Health and Healing

Features

• Healing Artist: Napie documents family’s suicides through photography

  Valencia Tso-Yazzie

  An IAIA senior draws attention to the Native American suicide epidemic by documenting the lives of family members he’s lost.

• Sweat Equity: House of good living promotes exercise, fitness

  Louis Montclair

  Increased utilization of Fort Peck Community College’s wellness centers exceeds the college president’s vision for improved community health and fitness.

• Diabetes Education in Tribal Schools

  Tina Deschenie

  Students in tribal college communities are learning about diabetes, and their response will affect students nationwide in a few years. The Diabetes Education in Tribal Schools (DETS) program involves eight tribal colleges that are developing diabetes-based science curriculum for K-12 students with grants from the National Institutes of Health (NIH).

• Health and Education Go Hand in Hand

  Marjane Ambler

  “Health and education go hand in hand,” said Dr. Cynthia Lindquist-Mala, president of Cankdeska Cikana Community College (CCCC, Fort Totten, ND).

• Changing the Face of Research: Tribal colleges address community well-being

  Dorreen Yellow Bird

  Cankdeska Cikana Community College and Turtle Mountain Community College collaborate with their communities on vital health research and education curriculum.

Editor's Essay

• Community Health and Wellness Start With Our Individual Commitment

  Tina Deschenie

  In indigenous society, the belief that people can overcome our problems through ceremony and prayer has always been very powerful. Sitting Bull and his wife,

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Voices

• Leadership and Wellness Go Hand In Hand

  Cheryl Crazy Bull

  One of the most remarkable, rewarding, and challenging experiences is being called to serve in a leadership role at a tribal education institution. From the time I first moved into tribal college administration in 1983, I have been in awe of both the personal challenges and the many opportunities.

Profile

• Handling the Heat: Governor’s cook enjoys demands of NM mansion menus

  Patty Talahongva

  Lupe Jackson handles plenty of heat and excitement, the kind that comes from a position that only she can claim – private household cook for New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson.

Talking Circle

• Arts Education Provides Crucial Balance: Finding joy in creation and imagination

  Denise Low-Weso

  Kansas Poet Laureate Dr. Denise Low-Weso ready to advocate for poetry and the arts statewide.

Resource Guide

• 18-4 “Health and Healing” Resource Guide

  Edna Francisco

  Native communities have not been getting quality and culturally sensitive health care. One solution to the problem may be to increase the number of Native American health professionals and researchers,

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