Creating Connection, Culture, Community and Resources for Tribal Foster Youth

 

Welcome to The Drumbeats Online Newsletter. It is published bi-monthly (2008-current). The ENewsletter is designed to provide information to and identify resources for those who work with or in the Tribal community with children and youth who are in the foster care system and their families.


The Tribal STAR Drumbeats, a quarterly newsletter, published (2004-2008) by season: Spring (May), Summer (August), Fall (November) and Winter (February), is also available for download.

Fall

Drumbeats 2008

Drumbeats 2007
p.1 Tribal STAR Community Celebration
p.2 New Workgroup Members
p.3 SDSU Offers New Major
p.4 SIP/Fairness & Equity Meeting
p.5 Wellness Conference
p.6 Chumash Creation Myth

Drumbeats 2006
p.1 Creating Connection for Tribal Youth
p.2 Genocide Linked to High Suicide
p.3 Santa Ysabel Honors Vets 2006
p.4 Creating Connection Continued
p.5 Training News & Native Prayers
p.6 Tidbits, Stories, Tales and Proverbs

Drumbeats 2005
p.1 2nd Annual Tribal STAR Celebration
p.2 Riverside Summit & Gathering
p.3 IL Services for Tribal Foster Youth
p.4 Engaging The Tribal Community
p.5 Tribal Foster Care & Adoption Bill
p.6 Tidbits, Stories, Tales and Proverbs

Drumbeats 2004
p1. Tribal Community Identifies Challenges In Serving Tribal Youth
p. 2 The Tribal STAR Project
p. 3 Tribal STAR Team
p. 4 The Tribal STAR Partners
p. 5 Meetings And Things

 

Winter

Drumbeats 2007
p.1 Tribal STAR Debuts MSW Modules
p.2 New Tribal Programs
p.3 NARF Wins Case For Alaska’s Tribal Children
p.4 Community News
p.5 Community Events & Conferences
p.6 How Two Villages Made Peace

Drumbeats 2006
p.1 Tribal STAR Independent Living Forum
p.2 Independent Living Forum Cont’d
p.3 Independent Living Forum Cont’d
p.4 Title IV-E And Tribal Access
p.5 Training News
p.6 Tidbits, Stories, Tales and Proverbs

Drumbeats 2005
p.1 2nd Annual Tribal STAR Celebration
p.2 Riverside Summit & Gathering
p.3 IL Services for Tribal Foster Youth
p.4 Engaging The Tribal Community
p.5 Tribal Foster Care & Adoption Bill
p.6 Tidbits, Stories, Tales and Proverbs

Drumbeats 2004
p.1 Tribal STAR Pilot Training
p.2 Tribal STAR Convenes Think Tank
p.3 Tribal STAR Celebrates 1st Years’ s Successes
p.4 Master Plan for Social Work Education
p.5 Making Performance-Based Contracting Perform

 

Spring

Drumbeats 2008
p.1 Tribal Community at the PQCR
p.2 Tribal STAR News
p.3 Student Day & Faculty Institute
p.4 What’s New?
p.5 Community Events & Conferences
p.6 The Origin of the Prairie Rose

Drumbeats 2007
p.1 Creating Connections T for T
p.2 Articles continued
p.3 What Youth Say...
p.4 Training News & Native Prayers
p.5 Summer Expo
p.6 Tidbits, Stories, Tales and Proverbs

Drumbeats 2006
p.1 San Diego Summit
p.2 NICWA Conference & IL Institute
p.3 New Tribal STAR Materials & FosterYouth Financial Information
p.4 How We Care For Our Elders
p.5 Training News
p.6 San Bernardino Summit & Native Prayer

Drumbeats 2005
p.1 A View From The Summit
p.2 Tribal STAR Tips For Cross- Cultural Training
p.3 Santa Ysabel Social Services Department Updates
p.4 Foster Youth Education Opportunities
p.5 Foster Youth Education Opportunities cont.
p.6 Tidbits, Stories, etc.

Summer

Drumbeats 2008

Drumbeats 2007
p.1 T4T Tribal STAR Passes the Torch
p.2 New Workgroup Members
p.3 Judge’s Checklist
p.4 Tribes & County Moving Towards SIP
p.5 Creating Connections
p.6 Independent Living Services

Drumbeats 2006
p.1 San Diego & San Bernardino Gathering
p.2 Imperial Summit & Gathering
p.3 IL Classes on the Reservation & Imperial County Brainstorm
p.4 Imperial County Solutions
p.5 Training & Presentation News & TA Information
p.6 Introducing New Tribal STAR Staff Member & Native Prayer

Drumbeats 2005
p.1 2nd Annual Tribal STAR Celebration
p.2 Riverside Summit & Gathering
p.3 IL Services for Tribal Foster Youth
p.4 Engaging The Tribal Community
p.5 Tribal Foster Care & Adoption Bill
p.6 Tidbits, Stories, Tales and Proverbs

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