Healthy Brain Rack Cards

Introducing Our Brain Health Rack Card Series

Explore a collection of four culturally tailored rack cards designed for American Indian and Alaska Native (AI/AN) communities:

• Honoring Elder Hearing and Wisdom

• Sacred Sleep for Strong, Healthy Minds

• Protect and Honor Your Head, Preserve Your Wisdom

• Healthy Brain

Each card highlights how historical traumas—such as land loss, forced relocation, and disruptions in traditional foodways—can increase dementia risk, and offers practical, culturally rooted strategies for promoting resilience and brain health.

Key Strategies Across All Cards Include:

• Connecting with Community
  Revive traditional gatherings—storytelling, beading, drumming—to strengthen social bonds.

• Moving with Purpose
  Dance, walk, hunt, or paddle in ways that honor ancestral practices.

• Harvesting and Preparing Traditional Foods & Medicines
  Reacquaint yourself with the land’s bounty to nourish body and mind.

• Maintaining Language & Culture
  Practice, teach, and celebrate your tribal language.

• Minimizing Harmful Substances
  Reduce alcohol and non-traditional tobacco use.

Resources & Activities
These resources can be accompanied with the Dementia Bingo activity and the Dementia in American Indian & Alaska Native Communities video.

Supported by the CDC
This suite of resources empowers Native communities with culturally relevant tools to prevent dementia and foster strong, healthy minds.