The Hei’ towoot Tribal Newsletter is a publication distributed by the Northern Arapaho Public Relations department. The PR department covers activities throughout the Wind River Reservation and provides weekly status reports to the Northern Arapaho Business Council (NABC). Part of the PR department’s responsibility is to publicly report on the NABC’s weekly activities and keep the general public informed on what the NABC is doing, where they’ve been and where they plan on being. The PR department also develops and distributes press releases to the local media. The PR department also keeps the public informed on what is happening within the tribe through the Hei’ towoot newsletter. This pertains to information regarding public notices, announcements, community events, NABC activities and information regarding different tribal programs that offer public services. Many people do not know that much about the tribe’s different programs and what they all do. It is the PR department’s responsibility to inform the public about the many different programs and what their purpose is to the tribe. This job was something that was actually assigned to the newsletter when it was first created. I have met with council when the newsletter was retired for a year due to budget constraints and again at the beginning of this year when I was able to get the necessary budget funding to revive the newsletter. A proposed structure draft of the release dates for the newsletter as well as topics each issue contains was presented to the NABC and was approved. It was also advised to me to feature one or two different tribal programs in each edition so that tribal members are made aware of the many different programs that work for the tribe. Each edition will feature information about what the programs do, which does what and what services, if any, they offer to the public. We will not visit the same program over and over to do updates, unless the programs constantly change their public services, programs such as the NA grants program, the NACPS, the CSBG program or the Wind River Tribal College. To further keep the public informed, the PR department has begun to publish the newsletter online as well as publicly distributing copies of the newsletter. For more information on the PR Department, the Hei’ towoot Newsletter or any PR issue, For more information on this, or any other Hei'towoot Newsletter, please contact: Donovan Antelope Public Relations Director (307)332-5006 x135 Work (307)332-3208 Fax dantelope@wyoming.com Jonathan Barela Public Relations Assistant (307)332-5006 x135 Work (307)332-3208 Fax jbarela@wyoming.com Thank you. Donovan Antelope, Director of Public Relations
