Carol Rose is an enrolled member of Oglala Lakota Nation in Pine Ridge, South Dakota. She was born and raised on the Pine Ridge Indian reservation in South Dakota and La Jolla Indian reservation in Southern California but calls Fairbanks home. Carol currently works for Tanana Chiefs Conference in Family Services as a Family Support Specialist. She is a Veteran of the United States Air Force and Air National Guard. She was a Noncommissioned Officer assigned to the Social Actions Office as a Social Actions Substance Counselor and Equal Opportunity and Treatment and Human Relations Educator. Carol retired in 2003 with 23 years of service. She is a certified Chemical Dependency Counselor, CDC II with over 30 years of experience in the field. Carol dedicates her life to empowering and helping Native people heal. She has a diverse background in counseling from her experience in working with members in the Air Force, Native communities, Indian Health, Private Sector and Corrections. Carol is a Stake Holder for the Alaska Sobriety Movement. She helped plan, develop and market the 1st Annual San Bernardino-Riverside Indian Health Council Inc., Women’s Wellness Conference “Creating a Positive Vision” in Palm Springs, California. She served on a team on the S’kallam Indian reservation near Kingston, Washington, designing, developing and implementing the Orca Pride Intensive Outpatient program for adolescents. Carol facilitated Warrior Down Recovery support groups from 2009 to 2014. She conducted Warrior Down Recovery Coach Training and Medicine Wheel Approach to Recovery Workshops and How to Become a Hero and Save Your Own Life workshops. Carol encourages change and healing from within and acknowledges that lasting and powerful change can happen when using our Native spiritual teachings and values in recovery. Carol is also an advocate for women and has led women’s groups and talking circles for women in recovery from substance abuse, domestic violence, sexual abuse, thinking errors and significant traumatic events. She’s an advocate for our brothers and sisters who are incarcerated and striving to change and recover. She also wants to bring balance by creating healing opportunities to help family members experiencing the traumatic effects when a loved one is incarcerated. Due to Carol’s love and passion for fashion, Native Arts and Culture she helped create the Council for Creative Natives in Action (CCNA). She strives to create venues where artist can present their art, act their art, be their art. Carol’s role models in life are her late Grandmother Zona Hawk Wing-Janis, for her strength and loving ways, late Grandfather Henry Janis for his love, late Father Carl Janis for his intelligence and passion for learning, mother Karen Nelson for her strength, fearlessness and sense a humor, and late stepfather Willie Nelson for his unconditional love, humor and always being there for family.
