
36th Annual Convention
American Indian Psychologists and Psychology Graduate Students
Monday – Tuesday, June 26 – 27, 2023
All times listed are in Mountain Time.
Retreat Agenda
Update: We are planning to hold the retreat on Saturday afternoon and Sunday Morning, weather permitting. We had record snow this winter and there is still a significant amount of snow in the canyon and major flooding where the snow has melted. In addition, the majority of our crucial retreat team and wranglers are unable to join, mainly due to medical reasons.
We are hoping to still gather, but it is highly unlikely that we will be able to find a group campsite. We strongly suggest making alternate overnight accommodations for Saturday night if possible. For those who still want to camp, please email Melissa at melissa.tehee@usu.edu and we can help you coordinate with others camping. We can also still provide camping gear. A majority of Logan Canyon is overseen by the forest service. The Logan Ranger District can direct you to dispersed camping (usually at no cost) and give updates for the campgrounds.
You can see information on the different campgrounds here: https://www.fs.usda.gov/Internet/FSE_DOCUMENTS/stelprdb5363810.pdf and stop by the ranger station at 1500 East Highway 89 Logan, Utah 84321 or call them at (435) 755-3620, Monday-Friday 8:00 AM-4:30 PM. We are also checking to see if any dorm rooms are available for Saturday night. We will send out the retreat plans the weekend before the retreat to those registered and on the SIP listserv.
On Sunday at 4pm, we will be gathering in-person on the USU campus for the SIP Business meeting and honoring of our relatives. This will be outdoors at the D Craig Aston Park followed by dinner. This is open to all retreat and convention attendees, not just SIP members.
Sunday, June 25 | ||
Time | Event | Location |
4:00-7:00 PM |
SIP Business Meeting Honoring of Relatives Dinner together at the park |
D. Craig Aston Park on the USU Campus |
Convention Agenda
All convention presentations will take place in the Eccles Conference Center Auditorium on the USU Campus in Logan, UT.
Monday morning, the American Psychological Association is giving a formal apology to First Peoples and Nations of the United States. The apology will be presented by APA leadership, including the APA President: Thema Bryant; APA President Elect: Cynthia de las Fuentes; APA Past President: Frank Worrell; APA CEO & Executive VP: Arthur Evans; APA Chief Diversity Officer: Maysa Akbar; and the Indigenous Apology Work Group.
The APA Indigenous Apology Work Group was seated in 2020 by APA President Sandra L. Shullman. The Work Group includes Rosie Phillips Davis (Co-chair), Linda M. Woolf (Co-chair), Linda Forrest, Sandra L. Shullman, Janet T. Thomas, Debra M. Kawahara (APA Board of Directors Representative), along with consultants Justin Douglas McDonald, Oglala Lakota and Gayle Skawen:nio Morse, Kanien'kehá:ka (Mohawk) Nation.
To learn more about the process, history, and the apology - you can read the report here: https://www.apa.org/pubs/reports/indigenous-apology.pdf
The formal apology will be followed with a Wiping of Tears Ceremony facilitated by Bennie Begay & Lyle J. Harvey.
Download Convention Agenda [pdf]
Monday, June 26 | ||
Time | Title | Presenter(s) |
8:00 AM | Continental Breakfast | |
8:30 AM | Welcome | |
8:35 AM - 9:05 AM |
APA Apology to Indigenous Peoples |
APA Presidential Leadership: Thema Bryant, Cynthia de las Fuentes, & Frank Worrell; APA CEO & Executive VP: Arthur Evans; APA Chief Diversity Officer: Maysa Akbar; and the Indigenous Apology Work Group |
9:05 AM - 11:45 AM |
Wiping of the Tears Ceremony | Facilitated by Bennie Begay & Lyle J. Harvey |
11:45 AM - 12:30 PM Lunch provided compliments of the USU Psychology Department | ||
12:15 PM - 1:00 PM |
Poster Session | |
1:00 PM - 2:00 PM |
kiseyiwâtotâtôwin: Land-based Indigenous psychotherapies in action | Karlee Felner, PhD; Stephanie Tripple, MSc; Dustin Walter, MEd; Melissa Lupton, BA |
2:00 PM - 2:25 PM |
Cultural Participation among Alaska Native Adults in Alcohol Treatment | Maria Christina Crouch, PhD |
2:25 PM - 2:50 PM |
Story Telling and Transferring Knowledge: Siksikaitsitapii Approaches to Addictions Treatment | Dustin Walter, MEd |
10 min break | ||
3:00 PM - 4:00 PM |
You See my Scars, but Not my Wounds: Trauma and Indian Institutions | Iva GreyWolf, PhD; Tina Lincourt, PsyD |
4:00 PM - 4:35 PM |
Understanding Native American pain inequities: Findings from the Oklahoma Study | Joanna Shadlow, PhD |
10 min break | ||
4:45 PM - 5:30 PM |
A Look at Practice Based Evidence: Indigenous Ways of Knowing | C. Allison Baez, PhD |
5:30 PM | Closing Prayer | |
Tuesday, June 27 | ||
Title | Presenter(s) | |
8:00 AM | Continental Breakfast | |
8:30 AM - 9:45 AM Keynote |
Current Landscape of the ICWA through a Relational Worldview Lens | Terry Cross |
9:45 AM - 10:30 AM |
Reflections on ICWA from the Perspective of Adoptees & Former Fosterchildren | Elena Giacci; Randy Benally; Nicole Johnson; Kee J.E. Straits, PhD; Denise L. Newman, PhD; Chair: Melissa Tehee, JD, PhD |
10 min break | ||
10:40 AM - 11:00 AM |
Fort Lewis College's All Our Kin Collective's Indigenous Language Revitalization | Spencer J. Busick, BA |
11:00 AM - 11:45 AM |
Challenges in Community Engaged Wellness Research: A Myaamia Example | Haley Shea, PhD |
11:45 AM-1:00 PM Lunch on your own - box lunches available through registration | ||
1:00 PM - 1:45 PM |
Sweetgrass Method to Bullying Prevention among American Indian/Alaska Native | M. Standing Eagle Baez PhD, LSP, LADC |
1:45 AM - 2:30 PM |
Native Women Activism and Motivation: Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women | Amanda R. Young, PhD |
2:30 PM - 3:00 PM |
Unearthing Our Roots of Wisdom: Exploring Trauma and Indigenous Focusing-Oriented Therapy | Stephanie Tipple, MSc |
3:15 PM - 3:45 PM |
Convention Closing | |
3:45 PM | Closing Prayer |