Promising Practices

Promising Practice: The Starting Point: Elders Teach Us How to Communicate about Brain Health

For Washington State University researcher Dr. Amanda Boyd, her life-long goal is to identify health risks, including for dementia, and effectively communicate them to the population. In Boyd’s case, that population started with the Inuit living in the Arctic Circle and is now expanding to Alaska Native and American Indian populations in the US more ...

Community Voices Healthy Brain Blog – The Story of Pesa Sooname

Pesa Tabeno-How Mu, Nu Carla me nanea. Nu Kooyooe Tukadu. Wono Panunudu kwaetoo kemmudu. E numunanea Paze Wupu Pasa Teepu Tonega. My name is Carla Eben. I am Northern Paiute; my band name is the Cui-ui Eater from Pyramid Lake, Nevada. My Paiute Name is Sandy Soil Dry Earth Flower, or Desert Flower, which was ...

Promising Practice – What does “a public health approach” mean in Indian country?

By Mike Splaine, Splaine Consulting and Jolie Crowder July 18, 2021 Featuring: Dr. Tassy Parker, University of New Mexico, Center for Native American Health Ryan Eagle, North Dakota State University, American Indian Public Health Resource Center Dr. Tassy Parker at Community Workshop “Tribes inherently operate their own public health departments’ because we know, at a deep level, ...

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