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 Jo Ann Kauffman, MPHPresident/Founder, Kauffman and Associates, Inc. In 2020, while the rest of the country was in the throes of COVID-19, I was diagnosed with breast cancer. Not just any breast cancer…. Stage 3, metastatic Triple Negative Breast Cancer (TNBC) to be exact. An aggressive little beast. This came as quite a shock. … 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 former State of Montana Medicaid Director, Mary E. Dalton, Dalton Consulting LLC Disclaimer from author: I am not an attorney and I do not give legal advice. Throughout this paper, I will refer to different federal statutes or legislation, but I am referring to them from the perspective of a lay person reading the … Read Now
November is National Native American Heritage Month, a great opportunity to acknowledge American Indians and Alaska Natives in the United States. In October 2022, in his National Native American Heritage Month proclamation, President Biden upheld America’s obligation to recognize Indigenous people across the world: “We celebrate Indigenous peoples past and present and rededicate ourselves to … Read Now
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