DLRP = Dakota Language Revitalization Project

DOCIP= Indigenous Peoples' Centre for Documentation

ESF = Eagle Staff Fund, First Nations Development Institute

FAS = Fetal Alcohol Syndrome

FNDI = First Nations Development Institute

Ford Foundation Project = 2-year project to incorporate women of color issues & concerns into local, national, and international population and development agenda, Jun 1993-Jun 1995, also known as "US Women of Color Delegation"

ICPD = International Conference on Population and Development NGO Forum 94, Cairo, Egypt

IHS = Indian Health Service

NACB = Native American Community Board

NAWHERC = Native American Women's Health Education Resource Center

NAYPWP = Native American Young People's Wellness Program

PHS = Public Health Service, US Dept of Health and Human Services

PIPES = People in Prison Entering Sobriety

U.S. Women of Color Delegation [see Ford Foundation Project]

WGIP = Working Group on Indigenous Populations, World Health Organization

WOC = Women of Color

WOCCRHR = Women of Color Coalition for Reproductive Health & Rights (aka Women of Color Coalition)

YAC= Youth Advisory Council of the NAYPWP

YST = Yankton Sioux Tribe