AMERICAN INDIAN PROGRAM COUNCIL: ANNUAL ACCOMPLISHMENTS REPORT; YEAR ENDING SEPTEMBER 30, 1996; SENSITIZING THE FEDERAL WORKFORCE; 1) Hold a one-day training seminar to sensitize Federal employees, managers, and supervisors of American Indian Issues.; The AIPC has scheduled a training for November 19, 1996, in conjunction with Native American Month. Co-sponsors include the Metro State College American Indian Student Empowerment program and the Colorado State Commission on Indian Affairs. The training, "Mending the Hoop: Real and Perceived Issues of Trust", will be held at the Tivoli Center on the Auraria campus. Workshops are designed to help federal workers understand the issues which impact programs they are resonsible for implementing.; 2) Sensitize Federal employees about American Indian and Tribal issues.; Norbert Hill, Executive Director of the American Indian Science and Engineering Society, addressed the Council and other interested federal invitees about diversity during the April meeting. He described diversity as being about sharing power, not about shame or guilt. He described the "process" of diversity and lead the group through a variety of discussions about their own feelings of working in a diverse workforce. He spoke to the need for healing within the American Indian Community.; 3) Develop and distribute a list of American Indian speakers and resources which can be used by agencies in their AI heritage month activities and diversity workshops.; A list of American Indian speakers has been developed and distributed to Council members. Also included are American Indian craftspeople who design and sell variety of Indian arts and crafts, and a listing of American Indian dancers, singer, and spiritual leaders in the Denver/Boulder area. A directory of Indian businesses was also distributed to members.; RECRUITMENT AND RETENTION; 4) Ensure that American Indian groups are notified of vacancies within the federal government.; The Denver Noticiero, which lists vacancies within the federal government, is distributed regularly to Council members. The AIPC website has an employment opportunities page which is frequently updated to include current job opportunities in the Denver area and nationally. Office of Personnel Management has described their new kiosk system to the AIPC, and members have the OPM brochures describing how to use the computer bulletin board and the federal job information computer.; 5) Work with AI job candidates to ensure wide circulation of their applications/bios.; Although FY '96 has been a difficult year, AIPC members routinely route resumes of American Indians to each other, announce job fairs at quarterly meetings, and announce upcoming vacancies within their own organizations to the general membership.; 6) Develop an outreach to Native American youth to focus on job opportunities both within and outside the federal workplace.; Four members of the AIPC developed a panel discussion for the American Indian Youth Career Conference, held at the Regency Hotel on March 19-21. The panel, entitled "Federal Careers in Bugs, Drugs, Rocks and the Law" was presented twice during the conference and attracted approximately 150 participants. Other AIPC members coordinated the exhibit table for AIPC.; Several AIPC members attended the national AISES conference in Detroit, MI. They also participate in local AISES Colorado professional chapter meetings.; 7) Target outreach efforts to AI Junior and Senior High School students.; NOAA requested help in recruiting high school or college students interested in science for the NOAA summer PHASE education al program.; AIPC acquired copies of the "Annual College Guide for American Indians" and distributed them to metro Denver-area programs which work with American Indian youth.; Two of our newest members, Jennifer Pensoneau and Maria Montour, were profiled in the "Winds Of Change" magazine in a section called "Indians and the U.S. Government". The articles were written by a long term member of AIPC, Georgia Madrid.; PUBLICITY FOR AIPC; 8) Inform American Indians of the goals of the AIPC.; A new brochure for the AIPC was developed for use at outreach meetings. It includes our mission statement, list of officers, and a list of the U.S. Departments which are involved inthe AIPC.; 9) Outreach to other federal Indian programs via the Internet, our AIPC homepage and personal contact.; The AIPC Secretary has developed the AIPC homepage which describes the AIPC mission and includes AIPC reports. It has attracted comments and inquiries from Oklahoma, Texas, California, Kansas, and Washington state as well as D.C. The homepage is cross-listed on several American Indian resource pages on the net. The address of the AIPC homepage is:; http://tipswww.osmre.gov/~lwindle/AIPC (now defunct)
current homepage is: http://www.aipc.osmre.gov: The Secretary has maintained contact with numerous FEB Native American subcommittees throughout the US. The other FEB committees have been invited to the AIPC training opportunities and their activities have been announced to the AIPC membership during the quarterly meetings.; COMMUNITY SUPPORT; 10) Support and cooperate with community American Indian organizations.; The AIPC supported the Denver Indian Center's Safe Night Halloween outreach for children.; The AIPC donated $300 to the Food Bank of the Rockies for the Denver Indian Center's account, to be used for Christmas food baskets for needy families. The AIPC also collaborated with Sysco foods to help the Denver Indian Center with their Christmas dinner. These activities were part of a strategic outreach effort to inform the Denver Indian community of AIPC's efforts to support American Indian inclusion in the federal workforce.