Minutes of the Society of Indian Psychologists Business Meeting
June 27, 2011
A The business meeting of the Society of Indian Psychologists was held in Logan, Utah on June 27, 2011.
The meeting was called to order by President- Pam Deters at approximately 3:40pm.
Approval of Minutes: The meetings of last year’s meeting were provided by Tamara Newcomb -
Secretary, and available to be read throughout today’s conference.
Motion was made by Gayle Morris Morse and seconded by Kim Miller to approve the minutes of the
June 28, 2010 meeting. Motion carried.
Officers’ reports:
Presidential Update: Pam Deters presented year update.
Grants wereLegislation authorized for a total of 9 INPSYCH programs. The current
funded programs are University of North Dakota, Montana State University, and
Oklahoma State University. Funding was approved for Utah State University and the
University of Alaska as established programs. Funding has not yet been appropriated.
Utah State University has established The Carloyn Barcus Diversity Scholarship.
Contributions to this fund can be made via the Utah State University Psychology
Department.
Division 35 has approved Section 6 for Indigenous Women. Gayle Morris Morse read the
statement from Division 35. Iva Graywolf Greywolf should be contacted for more
information.
SIP was invited by the president of Indian Health Service to discuss SIP goals; Dan Foster
represented SIP at this meeting.
Ethnic Minority Affairs met in June of 2010 and January of 2011 and will meet in August
of 2011 at APA, Jacque Gray will represent SIP at this meeting.
Gayle Morris Morse is the delegate for SIP at APA.
SIP has written several letters of support for issues related to ethnic minority affairs.
SIP received monetary support from Division 45. SIP slated to provide breakfast at APA
August 2011 for Division 45CNPAAEMI.
SIP conversation hour for APA is on August 5th from 12:30-2pm in the Division 45 Suite.
APA presentation information should be sent to Jacque Gray.
Teleconference for officers and executive committee set up for 2nd Wednesday of every
month.
SIP newsletter with will be an annual newsletter.
Updates to the website are being explored by executive committee.
Discussion regarding how to include Counseling Psychology programs under the IHS
scholarship was held. Carolyn Morris reported that if given justification from tribe for
reasons in Counseling versus Clinical Psychology program IHS will consider awarding
scholarship.
Discussion regarding if INPSYCH programs should give annual report at SIP was held. No
decisions were made.
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Treasurer: Patricia Alexander presented year update:
Expenses for 2010-2011
$4,914.22
Revenues for 2010-2011
$4,529.60
$1,257.50 designated for scholarships
Balance forward from last year $10,735.45
Total as of June 27, 2011
$10,350.83
*Changes will made to grocery expenses for retreat and conference, so this balance
will be updated.
John Peregoy requested we ask for more monetary support from CNPAAEMIOEMA.
Discussion regarding if we should ask CNPAAEMI to attend next year’s conference.
Motion was made by John Peregoy and seconded by Sid Syd Davies to approve the Treasurers report of
the June 28, 2010 meeting. Motion carried.
Committee Reports:
Student Representative Report:
Report given by Angela Enno. University of North Dakota has the first official SIP
chapter. SIP Facebook page is successful. Student concerns surround how students that
want to go into academia can still contribute to Indian country. First SIP Student Night
will be held tonight on campus. Angela Enno and Kyle Hill will be responsible for T-shirt
design for next year SIP conference.
Motion was made by Nancy Moon and seconded by Kim Miller to approve the Student Representative
report. Motion carried.
APA Council Delegate Report:
Report was given by Gayle MorriesMorse. 3rd vote for ethnic minority voting seat at APA
has been tabled for now. Gayle Morris Morse read statement from the APA meeting.
Goal is to have a presence on the board. Moving towards a time and place for boards to
hear our voice.
John Peregoy requested that we do more lobbying to other divisions to inform them of
SIP’s mission.
Pam Deters discussed need for more information given to the electorate on ethnic
minority needs.
Motion was made by Art ? Blume and seconded by Gyda Swaney to approve the APA Council Delegate
report. Motion carried.
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Business:
Jacque Gray reported University of North Dakota SIP chapter will coordinate the American
Indian Health Research conference. Paula Carter will take over as chair of the SIP
chapterChapter Development Committee. Other groups encouraged to develop SIP chapters.
Carolyn Barcus reported that APA Ethnic Committee will hopefully continue to be involved in the
development of a SIP Ethics Code.
Finance committee: Reported by Pam Deters. Steve James is chair of this committee; need to get
501(c)3 up on website and guidestar online as well. John Peregoy will contact Steve James to see
if he is still interested on serving and discuss other issues.
Technology committee: Reported by Jacque Gray. Reported listserv is working well. Need to
update email addresses for listserv. SIP Facebook page has over 130 members. Native student
public health doctoral student has started a Facebook page (Native Student Research) posts
things on grants, scholarships. Reported need to get material from SIP members to develop
annual newsletter. Secretary will take on responsibility of annual newsletter. BJ Boyd suggested
PDF newsletters to email to reduce paper waste. Gail Mason agreed to coordinate technology
committee which will include: Angela Enno, Michael Caesar, Margerat Luebke, Charley Sitting
Bull, Michael Mudgeitt, and Kyle Hill.
INPSYCH Action Committee: SIP president will take on role of forming a relationship among APA,
IHS, and SIP. John Peregoy, Gayle MorrisMorse, Carolyn Morris, and Pam Deters expressed
desire to help SIP president in this role.
Membership committee: Jacque Gray reported that electronic forms of communicating are
helping. Kim Miller agreed to take chair of the Membership committeeCommittee. Carolyn
Barcus and Mark Daniels offered to help Kim in this new role.
Leadership Development Institute: Marge Smith Zoeller was not at meeting to give an update.
Jacque Grey Gray will contact her for report.
Journal of Indigenous Research: Gayle Morse did a trial run for 2 articles (750-1000 words for
articles) and reported a good response. Articles are peer reviewed and address issues that are
important for Indian people. Will begin to encourage others to give articles for the journal. John
Peregoy requested article be accessible via the SIP website. BJ Boyd encouraged students and
full members presenting posters to translate those into potential articles.
Carolyn Thomas talked about a desire for non non-academics to do research. Discussion focused
around developing a research arm off of SIP, which can have partnerships with universities. Sid
Syd Devies Davies and Carolyn Morris will explore this more.
Elections:
A nomination for Carolyn Morris as President-Elect was made by Nancy Moon and seconded by
John Peregoy. Motion was made by Jacque Gray and seconded by Kim Miller to elect Carolyn
Morris as President-Elect by acclaimation. Motion carried.
Meeting adjourned at approximately 5:15pm.
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