By Jordan Marie WhetstoneFounder/Executive Director of Rising Hearts I’m a fourth-generation runner. Born in South Dakota, a member of the Lower Brule Indian Reservation—a community I was part of until we moved to Maine when I was 9 years old. Running is in my family, as it is for many Indigenous families where running has … Read Now
By Josh Severns, LCSW, ACADC (Little Shell Chippewa) Project Director, Traditional Health Care Practices Project (California), Kauffman and Associates, Inc. Contributors: Art Martinez, PhD (Chumash) | Holly Echo-Hawk, MSc (Pawnee) On October 16, 2024, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) approved an amendment to California’s Advancing and Innovating Medi-Cal (CalAIM) Section 1115 waiver, authorizing … Read Now
By Rochelle Hamilton It feels like just yesterday that I was enjoying a cup of coffee in my office at the elders’ department of a local tribe when I received an email from my sister: “Rochelle, we need to talk. Come work with me.” “No thanks, I’m happy here.” I replied. At that time, I … Read Now
By Dolores Subia BigFoot, PhD Each of the 574 federally recognized tribes have their own unique stories, histories, teachings, and understandings. Unfortunately, there is a shared history of colonization and displacement resulting in many—or total—disruptions of our stories, teachings, and understandings of who we are, where we come from, and where we are going. Now, … Read Now
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