21 Articles
Wednesday, June 20, 2007
Lords of the Southern Plains
1640 to 1880 has been called the era of the Indian Horse Culture. To put it in perspective, so far, the United States democracy has lasted about 30 years less than the Indian Horse Culture.
Saturday, June 16, 2007
Work on FY 2008 Spending Bills Continues
FY 2008 Spending bills set at substancially more than the President's budget requests.
Thursday, June 14, 2007
Criminal justice/mental health appropriation mark-up
The Criminal Justice/Mental Health Consensus project reported that on June 11,2007 the House CJS subcommittee marked-up its 2008 appropriations bill with substantial funding increases.
Wednesday, June 13, 2007
Native Americans: They Were Seen as Savages
Even before the Europeans made contact with them,there were several outstanding Indian cultures.
Saturday, June 9, 2007
House Appropriations Subcommittee Approves its FY 2008 Spending Bill for Labor-HHS, Education and Related Agencies
As reported by the National Council for Community Behavioral Healthcare, the House Labor-HHS, Education and Related Agencies Subcommittee has Approved its FY 2008 Spending Bill.
Thursday, June 7, 2007
Veterans Mental Health Outreach and Access Act [S38]
The National Council for Community Behavioral Healthcare urges its members to contact their Senators and ask them to become co-sponsors of the Veterans Mental Health Ouutreach and Access Act [S38].
Sunday, June 3, 2007
National Council Testimony on PTSD Bears Fruit
On May 23rd, Senators Domenici and Obama introduced a bill to improve access to mental health services for veterans returning from Iraq and Afghanistan. The bill includes all of the elements of the appropriations request the National Council and Mental Health America have been pursuing in Congress in recent months,....
Friday, June 1, 2007
Homeland Security-Part 6
This concludes a history of how people of European ancestry criminally mistreated American Indians from 1492 until the 1890's. Is it no wonder that we as a society are able to seek global domination without a qualm?
Sunday, May 27, 2007
Homeland Security-Part 5
Indians of the Southwest had a different backround from that of others in the United States. The Spaniards, who ruled this territory, for many years, believed in making them dependant on their masters.
Monday, May 21, 2007
Homeland Security-Part 4
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Death on the Plains, California and the Pacfific Northwest
Saturday, May 19, 2007
National Council Testimony on Post-Traumatic Stress
The National Council strongly supports a nationwide contract initiative funded at $100 million targeting only National Guard members and Reservists living in rural areas.
Friday, May 18, 2007
Homeland Security-Part 3
Now that our break is over, it's back to Indian Conflicts and Wars
Thursday, May 17, 2007
Homeland Security-Part 2
Indian Conflicts and Wars continued Along the Frontier.
Sunday, May 13, 2007
Homeland Security
Today, the U.S. government recognizes more than 370 tribes or separate Indian peoples.American Indian wars were struggles between the indigenous people and white people of several different nationalities for the rich lands that became the United States.
Saturday, May 5, 2007
National Council for Community Behavioral Healthcare-Part 3
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Linda Rosenberg MSW, President and CEO of the NAtional Council has "building a national service system for community mental health as her number one priority.
Thursday, May 3, 2007
National Council for Community Behavioral Healthcare-Part 2
In many ways, the political, financial, scientific and cultural landscapes surrounding mental health are vastly different than they were a generation ago.
Tuesday, April 24, 2007
National Council for Community Behavioral Healthcare
The members of the National Council bear testimony to the fact that medical, social, psychological and rehabilitation services providrd in community settings helps people with mental illnesses and addictions disorders recover and lead productive livees.
Thursday, April 19, 2007
Involuntary Outpatient Commitment
Overall there is little standardization and few specific guidlines for recommending IOC.
Tuesday, March 27, 2007
The Constitution Party
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Monday, March 12, 2007
Assimilation Not Elimination-Part Three
Government policy toward the American Indians had been evolving process which reformers, in the late 1800s,turned toward assimilation rather than separation and elimination.
Friday, March 2, 2007
Movies
Where have all the movies gone: westerns, romantic comedies, musicals and war movies? Has television killed them all?
