Vocabulary
This Official title for the Indigenous/Native Americans was given by the United States.
What are American Indian/Alaska Natives?
Former Hualapai Tribal Council member and former FTF regional council member, this Senior Director is known for her expertise in working with Tribes, trusted advisor to internal and external partners, and a true advocate in Early Childhood.
Who is Candida Hunter-Querta?
This evidence-based, culturally tailored home visiting program is delivered by Native American paraprofessionals to support caregivers during pregnancy and early childhood.
What is the Family Spirit Program?
The number of tribes that partner with First Things First.
What is Nineteen?
This FTF funded strategy provides opportunities for families and children, to connect to their Native American culture, language and lifeway, which supports the development of children's early language and literacy skills.
What is Language, Literacy and Culture in Tribal Communities?
They are the original peoples of North, Central, and South America.
Who are Native Americans?
Former FTF board member and former FTF regional council member, this Chairwoman is a strong proponent of early childhood education, foster care, language revitalization, libraries, archives, and humanities.
Who is CRIT Chairwoman Amelia Flores?
This program is designed to empower children and famlies through learning experiences that ensure young learners are fully prepared for prekindergarten and kindergarten success and serves Bureau of Indian Education schools.
What is Family and Child Education (FACE)?
How often do tribes determine how they would like to participate in FTF.
What is Every two years?
Funded by the American Rescue Plan Act, the "Our Little Nest of Enlightenment" Early Childhood Learning Center is a new center and is expected to open this year in this region.
What is the Pascua Yaqui Tribe Region?
This is the elected entity of a tribal government.
What is the Tribal Council?
In November 2018, this member of the Ho-Chunk Nation became one of the first two Native American women to serve in Congress.
Who is U.S. Representative Sharice Davids?
Funded by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, this program supports working families by increasing access to affordable, high quality Early Childhood Education/childcare before and after school care services.
What is the Child Care and Development Fund (CCDF)?
It is important that FTF and tribes in Arizona engage in this open, continous and meaningful discussion on a government-to-government basis.
What is the Tribal Consultation?
These three regions have successfully implemented their Tri-Council Gathering to prepare for strategic planning and share challenges and successes in tribal regions.
What are the Cocopah Tribe, Colorado River Indian Tribes, & Hualapai Tribes?
They are tribal citizens who currently live off federally defined tribal lands and live in urban areas and are often an overlooked population.
Who are Urban Indians?
In November 2018, this member of the Pueblo of Laguna and a former Secretary of Interior became one of the first Native American women to be elected into Congress and is currently running for governor of New Mexico.
Who is Deb Haaland?
These two federally funded programs provides early education for 3 to 5 year old children and serves women who are pregnant and children from birth to 3 years old.
What are Head Start & Early Head Start?
A representative on an FTF regional council that is a public offical or employee of a tribal government.
Who is a Tribal Public Official/Employee?
In the 2025 FTF Annual Report, this region was highlighted for its Quality First success story and partnership with a Tribal Nation's Early Childhood Development Center in Fort McDowell.
What is the East Maricopa Region?
Native people and governments have this type of relationship and it does not derive from race or ethnicity.
What is a political relationship?
Member of the White Earth Band of Ojibwe, this Minnesota's 50th Lieutenant Governor is known for her work as a community organizer and her advocacy for children and Indigenous peoples.
Who is Lieutenant Governor Peggy Flanagan?
These four Tribal Colleges and Universities (TCUs) in Arizona supports Early Childhood by either offering a variety of certificates/degrees and/or advises students through a pipeline into the Early Childhood Education field.
What are Diné College, Navajo Technical University, San Carlos Apache College, and Tohono O'odham Community College?
This agreement refers to formal approval of any kind by a tribe for FTF to collect, utilize, analyze, share and/or publish data.
What is a Data Collection Agreement?
In 2019, a child care located in this region received the first 5-star Quality First rating for a tribal region.
What is the Gila River Indian Community Region?