COLORADO COMMISSION OF INDIAN AFFAIRS
RESOURCES DIRECTORY
MARCH 2011
Colorado Commission of Indian Affairs
Lieutenant Governor Joseph A. Garcia, Chair
State of Colorado
ColoradoStateCapitolBuilding
200 East Colfax Avenue, Room 130
Denver, CO 80203
Telephone (303) 866-3027
Fax (303) 866-5469
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COLORADO COMMISSION OF INDIAN AFFAIRS
RESOURCES DIRECTORY
INDEX
MARCH 2011
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Arts & Crafts
Businesses
Churches
Collegiate
Cultural
Economic Development
Education
Elderly
Employment
Energy
Government – Counties
Government - Federal
Government - State and Local
Government - State Indian Affairs Offices
Government - Tribal
Grants
Health
Housing
Indian Centers
Indian Organizations - National
Legal
Legislators - Federal
Legislators – Native American Caucus of State Legislators
Legislators - State
Media/Newspapers
Natural Resources
Political
Public and BIA Schools - Indian Education
Purchasing Services
Purchasing Services - City of Denver
Purchasing Services - Colleges & Universities
Purchasing Services – Corporate
Purchasing Services – Counties
Purchasing Services – Districts
Purchasing Services – State of Colorado
Purchasing Services – U.S. Government
Social Services/Substance Abuse Counseling
Sports
Colorado Commission of Indian Affairs
Resources Directory
Arts & Crafts
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Alter Native Voices
Z. Susanne Aikman, Host and Producer
c/o KUVO FM
P.O. Box 2040
Denver, CO 80201-2040
Email:
Airs Sunday mornings from 7 a.m. to 8 a.m.
- KUVO-89.3 FM, in Denver and Breckenridge
- KVJZ-88.5 FM in Vail, Colorado
- Live Streaming Audio at: KUVO.org
Support community volunteer public radio project vending books, music, videos and community crafts at events.
Artists Available in Denver, CO Area
Vick Anderson
Telephone: (720) 339-6220
Beadwork/crafts.
Ernest Bennie
Telephone: (303) 975-6719
Jewelry
Carletta Upshaw David
Telephone: (303) 246-8343; (720) 422-7487
Lionel Holy Elk Face
Telephone: (720) 621-2447
Crafts
Michelle Paisano
Telephone: (303) 429-5359
Pueblo pottery/storyteller.
Melanie Phillips
Thornton, CO80241
Cell: (720) 879-8633
Email:
Beadwork, regalia, crafts.
Bessie Sherwood
Telephone: (303) 364-5070
Jewelry, beadwork, sewing.
Darlene Silversmith
Telephone: (720) 982-4171
Jewelry
Bessie Smith
Telephone: (303) 898-1185
Jewelry/speaker.
Mabel Teller
Telephone: (303) 922-3956
Jewelry
Thompson Williams
Telephone: (303) 871-8035
Paintings/speaker.
Capture by Mangan
Mark & Rhonda Mangan
Telephone: (303) 547-0841; (303) 513-9824
Email:
Photographers.
Denver Indian Singers and Dancers
Telephone: (303) 364-5070; (303) 312-6424
Email:
Perform Northern Plains styles of singing and dancing. Educational presentations run approximately one half hour. Have performed for Pope John Paul II, Vice President Al Gore, National Congress of American Indians, National Indian Health Service, National Democratic Convention, universities, schools, and many national and federal agency conferences, including Colorado Commission of Indian Affairs.
Eagle Plume’s
Nico Strangeowl
9853 Hwy. 7
Allenspark, CO80510
Telephone: (303) 747-2861
Email:
Eagle Scout Designs
Steven Driver
Telephone: (303) 898-8484
Cedar boxes, belts, dream catchers, medicine bags, toys, walking sticks, jewelry.
Fulcrum Books
Bob Baron
4690 Table Mountain Dr., Ste. 100
Golden,CO80403
Telephone: (303) 928-8203
Fax: (303) 279-7111
Email:
Four Winds Trading Company
6355 Joyce Drive
Arvada, CO 80403
Telephone: (720) 890-8000
Fax: (720) 890-8008
Toll free: 800-456-5444
Guy, Kori
P.O. Box 701
Bailey, CO80421
Telephone: (303) 838-9887
Email:
Many Winds Music, Inc.
Eric Herrera
10940 S. Parker Road, Unit 258
Parker, CO 80134
Telephone: (720) 480-5595
Email:
Native Flute Performer and/or Storyteller
Nakota Designs
Walt and Allison Pourier
2022 E. 134th Way
Thornton, CO80241
Telephone: (303) 255-1730
Email: ;
Skateboards, clothing.
Native American Trading Company
213 West 13th Ave.
Denver, CO 80204
Telephone: (303) 534-0771
Email:
A gallery of Native American art.
Native Rains
Monica Rains
Telephone: (303) 587-0271
Fax: (303) 202-9433
Email:
Blankets, beadwork, hats, painted ponies, t-shirts, sweats, jewelry, inlay, gifts.
Nighteagle Gallery
Telephone: (303) 570-7482
Fax: (303) 477-5351
Email:
Fancy shawl outfits, jingle dresses, traditional dresses, men’s bandoliers, gourd dance robes, ribbon shirts, jewelry, feather hair ornaments, bead/bone chokers.
Northern & Southern Plains Indian Dancers and Singers
John Emhoolah
P.O. Box 21226
Denver, CO80221
Telephone: (303) 650-4839
American Indian dance and drum performance group, arts & crafts, feather work, bead work, and Indian sign language.
Orr’s Trading Company
3422 S. Broadway
Englewood, CO 80110
Telephone: (303) 722-6466
Email:
Crafts and supplies, tapes and CD’s, etc.
Raven Dancers
P.O. Box 714
Franktown, CO80116-0714
Email:
Red Elk Enterprises
Rose Red Elk
Red Feather Woman
Telephone: (303) 579-8713
Email:
Singer and storyteller.
Three Eagles, Eddie
910 Arrawana
Colorado Springs, CO80909
Telephone: (719) 591-8948
Cell: (719) 337-0304
Native Flute Performer and/or Storyteller. Chair of Board of Directors of One Nation Walking Together.
UteMountain Ute Pottery
Hwy. 160 South
Towaoc, CO81334
Telephone: (800) 896-8548
Fax: (970) 565-7057
Manufactures ceramic pottery. Each piece is uniquely hand-painted by Ute Mountain Ute artists. Special orders are available upon request.
Businesses
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See listing at Rocky Mountain Indian Chamber of Commerce, or in Indian Voices Newsletter, Email: .
Churches
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CalvaryIndianChurch
933 S. Perry St.
Denver, CO80219
Telephone: (303) 934-3479
DenverChristianIndianCenter
501 S. Pearl St.
Denver, CO80209
Telephone: (303) 733-3693
Email:
Denver Inner City Parish
1212 Mariposa St.
Denver, CO80204
Telephone: (303) 629-0636
Fax: (303) 629-7703
Email:
IndianBibleChurch
595 S. Logan St.
Denver, CO80209-4107
Telephone: (303) 733-0729
Kateri Catholic Community – American Indian Catholic Church
1020 Upham St.
Lakewood, CO80214
Telephone: (303) 274-7729; (303) 868-2780
Native American Spiritual Group
c/o Chaplains Services Dept.
Staff
Father David Berry
Federal Correctional Institution – Englewood
Littleton, CO80123
Telephone: (303) 985-1566 x1141
Native Ministry, Issues & Advocacy
Rocky Mountain Conference (CO, WY, UT)
The United MethodistChurch
6110 Greenwood Plaza Blvd.
Greenwood Village, CO80111
Telephone: (303) 733-477-8442
Email:
Collegiate
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AmericanIndianCollege Fund
8333 Greenwood Blvd.
Denver, CO80221
Toll Free: (800) 776-3863
Telephone: (303) 426-8900
Fax: (303) 426-1200
Richard Williams
Email:
The American Indian College Fund raises funds from corporations, foundations, and individuals to provide scholarships and to build an endowment for Tribal Colleges in the United States. The colleges, which are located on or near reservations, provide academic, vocational, and technical educational opportunities to thousands of Native American students. Email: . Listing of Tribal Colleges at Listing of scholarship opportunities at Helpful guides to prepare for college online at
AmericanIndianGraduateCenter
4520 Montgomery Blvd. NE, Suite 1B
Albuquerque, NM87109
Telephone: (505) 881-4584
Toll Free 1-800-628-1920
The American Indian Graduate Center is a national organization headquartered in Albuquerque, New Mexico providing educational assistance to American Indian and Alaska native graduate students throughout the country. Since its founding in 1969, AIGC has awarded more than 15,000 scholarships totaling over $44 million to graduate students in all fields of study.
American Indian Higher Education Consortium
121 Oronoco Street
Alexandria, VA22314
Telephone: (703) 838-0400
Fax: (703) 838-0388
Email:
AIHEC is the collective spirit and unifying voice of our nation’s TribalColleges and Universities (TCUs). AIHEC provides leadership and influences public policy on American Indian higher education issues through advocacy, research, and program initiatives; promotes and strengthens Indigenous languages, cultures, communities, and tribal nations; and through its unique position, serves member institutions and emerging TCUs.
American Indian Law Center, Inc.
P.O. Box 4456
Albuquerque, NM87196
Telephone: (505) 277-5462
Fax: (505) 277-1035
Email:
AILC’s mission is to provide training and technical assistance to tribes, tribal organizations, and tribal courts; legal and policy analysis on various issues important to tribal governments; and preparatory legal education to individuals.
American Indian Science & Engineering Society
2305 Renard SE, Suite 200
Albuquerque, NM87106
P.O. Box 9828
Albuquerque, NM87119-9828
Telephone: (505) 765-1052
Fax: (505) 765-5608
Email:
AISES Colorado Professional Chapter
The mission of the American Indian Science and Engineering Society (AISES) is to substantially increase the representation of American Indian and Alaskan Natives in engineering, science and other related technology disciplines. Non-profit organization that supports Native Americans through scholarships and pre-college education. Summer programs for Middle School through High School.
ArizonaNativeNet
ArizonaNativeNet is a virtual university outreach and distance learning telecommunications center devoted to the higher educational needs of Native Nations in Arizona, the United States and the world through the utilization of the worldwide web and the knowledge-based and technical resources and expertise of the University of Arizona. It is a vital resource for Native Nations seeking to strengthen their nation-building efforts through telecommunications-based higher education, leadership and management training, and distance learning programs offered through ArizonaNativeNet by the University of Arizona.
College In Colorado
1560 Broadway, Suite 1700
Denver, CO80202
Gully Stanford, Director of Partnerships,
Bridget Black, Communications Manager,
Maria Elena Rivera, Minority Outreach Coordinator,
Telephone: (720) 264-8563
Cell: (303) 349-5635
Fax: (303) 296-1637
Colorado Indian Education Foundation
c/o University of ColoradoDenver
Dr. Donna Langston
Chair and Professor
Ethnic Studies Department
Campus Box 134
P.O. Box 173364
Denver, CO80217-3364
Telephone: (303) 315-3614
Fax: (303) 315-3610
Email:
studies.edu
Non-profit organization that supports Native Americans through scholarships.
ColoradoStateUniversity – Fort Collins
HelpSuccessCenter
202 Aylesworth NE
Fort Collins, CO80523
Telephone: (970) 491-7095
Fax: (970) 491-1133
ColoradoStateUniversity – Fort Collins
Native American Cultural Center
218 Lory Student Center
Fort Collins, CO80523
Tyrone Smith, Director
Telephone: (970) 491-1332
Fax: (970) 491-2659
Email:
Email:
ColoradoStateUniversity - Pueblo
Ismana Carney, Ph.D.
Director
Upward Bound
2200 Bonforte Blvd.
Pueblo, CO81001
Telephone: (719) 549-2917
Cell: (719) 696-0746
Email:
Echohawk, Dana
King Fellow
1100 Lawrence
Denver, CO80204-2041
Telephone: (303) 661-0686
Email: ;
Financial Aid for Native American Students
This website provides information about financial aid for Native American students, compiled with the assistance of Donovan Gomez, Executive Director of the San Juan Pueblo Department of Education.
FortLewisCollege
1000 Rim Dr.
Durango, CO81301
Telephone: (970) 247-7221
Fax: (970) 247-7686
Full tuition waivers to Native American students. Qualifying students are members of any federally recognized tribe, and all persons who are descendants of such members as of June 1, 1934, residing within the present boundaries of any Native American reservation, including persons with one-half Native American blood. Eskimos and other aboriginal people of Alaska shall be considered Native Americans. All applications from NA students will be reviewed for qualification for the full tuition waiver. (United Stated Code, 1964 Edition, Vol. 6, Title 25, Chapter 14, Section 479, page 4, 879) Annual Spring (March usually) Cultural Event – Hozhini Days and Indian Club- Wambi Ota.
Dene Kay Thomas
President
Telephone: (970) 247-7100
Fax: (970) 247-7175
Email:
Executive Assistant: Carolyn Hagel
Email:
Steven J. Schwartz
Vice President for Finance and Administration
2300 Berndt Hall
Telephone: (970) 247-7196
Fax: (970) 247-7175
Cell: (970) 759-8849
Email:
Yvonne Bilinski
NativeAmericanCenter Director
Email:
Dr. Majel Boxer
Assistant Professor
Department of SW Studies and Native American and Indigenous Studies
Telephone: (970) 247-6102
Fax: (970) 382-6952
Email:
M. Britton
Email:
Marya Corrigan,
Program Director, Upward Bound
Telephone: (970) 247-7618
Email:
Marianne Hardi Gurule
Email:
E. Perrault
Email:
Elayne Silversmith
Librarian, Associate Professor, Delaney Southwest Research Library
Telephone: (970) 382-6951
Fax: (970) 247-7422
Email: silversmith_e@fortlewis. edu
Institute of American Indian Arts (IAIA)
83 Avan Nu Po Road
Santa Fe, NM87508-1300
Telephone Switchboard: (505) 424-2300
Dean Ann Fileymyr
Email:
The Institute offers four-year degrees in Studio Arts, Visual Communication, Creative Writing and Museum Studies.
MetropolitanStateCollege of Denver
CounselingCenter
Steven C. Lee, Ph.D.
Assistant Director
Training Director
Campus Box 5
P.O. Box 173362
Denver, CO80217-3362
Telephone: (303) 556-4045
Fax: (303) 556-4760
Email:
MetropolitanStateCollege of Denver
Political Science Department
Native American Studies Program Director
Dr. Zia Meranto
Auraria Campus
King Center
Room - 498
Campus Box 43
P.O. Box 173362
Denver, CO. 80217-3362
Telephone: 303-556-3220
TribalCollege Journal of American Indian Higher Education
130 E. Montezuma
P.O. Box 720
Mancos, Colorado81328
Telephone: (970) 533-9170
Fax: (970) 533-9145
TribalCollege Journal (ISSN 1052-5505) is a quarterly publication of the American Indian Higher Education Consortium, an organization of 35 Indian-controlled colleges in the United States and Canada. It is published with assistance from the W.K. Kellogg Foundation and the American Indian College Fund. Culture-based publication which addresses subjects important to the future of American Indian and Alaska Native communities utilizing both journalistic and scholarly articles.
Tribal Colleges& Universities(TCUs)
TCUs were created in response to the higher education needs of American Indians and generally serve geographically isolated populations that have no other means accessing education beyond the high school level. TCUs have become increasingly important to educational opportunity for native American students and are unique institutions that combine personal attention with cultural relevance to encourage American Indians—especially those living on reservations—to overcome the barriers they face to higher education. Listing of Tribal Colleges at
United StatesAirForceAcademy
HQ USAFA/RRD
2304 Cadet Drive, Suite 2400
USAF Academy, CO 80840
Toll Free: 1-800-443-3864
Telephone: (719) 333-2233
Fax: (719) 333-3012
Diversity Contact Colorado: (719) 333-8957
University of Colorado – Boulder
American Indian Advocacy
103 UCB, Willard Admin. Room 115A
University of Colorado at Boulder
Center for Multicultural Affairs
Boulder, CO80309
Telephone: (303) 492-5667
Advocacy group facilitates and promotes American Indian issues and events. The Advocacy acts as a link between the Indian community on campus and those found locally, regionally, and nationally.
University of Colorado - Boulder
Oyate Indian Club
UMC 343
Boulder, CO80309
Telephone: (303) 492-8874
Located in the student center at the University of Colorado at Boulder. Native American student organization; hosts Native American Awareness week every April, which includes a pow wow.
University of Colorado – DenverCenter
Director of American Indian Educational Opportunity and Outreach
Box 132, P.O. Box 173364
Denver, CO80217-3364
Location: North Classroom 2013
Theresa R. Gutierrez
Telephone: (303) 556-2860
Email:
University of Colorado – DenverCenter
Ethnic Studies Department
Dr. Donna Langston
Chair and Professor
Campus Box 134
P.O. Box 173364
Denver, CO80217-3364
Telephone: (303) 315-3614
Fax: (303) 315-3610
Email:
studies.edu
University of ColoradoLawSchool
Native American Law Students' Association
Daniel Cordalis
Telephone: (303) 717-4618
Email:
University of Denver
2199 S. University Blvd.
Denver, CO80208
Telephone: (303) 871-2000
University of DenverSturmCollege of Law
2255 E. Evans Ave., Suite #215
Denver, CO80208
Forrest Stanford
Telephone: (303) 871-6133
Email:
Lauri A. Mlinar
Director of Events
University of DenverSturmCollege of Law
Telephone: (303) 871-6139
Fax: (303) 871-6325
Email:
University of Northern Colorado
Michael Welsh, History
Campus Box 116
Greeley, CO 80639
Telephone: (970) 351-2223
Fax: (970) 351-2199
Email:
University of Northern Colorado
Native American Student Coordinator
Solomon Little Owl
924 20th St.
Greeley, CO80639
Telephone: (970) 351-1125
Fax: (970) 351-1999
Email:
White Antelope Memorial Scholarship
University of Colorado at Boulder
Campus Box 312
Boulder, CO80309-0312
Telephone: (303) 492-5091
Fax: (303) 492-0838
White Antelope Memorial Scholarship is a scholarship sponsored by University of Colorado at Boulder. Award Information: Amount of Scholarship: Maximum: $12000. Requirements: Applicant must be a Native American as defined by the American Indian Advocacy Group on the Boulder campus. Eligibility: College freshman.
Cultural
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Bala Sinem Choir
FortLewisCollege
1000 Rim Dr.
Durango, CO81301
Telephone: (970) 247-7010
Intertribal traditional group that performs in traditional dress.
Café Cultura
Telephone: (720) 436-1830
Email:
Cambridge, Charles
1293 Aikins Way
Boulder, CO80305
Telephone: (303) 494-9542
Email:
Cultural resource inventory, testing and mitigation. Archaeology. Anthropological Research
Center of the AmericanWest
University of Colorado
282 UCB
Boulder, CO80309-0282
Telephone: (303) 492-4879
Fax: (303) 492-1671
Patty Limerick, Chair of Board and Faculty Director
Kurt Gutjahr, Managing Director
Amanda Hardman, Administrative Assistant
Email:
CrowCanyon Archaeological Center
23390 C.R.K.
Cortez, CO81321
Marjorie Connolly
Telephone: (970) 564-4353
Fax: (970) 565-4859
Email:
DenverArt Museum
100 W. 14th Ave Pkwy.
Denver, CO80204
Nancy Blomberg
Curator of Native Arts
Telephone: (720) 913-0161
Email:
Denver Botanic Gardens
909 York St.
Denver, CO80206
Lisa M.W. Eldred
Director of Exhibitions, Art & Library Collections
Telephone: (720) 865-3518
Fax: (720) 865-3723
Email:
Kim Manajek
Manager Exhibitions and Art Collections
Telephone: (720) 865-3526
Fax: (720) 865-3723
Email:
Heather Boor
Associate Director of Volunteer Services
Telephone: (720) 865-3560
Fax: (720) 865-3563
Email:
Denver March Powwow, Inc.
Grace B. Gillette, Executive Director
P.O. Box 19178
Denver, CO80219
Telephone: (303) 377-3724
The Denver March Powwow, Inc. is a non-profit organization committed to the preservation of the social and cultural aspects of American Indian tradition, which are integrated into the powwow.
DenverMuseum of Nature and Science
2001 Colorado Blvd.
Denver, CO80205
Chip Colwell-Chanthaphonh, Curator of Anthropology & NAGPRA Officer
Telephone: (303) 370-6378
Email:
Denver Public Library
10 W. Fourteenth Ave.
Denver, CO80204
Telephone: (720) 865-1111
DurangoArtsCenter
Sheri Rochford Figgs
Executive Director
802 East Second Ave.
Durango, CO81301
Telephone: (970) 259-2606
Cell: (970) 749-0614
Email:
Website:
Go Native America
821 N. 27th St, #120
Billings, MT59101
Telephone US Toll-free: 1. 888. 800. 1876
From outside the US. 00 1 888 800 1876
Email:
Premier hosts of Native American tours - travel American Indian lands & traditions - tribal culture and history.
HistoryColoradoCenter (formerly Colorado Historical Society)
1560 Broadway
Denver, CO80203
Bridget Ambler
Telephone: (303) 866-2303
Fax: (303) 866-5739
Email:
Indian Arts and Crafts Association
4010 CarlisleNE - Suite C
Albuquerque, NM87107
Telephone: (505) 265-9149
Fax: (505) 265-8251
Email:
IACA is an international organization representing every link in American Indian arts, including Native artists from the U.S. and Canada, along with consumers, retailers, wholesalers, museums, government agencies, suppliers and supporting members.
National Geographic
James Dion
Business Development Associate
1145 17th St. N.W.
Washington, D.C.20036-4688
Telephone: (202) 604-2847
Email:
NationalMuseum of Natural History
Dorothy Lippert
Repatriation Office, NMNH
MRC-138
P.O. Box 37012
Washington, D.C.20013-7012
Telephone: (202) 633-0874
Fax: (202) 786-2728
Email:
North American Indigenous Games
320 East Buffalo St., Suite 607
Milwaukee, WI53202
Telephone: (920) 217-0309
Fax: (920) 869-3974
Email:
Northern Colorado Intertribal Pow-wow Association
P.O. Box 1938
Fort Collins, CO80522
Email:
Raven Dancers / Spring Bear Pow-wow
Bear Limvere - Advisor
Email:
Website:
Southwestern Association for Indian Arts, Inc. (SWAIA)
P.O. Box 969
Santa Fe, NM 87504-0969
Telephone: (505) 983-5220
Fax: (505) 983-7647
Bruce Bernstein
Email:
SWAIA's mission of "cultural preservation, intercultural understanding and providing economic opportunities for American Indians through excellence in the arts" is not only evident throughout Santa Fe Indian Market but in all of its programs, as well. These include SWAIA's Lifetime Achievement Awards, Fellowship Awards, Business Training Seminars, Youth Markets, Council of Artists and committees which establish and uphold the highest known standards for traditional and contemporary Native American art.