GHWIC Year 3 Comprehensive Report
The Coordinating Center for Good Health and Wellness in Indian Country (CCG) has the goals to collaborate with fellow recipients to fostering peer-to-peer learning, share best or promising practices, coordinate…
Norton Sound Health Corporation: Increase physical activity access & participation by building community
A look at a new fitness program developed in Nome, Alaska! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2ozNYRo1ISk NSHC GHWIC Success Story Video Video Transcript: Through a variety of health and wellness outreach opportunities, the Norton…
Buzz Daney and Daytona Raye – Children and Elders
In February of 1992, the Journal of American Indian Higher Education published “Young and Old Alike: Children and the elderly are a priority in Native American Cultures”. This title was…
Osage Nation SPTHB – Community Gardens
Photo credit https://www.osagenation-nsn.gov Desert Gardens Food sovereignty is part of the foundation for healthy communities; and fresh, healthy, indigenous foods and gardens transcend all 4 strategies promoted by Good Health…
Community Farming – A Great Revival
“Without corn there is no song.Without song there is no dance.Without dance there is no rain.Without rain there is no corn.If corn dies, we die.There are more planting songs than…
Connecting Communities: Gathering for success
Community of Practice is one of the most important, and seemingly forgotten, aspects of serving people. Whether the service is healthcare, commodities, education, or anything it’s impossible to make an…
CCG – Good Health and Wellness in Indian Country (GHWIC) National Gathering 2023
Good Health and Wellness in Indian Country (GHWIC) is the Center for Disease Control and Prevention’s largest investment to improve American Indian and Alaskan Native (AI/AN) Tribal health. The National…
Bringing Healthy Foods and Blowing Circuits at the Gym with the Alabama-Coushatta Tribe of Texas
An hour and a half north of Houston, on approximately 10,200 acres in the Big Thicket of Deep East Texas is the Alabama-Coushatta Tribe of Texas, the oldest reservation in…
Creative Narrations Digital Storytelling Workshop
Hearing directly from the community, hearing their voices, their values, their perspective of the problem and their solution can help us better understand fighting chronic disease within the world view…
GLITEC Success Story: Great Lakes Powwow Dance Aerobics
Great Lakes Inter-Tribal Epidemiology Center (GLITEC) is excited to present Powwow Dance Aerobics: Dance Your Way to Fitness, featuring Dallas Arcand and Aerobics Artists Chanelle Monroe and Shanley Spence. The…