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Community Voices Blog: Living Treasures: Tribal Traditions & Native Rights

Written by NICOA Beverly F. Owens was the oldest of four children born in Anchorage, Alaska to Karen Rae Hopkins. For over 20 years, she has worked for the Nisqually Indian Tribe as the executive secretary of the Public Works Department. She graduated from West High School in 1984 and business school in 1987. She has ...

Community Voices Healthy Brain Blog – An Interview with Our Traditional Knowledge Keeper Sonny Hill

Written by Margaret King, BS, American Indian Alzheimer's Research Ambassador, University of Wisconsin-Madison Alzheimer's Disease Research Center Larry “Sonny” Hill, Mohawk, is a Traditional Knowledge Keeper in Oneida. We talked about his thoughts about Alzheimer’s disease and roles of the community.“It was not prominent back then; our people never had a name for it. Caregiving ...

Community Voices Healthy Brain Blog – Embrace Cultural Healing to Create Healthy Communities

Written by April Shaw, Senior Staff Attorney, Network for Public Health Law - Northern Region Office People that work in public health work to promote healthy individuals and communities. Only recently have people began to understand that racial equity is needed to build healthy communities. One definition of equity is “the quality of being fair ...

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