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All-In-One Native Youth Training Schedule

Taking Control of Your Life and Future

ü      Money Management – Indian Ways

ü      Violence and Drug Prevention

ü      Values and Character Development

Day 1

 Opening Prayer 

Introduction Activity – meeting new friends 

Rules:  Have fun - Be respectful 

Leadership, Values, Character Building 

What life values are important to you? ____________________________________ 

 ___________________________________________________________________ 

Examples include:  honesty, spirituality, generosity, compassion, family, reliability, loyalty, community, traditional ceremonies, other.

Which values must you absolutely follow to feel good about and like yourself?______________________________________________________________

 Boys and Girls Breakout Sessions 

The drug problem in Indian Country – the why and how to prevent: 

Meth – speed – crystal – the new danger to Indian Country – how to prevent.

Enjoying all of life without any drugs 

Why prevention:

• Treatment results and its cost
• Preventing all drug experimentation

(Meth, speed, crystal, inhalants, cocaine, crack, alcohol and designer drugs 

·        Children from Alcoholics

ü      Dangers faced by children

ü      Children cannot cure parents 

Refusal Skills 

·        Helping others who want to say “No” to drugs

ü      Exercise:  List positives of drug use versus positives of non-drug use 

·        How to turn drug use pressures around 

·        Recognizing and dealing with peer pressure – it’s okay to say “no” 

·        Make boozing and other drug use very uncool.  Establishing an atmosphere where kids who do not use drugs win 

·        Staying straight, yet having brothers and sisters who drink or use 

The Power of Indian Circles 

• Team formation –Trust walks – teamwork

AGENDA – MONEY MANAGEMENT INDIAN WAYS 

Day 2 

Native youth experiences in losing their trust funds. 

·        Why it happened and how to “protect yourself from yourself” 

Setting financial goals

ü      Short term

ü      Medium term

ü      Long term 

Boys and Girls Breakout Sessions 

·        Money Management Skills – Building a sound financial plan - Record keeping 

Evening Parent and Youth Session (all caretakers asked to attend) 

Panel presentation (locally approved religious leaders)

·        Religion, Spirituality and Money

·        Creating wealth and keeping your Native culture

·        The Parable of the Talents 

·        Simple Interest

·        Compound Interest 

Safer way of putting your money to work while you sleep 

Creating assets = Creating wealth

ü      Savings accounts

ü      Stocks, bonds, mutual funds

ü      Real Estate

ü      Certificates of deposit – short/term/long term

ü      Money Market accounts

ü      Treasury securities

ü      U.S. Savings Bonds

·        Automatically saving/building wealth

 ·        Federal income tax.  Being patriotic by taking advantage of lower taxes to build your wealth

 Credit cards – how to avoid the dangers of plastic money - Avoiding debt

 ·        Developing a smart personal financial and spending plan

 ·        Making money decisions requires a “thought out” plan

 ·        Easy budgets

 Investing – allowing someone else to use your money to build business

ü      Low risk vs. high risk

ü      Diversifying your investments to spread risk

 ·        Becoming a person of business (entrepreneur)

 Entrepreneurship benefits:  Something you create that gives people/tribes employment and lifestyle choices.  (Perhaps helping Indian tribes in serious poverty)

 Insurance – (even the rich need insurance)

ü      Car Insurance

ü      Home insurance

 ·        Why new to money people become targets for being sued for millions. 

 ·        Easy skills to use in money management

 Closing Ceremonies