Vol 8, No. 1 Winter 2005

We've Only Just Begun

Letter From the President

AIO Honors the Memory of Randy Padilla

Profile: Mary Jo Butterfield

Pidamayaye Ye! The Rise of Dakota Wicohan

Post Card from New Zealand

Maori in Alaska, DC, NYC and Seattle

Ambassador Updates

Contributors Corner

AIO Calendar

February

Jan. 31-Feb. 6: AIO/AMO facilitates ILIS in Japan
14-16: AIO staff retreat
AIO moves to new office space in Albuquerque

March

3-6: Executive Director Laura Harris attends to Anti-Racism Conference in Tennessee
19: World Premiere Celebration for success of Kino and Teresa, a play written by James Lujan (Taos Pueblo) ‘94

April

4: AIO President LaDonna Harris presents to Women’s Voices Speaker Series in Santa Fe, NM
13: AIO President LaDonna Harris participates on panel for the Western Social Science Association conference

May

16-28: U.N. Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues, New York City

July

1-5: AIO and Advancement of Maori Opportunity staff attend the International Society for the Systems Sciences (ISSS) in Cancun, Mexico
24-August 5: AMO Ambassadors to visit AIO in New Mexico

November

27-December 3: World Indigenous Peoples Conference on Education in Hamilton, New Zealand

December

15: Ambassador Applications due for Class of 2006/07