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**DIABETES ~ "NOVEMBER IS NATIONAL DIABETES MONTH!!!"

• Bob's Good Stuff Lists ~*~ Diabetes Index
  ["Joyce Dugan, former Principal Chief of the Eastern
  Band of Cherokee Indians, said diabetes afflicts one of
  five Native Americans and one of three in her tribe."]
  * Diabetes Recipes * Diabetes Mailing List Archives
  * Diabetes Bookstore * Bob's Good Stuff Lists Message Forums

ATTENTION VETERANS DIAGNOSED WITH DIABETES!

• Veterans Health Administration ~ Diabetes Mellitus (Type II)
  "As A Presumptive Condition for In-Country Vietnam Veterans"
• National Academy Press ~ Diabetes "National Academy of Sciences
  Study on Herbicide/Dioxin Exposure and Type 2 Diabetes

• American Indian and Minority Health, Inc. "AIMHI is a 501 (c) 3 non-profit foundation designed to promote the healthy benefits of a traditional, Native American diet. AIMHI's goal is to combat the diabetes epidemic among the Native American community by promoting a diet similar to the traditional diets of a time when Native people didn't have diabetes."
  • Urban Indians: more at risk than anyone
    "Study shows differences between
    city and reservation dwellers"
    Sam Lewin, Farmington, NM
    Published (AIMHI) ~ March 18, 2004
  • Balanced traditions, balanced diets key to good health
    "Native program incorporates cultural beliefs
    with modern diet information."
    By Jennifer Tedlock, Tulsa, OK
    Published (AIMHI) ~ March 4, 2004
  • Man travels cross-country in a wheelchair
    "Aims to raise awareness over Indian health problems"
    Sam Lewin, Farmington, NM
    Published (AIMHI) ~ January 20, 2004

• Native American Diabetes Initiative 'Declare War On Diabetes' "The Native American Diabetes Initiative's targeted response to the challenge of diabetes in the Native American community. Type 2 diabetes is attacking this community in epidemic numbers, with rates as high as 50 percent in some tribes. Native culture and heritage cannot be protected and promoted very well if large numbers continue to be stricken with this terrible condition." The Native American Diabetes Group sponsors an e-mail list, visit the NativeAmericanDiabetes Group for more information. Site and list by author, North Welch, who is of Kickapoo descent.

• DreamCatchers Incorpoated "DreamCatchers has joined forces with Navajo Health Promotions, a division of the Indian Health Service on the Navajo Nation, to produce a health and fitness 2 video set; REZ ROBICS and REZ ROBICS FOR COUCH POTATO SKINS. The project is inspired by the fact that Diabetes has become one of the most serious threats to the health of Indian people both on the reservations and in urban settings. Copies of the videos will be distributed free of charge throughout the Indian communities of North America. While Navajo Health Promotions will distribute on and around The Navajo Nation via clinics, schools and video stores, DreamCatchers will oversee distribution to the rest of 'Indian Country'. There will be no FBI warning on the programs. Instead, the opening message will state, "Please make copies and give them to your friends and relatives."" How to get a set of REZ ROBICS Videos!

• Sandy Lake Health & Diabetes Project 'A Successful Partnership between First Nations and Health Researchers in Addressing the Challenges of Diabetes.' "We did it for the children. We want to be known, not just as the community with the third highest diabetes rate, but as the community that did something about it."
  • Sandy Lake First Nation School Diabetes Prevention Program

• National Aboriginal Diabetes Association ~*~ E-mail: nada@escape.ca
  "The Mission of the NADA is: To address Diabetes among Aboriginal Peoples by creating networks, and opportunities for individuals and communities within their culture, traditions, and values. NADA is unique. It is the only non-government office with official non-profit status working in Aboriginal diabetes."
  • 1st National Conference on Diabetes and Aboriginal Peoples
    June 1-4, 2000 Winnipeg, Manitoba

• NARTC ~ The Native American Research and Training Center
  • NARTC Publications: Monographs ~*~ Videos ~*~ Articles
  • NARTC Youth Diabetes Camp "The Native American Research and Training Center sponsors an annual summer diabetes camp for Native American youth at Whispering Pines, which is near Prescott, Arizona. The camp was established in 1991 to assist a growing number of Arizona's Indian youth who are at risk for or who have been diagnosed with Type 2 Diabetes. These children cannot attend existing diabetes camps because these programs focus on children with Type 1 diabetes. Treatment for Type 1 diabetes is entirely different from the treatment for Type 2 diabetes."

• American Diabetes Association Home Page (ADA)
  • Basic Diabetes Information Are You At Risk?
    Go here for the signs and symptoms of diabetes.
    Go here to take a Diabetes Risk Test.
  • Native Americans ~ Awakening the Spirit: Pathways to Diabetes Prevention & Control
    "Awakening the Spirit is the American Diabetes Association's targeted response to the challenge of diabetes in the Native American community. Type 2 diabetes is attacking this community in epidemic numbers, with rates as high as 50 percent in some tribes. The Awakening the Spirit Project Team is charged with developing and disseminating critical messages to the Native American community, including American Indians, Alaska Natives, and Native Hawaiians, about the seriousness of diabetes."
  • Now Available "Awakening the Spirit" Compilation CD
  • In The News Native Americans Fight Back Against Diabetes
  • Native American Community Forum "Share your thoughts about diabetes."

• National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK)
  The Pima Indians: Pathfinders for Health "The Pima Indians are giving a great gift to the world by continuing to volunteer for research studies. Their generosity contributes to better health for all people, and we are all in their debt," says Dr. Peter Bennett, Chief of the Phoenix Epidemiology and Clinical Research Branch of the NIDDK."

• La Plaza's Diabetes Wellness Connection "The personal stories you find in this site have been provided by individuals living with diabetes, their families and health care providers. Factual information about diabetes from both public and private agencies is also available, as well as links to other diabetes related internet sites."
• Native American Diabetes Project "Strong in Body and Spirit" "The goal is to help people eat healthy foods and increase exercise. This is done by working together with Native American communities. Ideas from the communities are used to make a program that is specifically designed for Rio Grande Pueblo people."
  • Opening Story: Through the Eyes of the Eagle
    Story by Georgia Perez Illustrations by Alfred Vigil, Nambe Pueblo

• Diabetes A-Z: Canadian Diabetes Association ~*~ Try Searching the CDA site using the key words "native Canadian" or "Native Canadian" and "Indian". ~*~ News
  • Back to Their Roots "An Ontario Reserve's Garden Project aims to improve the health of native Canadians with diabetes. The Six Nations community garden project began in the spring of 1996, when Martin, inspired by the quiet chatter of her elders, decided that to control their diabetes, her clients needed better nourishment."
  • Short Stories "of those who Helped Change the Face of Diabetes" By Lisa Schmidt
    • Big S.U.G.A.R.: Health Care in Aboriginal communities

• Children With Diabetes ~*~ Diabetes Dictionary ~*~ Recipes

• The Diabetics Unite Homepage "This site encourages diabetics and loved ones to become involved in Diabetes Cure Research and projects to support cure research. It includes a personal story of living with diabetes for 30 years and tons of useful diabetes links." Site by Deanna Gaston, Miramichi City, New Brunswick, Canada.

**CANCER

• Intercultural Cancer Council "The ICC promotes policies, programs, partnerships, and research to eliminate the unequal burden of cancer among racial and ethnic minorities and medically underserved populations in the United States and its associated territories."
  • American Indians / Alaska Natives and Cancer (Copyright©ICCC)
  • 8th Biennial Symposium on Minorities, the Medically Underserved & Cancer
    February 6-10, 2002 - OMNI Shoreham Hotel - Washington, D

• Native American Programs "Part of the Mayo Clinic Comprehensive Cancer Center."
  • Native Circle 'The American Indian/Alaska Native Cancer Information Resource Center and Learning Exchange' "The Native C.I.R.C.L.E. is a resource center providing cancer-related materials to healthcare professionals and lay people involved in the education, care and treatment of American Indians and Alaska Natives."
  • Spirit of EAGLES 'American Indian/Alaska Native Leadership Initiative on Cancer' "American Indian and Alaska Native (AI/AN) populations have very high incidence rates for specific cancer sites and poor survival rates for most cancers."

• Native American Cancer Research, Pine Colorado "NACR was incorporated as a Native-owned and operative non-profit Corporation, i.e., 501(c)(3), November 1999. The goal of the NACR is to reduce Native American cancer incidence and mortality, and to increase survival from cancer among Native Americans. To accomplish this goal, NACR implements cancer primary prevention, secondary prevention, risk reduction, screening (early detection), education, training, research, diagnoses, control, treatment, support, quality of life, and/or studies of cancer among Native Americans."
  NACR Address: 3022 South Nova Road, Pine, Colorado 80740-7830 ~ Phone: 303-838-9359
  • Free Information ~ Educational presentations you can download and view!
    "Here are a variety of resources free for your use. These include
    presentations for health trainers to share with the community."
  • Newsletter " Stay informed about new and updated resources. Our free
    occasional e-newsletter will update you about interesting new additions
    to this site. The newsletter is generally sent a few times a year."
  • Ask Your Dr. "Examples of Questions Prepared by
    a Native Sister and Family To Ask the Doctor."
  • Native American Cancer Survivors Network
  • Path to NACR's Old Site

**HIV/AIDS

• Welcome to NNAAPC Online: "Web site of the National Native American AIDS Prevention Center, governed by an entirely Native American Board of Directors. Prevention, Media, Care, Research and Resources." Oakland, California
  • Grandmother Spider
  • News on AIDS in Native America
  • Two-Spirit Voices Newsletter

• American Indian Community House HIV/AIDS Project "AICH Native American Outreach Education Coordinator Network" New York, New York

• Welcome to the Home Page for Walking the Wellness Path 'HIV/AIDS Client Advocacy Program of the Indian Health Board of Minneapolis' "Providing assistance in: Housing, Finance, Needs assessment Emotional support, Psychological support, Spiritual support Physical evaluation and support, On-going and up-dated HIV/AIDS Education, Assistance accessing traditional and alternative healers, Opportunity for traditional ceremonies Assistance with transportation for appointments, Prevention/education..." Minneapolis, Minnesota

• AIDS Prevention and Education Network Contacts
  "for American Indians & Alaskan Natives" (NCADI)

• Dr. Chuck's Home Page: "A compendium of ancient Navaho knowledge and old Indian tricks."
  • American Indian AIDS Statistics
  • An Anthropological Study of the "A.I.D.S." Among American Indian Poplulations
  • KIMOCHI, INC. "Kimochi, the organization, is a fusion of ideas and philosophies born of a joint American Indian and Asian American effort on the campus of the University of Colorado, Boulder, in 1972. The name, Kimochi, is a Japanese word that reflects the meaning of "a feeling of good will."

**ABUSE SUBSTANCE/WOMEN/CHILD

• MIWSAC "The Minnesota Indian Women's Sexual Assault Coalition is a
  unique Coalition funded in October of 2001, through the US Department
  of Justice, Violence Against Women Office; and is one of 14 new
  Tribal Coalitions around the Country formed to address domestic
  and sexual violence in American Indian Communities."

• National Women's Health Information Center
  'NWHIC Publications Database Record'
  • Bitter Earth: Child Sexual Abuse in Indian Country Discussion Guide.
    "Discussion Guide that accompanies the Bitter Earth: Child Sexual
    Abuse in Indian Country Video." ASCII Text Version ~ PDF Version
  • American Indian/Alaska Natives and Intimate Partner Violence

• Native American Indian General Service Office of Alcoholics Anonymous' "The Native American Indian General Service Office of Alcoholics Anonymous functions to provide a vision of recovery, unity and service to the more than 500 sovereign Indian Nations in North America, which are recognized by the Federal Government." Located in Lakeside, California, contact by phone: 619-443-8727 or by e-mail: NAIGSO.
  • Faqs About NAIGSO ~ Calendar of Indian AA Events ~ Stories
  • NAIGSO Home Fires: Directories for Native Peoples and Associates

• Mending the Sacred Hoop ~ Technical Assistance Project ~ Flash Version Duluth, Minnesota 'STOP Violence Against Indian Women' "If the Physical, Mental, Emotional and Spiritual Well Being of the Woman is intact, so too is that of the Family, Community and Society." - Indigenous Proverb

• Native American Programs Center on Child Abuse and Neglect
  University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma City, OK
  • Project Making Medicine "Project Making Medicine (PMM) is a national training program for mental health professionals from tribal and Indian Health Service agencies in the prevention and treatment of child abuse. PMM is funded by a grant from the Indian Health Service and the Office of Child Abuse and Neglect in HHS."

• Minnesota Indian Women's Resource Center 'The path to recovery is within all women.' "Mission Statement: To assist American Indian Women so they can enjoy a better quality of life for themselves and their families." Minneapolis, Minnesota

• Pauktuutit Inuit Association "Pauktuutit is the national non-profit association representing all Inuit women in Canada." Ottawa, Ontario
  • HIV/AIDS ~ HIV/AIDS Publications ~ HIV/AIDS Resource "Pauktuutit has had an active focus on addressing HIV/AIDS issues during the 1990s, at first, through its Health Consultation Project and more recently through specifically funded HIV/AIDS projects"

• Native Shop "A project of the Native American Women's Health Education Resource Center. In 1985, a group of Native Americans living on or near the Yankton Sioux Reservation in South Dakota formed the Native American Community Board (NACB) to address pertinent issues of health, education, land and water rights, and economic development of Native American people. In October of 1991, after a long legal battle, the Domestic Violence Program of the Resource Center opened a shelter for battered women a few blocks away from the Resource Center."

• Round Lake Treatment Centre 'Culture Is Treatment'
  "Welcome! Round Lake Treatment Centre is an accredited 36-bed residential alcohol and drug abuse treatment facility located on the Okanagan Indian Reserve near Vernon in British Columbia's southern interior."

• National Association for Native American Children of Alcoholics "In 1988, 100 Native people from across the United States and Canada began a healing journey from the intergenerational effects of alcohol. In a talking circle they shared their stories of growing up in alcoholic families." Seattle, Washington * Guestbook

• NPNACDA Home Page! "Northern Plains Native American Chemical Dependency Association, Inc. is a non-profit organization based in Rapid City, SD. It was founded in 1988 by counselors and administrators in the four state region of North Dakota, South Dakota, Iowa and Nebraska to provide services to the professionals who work with Native American Alcoholics."

• The Healthy Nations Initiative "Reducing Substance Abuse Among Native Americans"
  University of Colorado Health Sciences Center
  • The Collaboration Discussion Groups "Serves as a forum for a series of discussion groups intended to promote the exchange of views, information on, and experience with the full range of health-related issues, services, and policies that are of concern to American Indians and Alaska Natives in reducing the harm related to substance abuse. The initial discussion groups are limited to topics relevant to Media, Challenges, and Community Mobilization. Inquirers are encouraged to participate freely and fully in these discussions. These discussion groups will be unmoderated."
  • Grantee Information
    • Central Council of Tlingit & Haida Indian Tribes of Alaska
    • Cherokee Nation of Oklahoma ~ CNO
    • Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe Cheyenne River Reservation
    • Circle of Strength Native American Healthy Nations Initiative
    • Confederated Salish & Kootenai Flathead Reservation
    • Confederated Tribes of the Colville Reservation
    • Confederated Tribes of the Warm Springs Reservation
    • Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians of North Carolina ~ EBCI
    • Minneapolis American Indian Center
    • Northwest New Mexico
    • Norton Sound Health Corporation
    • Seattle Indian Health Board ~ SIHB
    • United Indian Health Services
    • White Mountain Apache Tribe Fort Apache Reservation
  • ( NCAIANMHR) 'National Center for American
    Indian and Alaska Native Mental Health Research'
  • Native Elder Research/Resource Center
  • ( CoCETAC) ~*~ CoC Resources'Circles of Care
    Evaluation Technical Assistance Center'

• Seattle Indian Health Board "SIHB is a non-profit, community health center chartered in 1970 to serve the health care needs of American Indians and Alaska Natives living in the greater Seattle/King County region of Washington state." Seattle, Washington Contact: Ralph Forquera, Executive Director, SIHB

• Intergroup Association of Minneapolis & Suburban Areas "Intergroup's primary purpose is to assist the A.A. groups of Minneapolis and the Suburban Area in carrying the Alcoholics Anonymous message to those who still suffer." St. Louis Park, MN
  Native American AA Groups in Minneapolis and Suburbs, Minnesota.

• Northern Plains Native American Chemical Dependency Association, Inc. NPNACDA is a non-profit organization based in Rapid City, SD. It was founded in 1988 by counselors and administrators in the four state region of North Dakota, South Dakota, Iowa and Nebraska to provide services to the professionals who work with Native American Alcoholics."

• American Indian Institute "The University of Oklahoma College of Continuing Education Serving North American Indian Tribes of the United States and First Nations of Canada" Anita Chisholm, M.Ed. (Absentee Shawnee) Director, Norman, Oklahoma Projects
  • 7th Generation Fetal Alcohol Syndrome Prevention Project
  • Riverside Futures Prevention "Demonstration Project for high risk youth,
    supported by the Center for Substance Abuse Prevention (CSAP).
  • Nee-Kon Project * American Indian Prevention Resource Center

• The St. Norbert Foundation, Inc. "The purpose of the St. Norbert Foundation and the Selkirk Healing Center is to provide long-term residential treatment for substance abuse. Located in picturesque St. Norbert, Manitoba, and functions as the administrative parent organization for the Selkirk Healing Centre."
  • Henry Shingoose Traditional Pow Wow
    Sponsored by the Selkirk Healing Centre
    (Held every year on the first week end in June.)

• NCADI "The National Clearinghouse for Alcohol and Drug Information"
  • Resources for American Indians/Alaskan Natives

**DISABILITIES/HEARING IMPAIRED

• American Indian Disability Technical Assistance Center "AIDTAC strives to support American Indians and Alaska Natives in their efforts to improve employment opportunities and vocational rehabilitation outcomes wherever they live in the United States." Phone Toll Free: 866-4-AIDTAC (866-424-3822).

• Intertribal Deaf Council "IDC strives to carry out Traditions and Culture of the Native American Deaf, no matter the obstacles." Linda Carroll (Cherokee), IDC President, Peralta, New Mexico

• Deaf Native American Children plus 'Regardless of our color, our beliefs or our differences... we have a lot in common - YOU and I' "The life of the Lakota people has been and still is bound to tradition Lakol Wicohan. We hear of doing things as a traditional Indian, or doing things the Indian way. Culture is the entirety of a people's expression of life according to their art, music, language, rituals and beliefs, oral and written traditions, and especially their values."

**ELDER/SPIRITUAL CARE

• National Society for American Indian Elders
  "The National Society for American Indian Elderly (NSAIE) was
  established in 1987 as a 501 (c) (3) organization to improve
  the quality of life for on-reservation and rural American Indian
  senior citizens by supporting a network of tribally established
  and administered services."

• The National Indian Council on Aging "NICOA advocates for improved comprehensive services to American Indian and Alaska Native elders. Since the organization was formed in 1976, by a group of tribal chairmen, it has evolved into the nation's foremost non-profit advocate for this population. One of ten national contractors currently operating the Senior Community Service Employment Program (SCSEP), NICOA provides employment training opportunities for elders six (6) states." Albuquerque, New Mexico
  • A Spiritual Message to America "Delivered during the NICOA Duluth Meeting, August 19-22, 2000.

• The Native Elder Health Care Resource Center NEHCRC, initially funded by the Administration on Aging for a four-year period beginning February 1, 1994, is a national resource center for older American Indians, Alaska Natives and Native Hawaiians, with special emphasis on culturally competent health care.

• The National Resource Center on Native American Aging "Serves the elderly Native American population of the United States. The center is committed to increasing awareness of issues affecting American Indian, Alaskan Native, and Native Hawaiian elders and to be a voice and advocate for their concerns."

• The ADEAR Center Alzheimer's Disease Education and Referral Center's Web site. Here you will find information about Alzheimer's disease and related dementias. "The ADEAR Center is a service of the National Institute on Aging (NIA)."

• White Bison, Inc. "White Bison, Inc. is a nonprofit American Indian organization founded in 1989. Don Coyhis, a Mohican from the Stockbridge-Munsee Reservation in Wisconsin is the president of White Bison, Inc. Combining Native American principles of the Medicine Wheel, and his years of experience with Digital Equipment Corporation, Coyhis shows how to facilitate change through the development of a culturally-sensitive and spiritually-healthy community, where innovation is encouraged and people are respected and empowered."

• B.A.N.A.C. " The BARRIE AREA NATIVE ADVISORY CIRCLE is a group representing eleven (11) native organizations in seven communities throughout Simcoe County and northern York Region in Central Ontario, Canada." B.A.N.A.C. Members!
  • Wiidokdaadiwin Anishnabe Aler-Abled Circle "Giving Courage to one another"
    (Wiidokdaadiwin means 'giving courage to one another' in Ojibwe.)
  • Aboriginal Prenatal Program Nees Assessment "B.A.N.A.C. in partnership with the Enaahtig Healing Lodge and Learning Centre is developing an initiative that will provide culturally sensitive prenatal nutrition services to Aboriginal families in Simcoe County."
  • The Enaahtig Healing Lodge and Learning Centre "Established to provide opportunities for wholistic healing and learning based on the principles of Aboriginal culture, to individuals and families in a safe environment in order to foster healthy, balanced communities and nations."

**DISABILITIES

• First People's Health & Disability Issues on SchoolNet!
  • Research And Publications "Annotated Bibliograph for First Nations Mental Health Bibliography of First Nations mental health issues."
  • First People's Nations Profiles on Schoolnet CANADA *** U.S.

• American Indian Rehabilitation Research and Training Center "The AIRRTC is a project of the University Affiliated Program at the Institute for Human Development at Northern Arizona University. The mission of the AIRRTC is to improve the quality of life for American Indian people who have disabilities by conducting research and training projects."

• Very Special Arts "VSA is an international nonprofit organization dedicated
  to promoting the creative power in people with disabilities."
  • VSA Arizona Native American Bead Working...
  • VSA South Dakota Oscar Howe Native American Summer Art Institute
  • VSA Nebraska Multi-State Photo Documentary Project...
  • VSA Minnesota Native American Festival...
    Press Release and student art work, 1997 Festival.
  • VSA Oklahoma Native American Initiative...

**HEALTH CENTERS/CLINICS

• Running Wolf Fitness Center ~ Healthy Living One Step At A Time
  Location: 3123 East Lake Street, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55406
  Running Wolf Health and Wellness for the American Indian Community!
  "Running Wolf Fitness Center specializes in working with people on a
  one to one basis, figuring out realistic goals and developing a pace
  of training that results in stronger bodies and healthier attitudes.
  Join specialized training classes and see how you can take charge
  of your own healthy body. Our memberships and classes are open to
  the general public. Friendly staff always ready to assist you!"

• The Rocky Boy Clinic ~ Chippewa Cree Health Center
  "The Rocky Boy Clinic also known as the Chippewa Cree Health Center,
  is located on the Rocky Boy Indian Reservation in the Bears Paw
  Mountains in the "Big Sky Country" of north central Montana.
  The Health Center, a well equipped outpatient facility, includes
  medical, dental, and optometry clinics, and is JCAHO accredited."

• Native American Health Center
  "Providing Community Health Care Since 1972"
  Native American Health Center-Oakland
  3124 International Blvd, Oakland, CA 94601
  Native American Health Center-San Francisco
  160 Capp Street, San Francisco, CA 94110
  • Strong Medicine "The Healing Voice of the Native Community,
    was founded in the 2001 and is a free quarterly publication of
    the Native American Health Center.

• Healthy Tribes "A community I am building online to connect
  and showcase the many Native people I have worked with across
  North America. I hope you will find it useful, and begin a dialog
  with me and the Healthy Tribes across America." -Roxanne B. Darling
  • Bristol Bay Area Health Corporation - Dillingham, Alaska
  • Eastern Band of Cherokee - Cherokee, North Carolina
  • Northern Cheyenne Tribe - Lame Deer, Montana
  • Navajo Nation - Gallup, New Mexico
  • Zuni Wellness Center - Zuni, New Mexico

• The Centre for Indigenous Peoples' Nutrition and Environment "CINE is an independent, multi-disciplinary research and education resource for Indigenous Peoples, created by Canada's Aboriginal leaders. Site includes information on aspects of the Inuit diet (as well as traditional diets of Indigenous Peoples'. CINE is located on McGill University's Macdonald Campus in Ste-Anne-de-Bellevue, Quebec."

• Weeneebayko Health Ahtuskaywin "The regional health authority in the western James and Hudson Bays for the Mushkegowuk communities of Chapleau Cree, Missanabie, New Post, Moosonee, Moose Factory (Moose Cree & MoCreebec), Fort Albany, Kashechewan, Attawapiskat, and Peawanuck (Weenusk)."
  • Holistic Family Healing & Experiential Learning
    By Lianne Joiner, Queen's Education Student
    Weeneebayko Health Ahtuskaywin

• Nechi Training, Research and Health Promotions Institute "Our programs and resources are developed from an Aboriginal world view. Nechi is one of the few training, research and health promotions organizations in the world that is operated for aboriginals by aboriginals. This Aboriginal experience is fundamental to the success of our programs."
  • Keep The Circle Strong ~ National Addictions Awareness Week
  • Welcome to Sober Bear Homepage! ~ NAAW General Store

• Coquille Indian Tribe Community Health Center "To promote the wellness of the community through medical outpatient and pharmaceutical services, limited optometry, and health promotion and disease prevention education. This community is comprised of all Coquille Tribal family members, Native Americans and the general public. Coordination of Social Services, Contract Health Services and community training is available to Coquille Tribal members." Coos Bay, Oregon

• American Indian Health Working Group "UCI/UCLA Southern California American Indian Health Working Group of Los Angeles County and Orange County. An Advisory Committee with an American Indian Health Research Agenda."
  • United American Indian Involvement Inc. "And Veterans Affairs Long Beach Healthcare Systems Announces the American Indian Clinic Collaborative."

• California Rural Indian Health Board, Inc. Home Page "CRIHB was founded and incorporated in 1969 by a consortium of nine California Indian Tribes to advocate for the return of federal health care services to the American Indian population of California. Those services had been withdrawn in the 1950's as part of the federal policy of termination which resulted in the loss of federal tribal status to numerous small tribes. Though the efforts of this organization two decades of shameful neglect of Indian health problems was brought to an end. CRIHB is sanctioned by 33 tribes to operate under the Indian Self-Determination Act (P.L. 93-638) as a Tribal Organization for the purpose of contracting with the Indian Health Service for the provision of comprehensive health care services."

• Porcupine Clinic 'The only independent Indian community-controlled health clinic in the US.' "Built by a group of committed Lakota community leaders with grants from private foundations. It has had more than 12,500 visits from 3,200 patients since opening in 1992." Located on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation in southwestern South Dakota.
  • Clinic Tour * Project Growth * Campaign Against Diabetes

• The Alaska Native Health Board "ANHB, established in 1968, is recognized as the statewide voice on Alaska Native health issues. ANHB serves as the Standing Committee on Health for the Alaska Federation of Natives. The purpose of the Alaska Native Health Board is to promote the spiritual, physical, mental, social, and cultural well-being and pride of Alaska Native people."

• The California Rural Indian Health Board "CRIHB was founded and incorporated in 1969 by a consortium of nine California Indian Tribes to advocate for the return of federal health care services to the American Indian population of California. Those services had been withdrawn in the 1950's as part of the federal policy of termination which resulted in the loss of federal tribal status to numerous small tribes. Though the efforts of this organization two decades of shameful neglect of Indian health problems was brought to an end."

• Welcome to the Northwest Portland Area Indian Health Board
  • Profiles of NPAIHB Member Tribes "Following is some general background and health program information about the 40 NPAIHB member tribes. The Northwest Tribal Recruitment Project gathered this information in an effort to better inform potential health care providers for our tribes. Tribe names not actively linked are still being worked on and should be complete soon. Thank you for your patience."

• The American Indian Health Council "AIHC is a group of American Indians dedicated to providing health, educational and cultural information, outreach, referrals, and counseling services to the American Indian community of the Greater Los Angeles area and American Indian communities in general."
  • American Indian Health Central's Health Section

• The San Diego American Indian Health Center "SDAIHC is a private, non-profit American Indian-governed corporation established in 1979 to provide culturally appropriate services to American Indians living in the metropolitan San Diego area. The CENTER offers individualized services of the highest quality. Providers are California licensed physicians, dentists, psychologists, and nurses with an understanding and appreciation for the unique cultural needs of Indian people."

• Association of American Indian Physicians Oklahoma City, Oklahoma USA
  "AAIP is dedicated to improving the health status of American Indian and Alaska Native people, training Indian physicians and other Indian health professionals, and furthering policies which affect Indian health."
  • AAIP Diabetes Resources * AAIP Traditional Medicine
  • Native American Food Guide "Developed by Yakama Tribal WIC
    Program and Washington State Department of Health WIC Program."

• NCAIANMHR 'National Center for American Indian and Alaska Native Mental Health Research' "The NCAIANMHR is sponsored by the National Institute of Mental Health and is the only program of this type in the country focusing specifically on American Indian and Alaska Native populations." UCHSC, Denver, Colorado

• The Native American Research and Training Center "NARTC was established in 1983 by The University of Arizona Board of Regents and serves as a national resource for Native American communities and for persons working with Native American populations, especially those with chronic diseases or disabilities. NARTC is part of the Department of Family and Community Medicine ( FMC) within the College of Medicine ( CoM) at the University of Arizona ( UoA). Tucson AZ
  • NARTC Publications: Monographs ~*~ Videos ~*~ Articles
  • NARTC Youth Diabetes Camp "The Native American Research and Training Center sponsors an annual summer diabetes camp for Native American youth at Whispering Pines, which is near Prescott, Arizona. The camp was established in 1991 to assist a growing number of Arizona's Indian youth who are at risk for or who have been diagnosed with Type 2 Diabetes. These children cannot attend existing diabetes camps because these programs focus on children with Type 1 diabetes. Treatment for Type 1 diabetes is entirely different from the treatment for Type 2 diabetes."

• Center for American Indian and Alaskan Native Health ...at the Johns Hopkins School of Public Health. "The objective of the Center is to work in partnership with tribes to provide strategies backed by sound research to improve the health and well-being of American Indians and Alaskan Natives. A chief priority is to train or educate more American Indian health leaders who will go on to direct the most culturally appropriate interventions for better health and safety among their peoples and bring greater self-sufficiency and self-determination to their tribes." Baltimore, Maryland

• Indian Health Board of Minneapolis "The Indian Health Board of Minneapolis(IHB) was incorporated as a non profit agency in the State of Minnesota on November 3, 1971. We were the first federally recognized urban Indian clinic, and in the ensuing years, we have grown to be the oldest and the largest of the more than thirty urban Indian clinics throughout the United States." Minneapolis, Minnesota

• Nimkee Memorial Wellness Center "Provides essential medical services to Saginaw Chippewa Indian Tribal members."

• Welcome to the Superior Health Alliance Page "A MEDICAID Managed Care Clinic Plan operated by the Sault Ste. Marie Tribe of Chippewa Indians." Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan

• The Chickasaw Nation Health Systems "Purpose: Improve the health of American Indian families. Mission: Provide American Indian families with health services that promote healing and wellness. Vision: A model environment where well-trained, caring professionals work together to provide patient-oriented health services."

• Twin Cities Healthy Nations Program ""We as Indian people representing a number of community organizations within the Minneapolis- St. Paul area, will collaborate, with the basic principles of honor and respect, to invest all our knowledge and resources in restoring health to our community." Minneapolis American Indian Center, Minneapolis, Minnesota
  • Resource Help Line * Community Activities * Mentorship Project
  • The Ginew/Golden Eagles Youth Program

• Minnesota Indian Women's Resource Center "To assist American Indian Women so they can enjoy a better quality of life for themselves and their families." Minneapolis, Minnesota

• The Indian Health Board of Minneapolis "IHB was incorporated as a non profit agency in the State of Minnesota on November 3, 1971. We were the first federally recognized urban Indian clinic, and in the ensuing years, we have grown to be the oldest and the largest of the more than thirty urban Indian clinics throughout the United States."

• Mohawk Council of Akwesasne Social Development and Health
  • The First Nations Health Management Institute "HMI is a organization based in Akwesasne. (Akwesasne is a First Nation which straddles the borders of Ontario, Quebec and New York State.)

• Nebraska Urban Indian Medical Center "The mission of the Nebraska Urban Indian Medical Center is to improve the health of Native Americans and those who are medically under served in our community." Lincoln, Nebraska

• Welcome to the Northwest Portland Area Indian Health Board "The Northwest tribes have long recognized the need to exercise control over the design and development of health care delivery systems in their local communities. To this end, in 1972 they formed the Northwest Portland Area Indian Health Board (NPAIHB). The NPAIHB is a nonprofit tribal advisory organization which represents the tribes of Washington, Oregon and Idaho on health-related matters and to provide health-related technical assistance." Portland, Oregon

• The American Indian Center Texas "Located in the former H.E.B. Harris Methodist Hospital in Euless, Texas."

• The Waseskun Network, created by Waseskun House & Waseskun Canada, is a healing & development network in areas of community corrections, Native justice, prevention and intervention, and many other issues facing Aboriginal communities today. Index
  • The Waseskun Network IRC Chat "There will be someone online
    from 3 PM to 4 PM EST Monday to Friday." Free membership required.
    [**Note: To use the links provided on the site, a certain IRC Chat program is needed, however, telneting into IRC or using another IRC Chat program should get you there as well! Simply log on to IRC, choosing channel 6667, once logged in simply enter one of the IRC chat room names, such as #Culture_&_Traditions and you should be there!]

• Health Sciences Center Library: University of New Mexico
  • Native American Health History: Practices, including traditional healing methods, plant medicines, ceremonies and other cultural customs related to health, are captured in a database currently under development at the University of New Mexico Health Sciences Center Library.

• Urban Indian Health Institute (UIHI) "In July 2000, the UIHI was established as a division within the Seattle Indian Health Board, a community health center targeting urban American Indians and Alaska Natives. The Urban Indian Information Center (UIIC) is designed as a web based solution to gathering and storing information on the health of urban Indians." Seattle, Washington

• National Council of Urban Indian Health "The mission of the National Council of Urban Indian Health is to advocate and raise the health status and wellness of American Indians/Alaskan Natives living in urban communities." Washington D.C.

**GOVERNMENT RESOURCES/PROGRAMS

• American Indian Health "This Web resource on American Indian Health, sponsored by the National Library of Medicine, is designed to bring together health and medical resources pertinent to the American Indian population including policies, consumer health information, and research. Links are provided here to an assortment of documents, Web sites, databases, and other resources."

• National Women's Health Information Center
  • National Women's Health Information Center For Your Heart
  • Office on Women's Health : American Indian/Alaska Native

• Pathways "American Indian Program Recaptures Past To Improve Children's Future"
  Sponsored by the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI)

• National Institute of Health "The NIH mission is to uncover new knowledge that will lead to better health for everyone. NIH works toward that mission by: conducting research in its own laboratories; supporting the research of non-Federal scientists in universities, medical schools, hospitals, and research institutions throughout the country and abroad; helping in the training of research investigators; and fostering communication of biomedical information."
• National Library of Medicine "If you knew the conditions...": 'Health Care to Native Americans' The Online Version of an Exhibit Held at the National Library of Medicine 15 April -- 31 August 1994 Lobby, Building 38 National Institutes of Health
  • First Native American Woman M.D. Susan La Flesche Picotte (1865-1915)
  • Indian School Hospitals "Under the Office of Indian Affairs" (c.1883-c.1916)

• NN/LM "The purpose of this outreach initiative is to ensure that health professionals, their patients and the general public are connected to the health information resources they need to make informed health care decisions." From Bench to Bedside, Project Description "The University of Washington is conducting a project through its Regional Medical Library contract with the National Library of Medicine to explore the efficacy of Internet connections and resources in community hospitals."
  • Inupiaq [Inupiat] - Alaska Native Cultural Profile
  • *Seven community hospitals are participating in the pilot connections component:
    • Alaska Native Medical Center Anchorage, Alaska;
    • Kalispell Regional Hospital Kalispell, Montana;
    • Kootenai Medical Center Coeur d'Alene, Idaho;
    • Merle West Medical Center Klamath Falls, Oregon;
    • Providence General Medical Center Everett, Washington;
    • St. Peter Hospital Olympia, Washington;
    • Shodair Hospital Helena, Montana.

• Tribal Connections in the Pacific Northwest "Connecting American Indian/Alaska Native Communities to Health Resources on the Internet ~ Funded by the National Library of Medicine under a contract (#N01-LM-6-3520) with the University of Washington." TCPN Photo Album

• (AoA) Administration On Aging
  • Programs and Resources for Native American Elders
    • Native American Elders Report - 1997 "This report provides summary highlights on Title VI program performance, including persons served and services provided for 1995. Additionally, summary data for program performance for the years 1991-1995 are included. It was compiled from data submitted to the Administration on Aging by the Title VI grantees for the 1995 project period."
    • Home and Community Based Long Term Care "In American Indian and Alaska Native Communities - Final Report December 1996"

• (HHS) Department of Health and Human Services ~*~ HHS Pages for Kids
  • The Adventures of McGruff® and Scruff® in Indian Country
• (IHS) Indian Health Service Home Page"An Agency of the Public
  Health Service Department of Health and Human Services (HHS)"
  • Tribal Health Programs ~*~ Urban Indain Health Programs
  • Native American Cardiology Program
  • Resources for I H S Management ~*~ IHS Directory
  • Press and Public Relations ~*~ IHS Area Offices
• (NIHB) National Indian Health Board 'An arm of the IHS'
  NIHB performs a wide range of duties that include representing
  the regional health organizations located throughout the USA."

• The Office of Minority Health Resource Center "Established by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office of Minority Health in 1987. OMH-RC serves as a national resource and referral service on minority health issues."
  • OMH 'Cooperative agreements for health projects.'
  • Office Minority Health Resource Center Database Record
  • OMH-RC Database for Native Americans Organizations * Programs
    
  • OMH-RC Database for Native Hawaiians/Pacific Islanders Organizations * Programs

• U.S. Department of Health & Human Services * Administration for Children and Families
  • Press Releases and Fact Sheets ~*~ Index
  • Subscribe to the Press Release Mailing List
  • Welfare Reform Information ~*~ Tribal Guidance
    "Temporary Assistance For Needy Families (TANF) Program"

**CANADIAN GOVERNMENT PROGRAMS

• Aboriginal Healing Foundation ~*~ Fondation pour la guérison des Autochtones
  English - Website Contents ~*~ Français - Table de Matières

• Health Promotion Online * Promotion de la Sante en direct
  • Childhood & Youth ~*~ Aboriginal Head Start Program (AHS)
  • Guide to: "Federal Programs and Services for Children and Youth." (This publication can be made available in/on computer diskette/large print/audio-cassette/braille upon request.)

• Health Canada Online ~*~ Sante Canada Endirect "Health Canada is the federal department responsible for helping the people of Canada maintain and improve their health."
  First Nations and Inuit ~*~ Aboriginal

• Medical Services Branch (MSB) ~*~ Premieres Nations et Inuit "Provides health services to status Indians living on-reserve and to Inuit people. The delivery of health services and the management of Indian and Northern Health Services are conducted through regional offices, zone offices and a network of hospitals, nursing stations, health centres and various other health facilities, many of which are situated in remote and isolated locations."
  • First Nations and Inuit Health Programs (FNIHP)
    Programmes de sante des Premieres nations et des Inuit (PSPNI)
    "To work with Regions and National First Nations and Inuit Organizations to assist First Nations and Inuit people and communities maintain and improve their health."
    • Disease Prevention and Control ~*~ Programs List:
      Communicable Diseases ~*~ Tuberculosis ~*~ Diabetes ~*~ HIV/AIDS
  • EAGLE ~*~ Le programme EAGLE "Effects on Aboriginals from Great Lakes Environment, is a partnership between the Assembly of First Nations (AFN), the Medical Services Branch (MSB), and more than 100,000 people in 63 First Nation communities in the Great Lakes basin."

**GENERAL RESOURCES

• Aboriginal Healing Foundation
  75 Albert Street, Suite 801, Ottawa, ON K1P 5E7

• Native Vision "A Healthy Future for Native Youth"
  "Native Vision is enhancing the health and well-being of American
  Indian youth by developing and supporting reservation-based
  programs in three distinct but related areas: a healthy start
  to life, fitness, school completion. Currently, Native Vision
  is located on the White Mountain Apache."

• National Womens Health Information Center
  • NWHIC American Indian/Alaskan Native Women

• Welcome to the Hanford Health Information Network
  "The Hanford Health Information Network closed in May 2000."
• Hanford Cultural Resources Program "Welcome to the Hanford Cultural Resources Program of the United States Department of Energy, Richland Operations Office. Managing Hanford's Cultural Resources Program involves a diverse and wide-ranging inventory of activities. There is a wealth of knowledge and much activity involved with the responsible management of cultural resources on the Hanford Site. Our resources include history, both tribal and settler, the Manhattan and Cold War Eras, the built environment, and engineering achievements."

• Mediconsult.com "The Virtual Medical Center"
  • Diabetes News ~*~ Diabetes FAQ
  • Alzheimer's Disease "Guidelines for Making a Choice"

• Doctor's Guide to the Internet
  • Diabetes Information & Resources
    • Diabetes Epidemic Strikes Native Canadian Community
    • Breastfed Pima Indians Develop Less Diabetes

• Visions "Committed to developing and communicating a deeper understanding of Aboriginal population health. Visions will build and maintain effective partnerships with Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal communities through health, communications, activities, and research." Edmonton, Alberta Canada
  Health Promotions ~*~ Communications ~*~ Activities and Events ~*~ Research ~*~Hot Links!
  • National Addictions Awareness Week (NAAW) "November 14 - 20, 1999 Join Us!"

• Health, Environment And Education
  "Related paths the People's Paths ~ Organizations & Associations"

**SUICIDE

• Za-geh-do-win Information Clearinghouse on Suicide
  Anishinabek of Canada

• Suicide in the United States Fact Sheet
  U. S. Center for Disease Control

• Colonization, Indian policy Suicide and Aboriginal peoples.
  By Glen Coulthard

• Suicide in Canada: Suicide Prevention
  Sarnia, Canada

• Canadian Task Rorce On Preventive Health Care
  "CTFPHC Prevention of Suicide"

**PUBLICATIONS

• Lifescan ~ Diabetes News
  • U.S. Worried by Native Americans' High Diabetes Rate
    By Paul Simao (Reuters Health)
    Published Livescan, July 31, 2003

• Diabetic Gourmet 'Dedicated to Diabetic Dinning and Healthy Living'
  • Diabetes in American Indians and Alaska Natives
  • Diabetic Gourmet Recipe Archive

• Canadian Women's Health Network - Network Magazine
  "Network/Le Réseau - Our bilingual magazine, published four times a year in English and French is essential reading for those who want to keep up to date on women's health issues. It contains features, research updates, debates on current controversial issues, news, and interesting new resources." CWHN Network, is based in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. E-mail: cwhn@cwhn.ca
  • Canadian Women's Health Network Magazine
    Feature Publication: Aboriginal Women's Health
    Fall/Winter 2001/2002 Volume 4/5, Number 4/1
    (Read many articles from the featured publication!)

• Welcome to Rick Mendosa's CyberHome "Diabetes is a disease that perhaps more than any other depends much more on the patient than on the doctor. I have written hundreds of magazine and on-line articles, columns, and Web pages about diabetes, most of which are listed and linked in my Diabetes Directory."
• About the Internet, Columns by Rick Mendosa On the ADA web site.
  • Native American Diabetes By Rick Mendosa (2002)
  • Native Seed Search By Rick Mendosa (2001)

• "Heart Disease Rising among Aboriginal Canadians" CBC Newsworld Online, Monday June 26, 2000
  ["The Institute of Clinical Studies in Toronto says cases of heart disease in native communities has more than doubled in 10 years ... Researchers studied heart attack rates among people living in Ontario between 1981 and 1997 ... Dr. Bernard Zinman of Mount Sinai Hospital in Toronto says there's a link between heart disease and the huge increase in the rate of diabetes among aboriginal people. In native communities such as Sandy Lake, Ont., the rate of diabetes among residents is five times the national average. Zinman says that's due to a high genetic risk, but also to a diet high in fat and sugar, plus a lack of exercise ... Dr. Jeff Reading, an aboriginal health expert in Victoria, says because these people often live in remote regions, they have little or no access to cutting-edge medicine."] Audio/Video CBC TV
  
  
• National Center for Biotechnology Information
  • J Clin Endocrinol Metab 1999 Mar;84(3):1077-82 "The hepatic nuclear factor-1alpha G319S variant is associated with early-onset type 2 diabetes in Canadian Oji-Cree. Hegele RA, Cao H, Harris SB, Hanley AJ, Zinman B (Robarts Research Institute, University of Western Ontario, London, Canada.)" robert.hegele@rri.on.ca
    • Related articles
    
    
    
• Arizona Central ~*~ Special Reports
  • SPECIAL REPORT Indian health care: Separate and unequal "Native Americans are dying at shocking rates. Of alcoholism, tuberculosis and diabetes. From accidents, suicide and homicide. At rates up to seven times higher than other Americans. Explore these alarming issues in this special report. [**Note: See Voices, Slideshows, and Videos!!!]
  • PART 1 Separate, unequal ~*~ PART 2 Critical Condition
  • PART 3 Living dangerously ~*~ PART 4 Enemy mine: Diabetes
  • A People in Peril: Pimas on the front lines of an epidemic
    Stories by Graciella Sevilla ~ Photos by Mona Reeder
    The Arizona Republic October 31 - November 2, 1999
    
    
• Broken Treaties, Empty Promises "An Introduction to
  Native American Women's Reproductive Health Issues."
  Written by Jay Heavner

• A Look at the Indian Health Service Policy of Sterilization, 1972-1976
  By Charles R. England, Arizona University

• A History of Governmentally Coerced Sterilization:
  "The Plight of the Native American Woman" (May 1, 1997)
  By Michael Sullivan DeFine, University of Maine School of Law

• The Indian Health Service and the Sterilization of Native American Women
  By Jane Lawrence ~ Ph.D. student at Arizona State University
  Published American Indian Quarterly 24.3 (2000) 400-419

• MC Journal Home Page "the Journal of Academic Media Librarianship."
  • Urban Elder 1997 VHS "Produced by Four Directions Studio Ltd. and National Film Board of Canada, Distributed by The National Film Board of Canada."
  • Health of Native People of North America: "An Annotated Mediagraphy by Sharon A. Gray, M.L.S. and Edward R. Starr,Ph.D., M.A. MC Journal: The Journal of Academic Media Librarianship, v1 no.2, Fall 1993:70-100."
  • Health of Native People of North America: "An Annotated Mediagraphy, Part II. by Sharon A. Gray MLS, AHIP MC Journal: The Journal of Academic Media Librarianship, v6 #1 , Spring 1998."

• Za-geh-do-win Information Clearinghouse "Information about Health, Family Healing, and Family Violence for Aboriginal Communities in Ontario. OUR MISSION: To support the initiative of all aboriginal communities in Ontario, by providing free information on Health, Family Healing, and Family Violence." AIDS/HIV * Diabetes * Addictions * Elder Abuse

• Our People's Health: The Circle Online 'Native American News and Arts' "The Circle is dedicated to presenting reports from a Native perspective to its readers, while granting an equal opportunity to community voices." (Published monthly by The Circle Corporation, Minneapolis, MN.)

• Windspeaker Focus on Health (AIDS/HIV, Diabetes, Other)
  "A regular monthly feature of Wind Speaker!
  "Canada's National Aboriginal News Source"
  • Indian Country Aids/Hiv Directory
  • Windspeaker Diabetes

• Canadian Diabetes Association Web Site "Our mission is to promote the health of Canadians through diabetes research, education, service and advocacy." Professional Publications "CDA has two professional publications. As well, CDA publishes Position Papers which help establish policy and maintain dialogue on controversial issues.
  • The Canadian Journal of Diabetes Care
    "CJDC, published quarterly, is the only peer-reviewed professional diabetes journal in Canada."
  • Canadian Diabetes/le Diabète au Canada
  • CDA Position Papers
  • Diabetes Educator Section "Canadian Diabetes Association's Diabetes Educator Section is comprised of dietitians, nurses, pharmacists, psychologists, social workers, physicians and other health care professionals."

• Diabetes Information In The News! "American Diabetes Association"
• Diabetes Advocate 'The Advocacy Newsletter of the American Diabetes Association'
  "Published ten times annually for people interested in public policy issues and diabetes."
• Diabetes Forecast "Welcome to Diabetes Forecast, the health and wellness magazine of the American Diabetes Association since 1948. Explore Diabetes Forecast today. As the diabetes magazine that invented diabetes magazines, it is often imitated, but never duplicated."

• Researchers Look at Inuit for Cancer Clues
  The Globe and Mail, Canadian Press Canada's National Newspaper
  (People's Voice ~ November 19, 1996)

• American Indians, Amish offer Alzheimer's clues
  (Pub 1966, Lubbock Avalanche-Journal)

• Cherokees may hold clue to Alzheimer's
  (Published 1/9/97, Amarillo Globe-News)

• Indian Health Service Publications and Reports ~*~ Future Health
  • Regional Differences in Indian Health 1997 the companion publication to Trends in Indian Health 1997, provides regional information on the health status of American Indian and Alaska Natives based on data from the 12 IHS regional administrative units called Area Offices."
  • Baseline Measures Workgroup Final Report "Prepared for the American Indian and Alaska Native People & the Indian Health Service." (September 1996)
  • Trends in Indian Health 1996 "...contains tables and charts describing the Indian Health Service program and the health status of American Indians and Alaska Natives. Information pertaining to the IHS structure, American Indian and Alaska Native demography, patient care, and community health are included. Historical trends are depicted, and comparisons to other population groups are made, when appropriate."

• National Forum on Health "The National Forum on Health is an initiative of the Government of Canada launched on October 20, 1994. The Forum is comprised of 24 members with considerable expertise in the health area as volunteers, professionals and consumers."
  • Synthesis Reports and Issues Papers - Final Report - Volume II Canada Health Action: Building on the Legacy "The Need For An Aboriginal Health Institute In Canada"