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Health and Healing
WebThe Native Wellness Model inseparably integrates physical, emotional, social, and spiritual elements. Imbalance in any one area can manifest as sickness or disease in another. The social dimensions of health extend beyond the individual, encompassing the community, tribe, nation, and world. The passage of time is viewed as circular, rather than
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Cultivating Good Mental Health
WebCultivating Good Mental Health. Plants need certain things- like water, sunlight, and nutrients- in order to stay healthy. Did you know that our minds also need to be nurtured in order to stay healthy? Find out more about how to grow good mental health here.
Mental Health Difficulties
WebMental Health Difficulties. Mental health problems can cause people to think, act and feel differently than they usually do. For a person going through these difficulties, the different feelings are very real and often scary. Mental health problems are common in at least one out of every five people.
Common Diseases and Illnesses
WebWe all want to live a long, healthy life. Having a health issue will make it harder for anyone to stay healthy and strong. Eating right, exercising more often, and making the right choices will help you stay healthy. One of the first steps to a healthier life is to understand how certain health issues are a result of unhealthy lifestyle choices.
The Land & Ancestral Wellness Wisdom
WebIt is only buried. When we unearth it by working to strengthen our connection to the land, we are unearthing valuable ancestral wisdom about how to support our individual and community health. Indigenous knowledge of the land is often called “traditional ecological knowledge.”. My Tribe, the Blackfeet, used over 200 plants for food
Environmental Change and Our Mental Health
WebConnection to Mental Health. When the environment and our cultural practices suffer, so can our mental health. Without the ability to do our cultural practices, which bring many of us connection and balance, we may feel “off balance,” detached, and frustrated among other emotions. Some of us may even feel a spiritual wounding.
Food as Medicine
WebBy reconnecting with our traditional practices, like eating sacred foods, doing traditional movements, singing our songs, and speaking our languages, we can be mentally, physically, emotionally, and spiritually strong. The food we consume is so much more than just “eating to survive.”. The foods we eat speak to our bodies and minds.
What is the MMIW Movement
WebMMIW stands for Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women. It’s a movement that advocates for the end of violence against Native women. It also seeks to draw attention to the high rates of disappearances and murders of Native people, particularly women and girls. The MMIW movement exists because a large number of Native women go missing …
Healthy and Unhealthy Relationships
WebYou also can contact the following to get help: Crisistextline.org – by text. StrongHearts Native Helpline -1-844-7NATIVE (762-8483), you can connect anonymously with a Native advocate. Loveisrespect.org teen dating abuse helpline – by text, live chat, or by calling 866-331-9474. The National Sexual Assault Hotline – by live chat or by
Ways to Prevent STDs and Pregnancy
WebFor those who have penis-vagina sex, the oral contraceptive pill, contraceptive patch, vaginal contraceptive ring, contraceptive injection, and the IUD are all effective methods that can help prevent pregnancy. Because these methods only protect against pregnancy, you can still get an STD (or pass on an STD to your partner). To be completely
History of the Sterilization of Native Women
WebSterilization is a surgical procedure that permanently stops pregnancy or reproduction from occurring. In the 1960s and 70s, it became public knowledge the Indian Health Service (IHS) and outside physicians sterilized many Native women without their consent. Some sterilizations were performed without women’s knowledge.
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