Native Healing and Wellness Conference

This conference grant supported the planning and implementation of two one-and-a-half day conferences that brought together representatives from the 29 federally recognized tribes, other American Indian and Alaska Native (AIAN) agencies, and urban AIAN communities in Washington State. The first conference (“Tribal Healing and Wellness Conference”) was held in May 2008 at the Suquamish-owned Kiana Lodge in Paulsbo, WA. The second meeting (“Native Healing and Wellness Conference”) was held in September 200 at the Great Wolf Lodge, Centralia, WA.