The Diabetes Education in Tribal Schools program provides curriculumn research and evaluation resources. The "Health Is Life in Balance" curriculum has been designed to increase American Indian and Alaska Native students understanding of health, diabetes, and maintaining life in balance; to increase their understanding and application of scientific and community knowledge; and to increase interest in science and health professions among American Indian and Alaska Native youth.
This comic book is of a teenager, Kyle, who faces social problems and constant criticism from authority figures at school. He finds himself too overwhelmed one day at school and considers taking his own life, but his grandfather gives him hope with a traditional story-- a story of the struggle between good and evil over the spirits of youth.
Eagle Books
(Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, DHHS)
Rain That Dances introduces Thunder Cloud, his best friend, to Mr. Eagle who encourages the boys to be physically active every day. Eagle Book Series animated feature [7:36 minutes]
Introduces Miss Rabbit and the boys' friends, Little Hummingbird and Simon. Miss Rabbit teaches the value of eating a variety of colorful and healthy foods. Eagle Book Series animated feature [8:10 minutes]
Introduces the characters of Mr. Eagle and Rain That Dances, the American Indian boy he befriends. Mr. Eagle reminds the young boy of the healthy ways and wisdom of his elders. Eagle Book Series animated feature [6:36 minutes]
Tricky Treats
(Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)
Introduces the character of Coyote, a trickster, and shows children the difference between healthy snacks and sweet treats. Eagle Book Series animated feature [10:50 minutes]
The Indian County Child Trauma Center (ICCTC) was established to develop trauma-related treatment protocols, outreach materials, and service delivery guidelines specifically designed for Native American children and their families.
The Family Spirit Program is an evidence-based and culturally tailored home visiting intervention delivered by Native American paraprofessionals as a core strategy to support young, vulnerable Native parents from pregnancy to 3 years post-partum.
Motivational storyteller, author, and coach D.J. Eagle Bear Vanas inspires Head Start professionals and child advocates to persevere in their fatherhood initiatives and other programs. Vanas shares personal experiences of Native American traditions to challenge listeners to find and nurture the "warrior," or person who keeps fighting, within themselves. This video is 50 minutes long.
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This study examines how strength of ethnic identity, multiethnic identity, and other indicators of biculturalism relate to the drug use norms of urban American Indian middle school students. These results have implications for better understanding and strengthening the protective aspects of American Indian culture in drug prevention efforts.
Experts from the Youth Regional Treatment Centers will cover services provided to American Indian and Alaska Native youth, success stories, challenges encountered, and recommended solutions. This is video is 58 minutes long.
(This video requires the use of the RealPlayer, which can be downloaded from RealPlayer's Web site at no charge.)
This packet, which includes the Healthy Native Babies Project Workbook, Healthy Actions for Native Babies Handout, Toolkit disk, and Tooklit User Guide, describes ways to reduce the risk for SIDS among American Indian/Alaska Native (AI/AN) babies.
This brochure focuses on risk factors common among American Indian/Alaska Native communities and explains ways parents and caregivers can reduce the risks of SIDS and other sleep-related causes of infant death and provide a safe sleep environment for infants.
After a dangerous event, Travis moves from urban Minneapolis to the rural Fond du Lac Indian reservation in northeastern Minnesota and positively changes his life.
This digital story was produced at Fond Du Lac Human Services, with assistance from nDigiDreams, LLC, and sponsorship from the American Indian Health User Group and the Outreach and Special Populations Branch of the National Library of Medicine.
