indian organization
focused specifically on the tribal capacity to prevent child abuse and
neglect. NICWA works to address the issues of child abuse and neglect
through training, research, public policy, and grassroots community
development. NICWA also works to support compliance with the
Indian Child Welfare Act of 1978 (ICWA), which seeks to keep AI/AN
children with American Indian families.
NICWA is a private, non-profit, membership organization based in
Portland, Oregon. Our members include tribes, individuals—both
Indian and non-Indian—and private organizations from around the
United States and Canada concerned with AI/AN child and family
issues. Our board of directors is made up of 20 American Indians, and
we have a staff of 22, most of whom are American Indians or Alaska
Natives. Together, our partners, board, and staff work to protect the
most vital resource of American Indian people—our children.
Since its founding, NICWA has served hundreds of tribes throughout
the country by helping to strengthen and enhance their capacity to
deliver quality child welfare services. NICWA is making a difference in
communities every day with on-site community development, worker
training, advocacy, and demonstration projects. NICWA has developed
culturally based practices that are helping keep families intact. Its
curriculum, Positive Indian Parenting, is in wide use internationally.
Its manual on customary adoption is empowering tribes to reclaim
ancient practices for “making relatives” and creating families for children
who would otherwise be lost to our cultures. Also, in the past 15 years,
NICWA has been responsible for bringing over a billion dollars of
new funding to tribal child and family services in the U.S. through its
untiring advocacy.
About the 28th Annual “Protecting Our Children”
National American Indian Conference on Child Abuse and Neglect
Over the last 27 years, this event has become the preeminent conference
on American Indian child abuse and neglect prevention. “Protecting
Our Children” attracts over 700 tribal leaders, Indian child welfare
workers, social workers working on reservations and in urban communities,
as well as noted leaders within the field of Indian child welfare from
throughout the United States and Canada.
From April 11 through 14, 2010, NICWA will host the 28th Annual
“Protecting Our Children” National American Indian Conference on
Child Abuse and Neglect at the DoubleTree Hotel in Portland, Oregon.
The conference theme, “From Opportunity to Reality: Honoring Our
Dream,” will focus on realizing the potential of our tribal child welfare
systems.
Over 60 workshops are offered to participants, covering critical issues
for children and families. The workshop selection acknowledges the
multiple and overlapping issues that impact children and families in the
child welfare and mental health systems. Tribes and agencies serving
American Indians will be highly represented in the workshop selection,
making the conference particularly relevant for those who work on
Indian child welfare issues.
NICWA invites you to help us improve the lives of AI/AN children and
families by empowering tribes and other service providers to implement
services that are culturally competent, community-based, and focused
on the strengths and assets of families.
To learn more about NICWA
please visit www.nicwa.org.

Sponsorship Opportunities
April 11-14, 2010, Portland, Oregon
FROM OPPORTUNITY TO REALITY
H O N O RIN G O U R D R E A M
Why Sponsor This Conference?
From a marketing standpoint, there are many reasons why it makes sense to support the 28th Annual
“Protecting Our Children” National American Indian Conference on Child Abuse and Neglect. As a sponsor, you have the opportunity to:
Enhance brand loyalty and reach new consumers in an emerging market segment: Establish a branded presence among our 700 conference
participants, 500 NICWA members, and 15,000-member constituency base who work with 100,000 AI/AN families nationally every year.
Drive traffic: Distribute product samples, coupons, and/or branded literature to help drive traffic to your business.
Reinforce your commitment to Indian children and families: Share our belief that every Indian child should have access to community-based,
culturally appropriate services that help them grow up safe, healthy, and spiritually strong—free from abuse, neglect, sexual exploitation, and the
damaging effects of substance abuse.
Partner with a leader: Benefit from being recognized as a partner and supporter of the country’s leading and only American Indian organization
focused specifically on issues of child abuse and neglect and tribal capacity to prevent and respond effectively to these problems.
The sponsorship opportunities are divided into the five sponsorship levels. Using these options as a guide, we will do our utmost to create the
most customized experience possible for your brand in order to satisfy your marketing objectives.
PREVIOUS SPONSORS
Morongo Band of Mission Indians
Muscogee Creek National Council
San Manuel Band of Mission Indians
Oklahoma DHS - Children and Family
Services
Barona Band of Mission Indians
Native American Outreach Center
Miccosukee Resort and Gaming
Prairie Band Potawatomi Nation
Tonkawa Tribe of Indians of Oklahoma
Native American Youth and Family
Center
Centennial Contractors
Ute Mountain Ute Tribe
Sac and Fox Nation
Pueblo of Isleta
First American’s Consulting Group
Seminole Tribe of Florida
Tribal Court of the Shakopee
Mdewakanton Sioux (Dakota)
Community
Hobbs, Straus, Dean & Walker, LLP
Center for Indigenous Child Welfare
Research, University of Washington
Ain Dah Yung (Our Home) Center
Colorado River Indian Tribes
Pacer Center
Poarch Band of Creek Indians
Tule River Tribal Council
Hennepin County (MN)
Data Networks Corporation
Native American Outreach Center
Grotto Foundation
Northwest Area Foundation
Agua Caliente Band of Cahuilla Indians
Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla
Indian Reservation
Absentee-Shawnee Tribe Indians of
Oklahoma
Yavapai-Apache Nation
University of Oklahoma Health
Sciences Center, Indian Country Child
Trauma Center
Oneida Nation Foundation
Pala Band of Mission Indians
National Indian Gaming Association
Yavapai-Prescott Indian Tribe
Small Tribes Organization of Western
Washington
Cheyenne-Arapaho Tribes of Oklahoma
Choctaw Nation
Twenty-Nine Palms Band of Mission
Indians
Soboba Band of Luiseno Indians
Potawatomi Nation
Oklahoma Indian Affairs Commission
Indian Country Today
Native American Children's Alliance
Life’s Great
Seven Cedars Casino
Sam’s Club
Seneca-Cayuga Tribe of Oklahoma
The Standard Insurance
Citizen Potawatomi Nation - Indian
Child Welfare Department
Eastern Shawnee Tribe of Oklahoma
Chickasaw Nation
Modoc Tribe of Oklahoma
Ak Chin Indian Community
Coushatta Tribe of Louisiana
Faegre & Benson
Northern Arizona University
Pauma Band of Mission Indians

BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Officers
President Vice President Secretary Treasurer
Maurice Lyons Theodore Nelson, Sr. Marla Jean Big Boy Gary Peterson
(Morongo Band of Mission Indians) (Seminole Tribe of Flordia) (Oglala Lakota) (Skokomish)
Members
Phyllis Bigpond (Yuchi)
Patricia Carter (Nez Perce)
Anita Chisholm (Absentee Shawnee)
Jennifer Elliott (Sac and Fox)
Rochelle Ettawageshik (Little Traverse Bay Band of Odawa)
Donne Fleagle (Athabaskan)
Jocelyn Formsma (Swampy Cree)
Debra Foxcroft (Tseshaht)
Dan Gargan (Rosebud Sioux)
Delores Greyeyes (Navajo)
Don Milligan (Métis: Cree/Assiniboine)
Linda Logan (Oklahoma of Choctaw)
Mary Tenorio, PhD (Santo Domingo)
Gil Vigil (Tesuque)
Jalea Walker (Smith River Rancheria, Tolowa)
Board of Trustees
Brad Earl (Nez Perce descendant)
David Powless (Oneida Nation)
Sherry Salway-Black (Oglala Lakota Nation)
Don Sampson (Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla
Indian Reservation)
John Shagonaby (Match-e-be-nash-she-wish Band of
Pottawatomi – Gun Lake Tribe)
Mike Tiger (Seminole Tribe of Florida)
Council of Elders
Lola Sohappy (Warm Springs)
Chris Leith (Mdewakanton Dakota)
William Clark (Cherokee)
Strategic Leadership Council
Lt. Gov. Jefferson Keel (Chickasaw)
Ernie Stevens, Jr. (Oneida)
CONFERENCE LOCATION AND HOTEL
The conference host hotel is the Portland DoubleTree Downtown in Portland, Oregon. A block of rooms has been reserved
for our participants at $124.00 per night, plus tax. Book your room online at doubletree1.hilton.com. Rates are guaranteed
until March 10, 2010. Reservations after March 10 will be charged at the standard rate.
Portland DoubleTree Downtown
1000 NE Multnomah Street
Portland, Oregon, 97232
Tel: 503-281-6111
Fax: 503-284-8553
National Indian Child
Welfare Association (NICWA)
5100 SW Macadam Avenue, Suite 300
Portland, OR 97239
Phone: 503-222-4044
Fax: 503-222-4007
www.nicwa.org
FROM OPPORTUNITY TO REALITY
H O N O RIN G O U R D R E A M
April 11-14, 2010
Portland, Oregon
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