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National Native American NewsImproved government diabetes help urged WASHINGTON ? With the diabetes epidemic still raging in Indian country, federal lawmakers are being asked to support improved ways to combat the often debilitating disease. Diabetes-prevention grants have unexpected ?side effects? Diabetes prevention may have been the focus of multi-year Centers for Disease Control grants, but additional positive changes have flowed from the work done by the tribal funding recipients. The grantees? innovative projects ? including gardens, farmers markets, gathering camps, storytelling sessions and traditional-food cooking classes ? have gone beyond improving health in the narrow sense of... New mental health initiative focused on Native youth WASHINGTON, D.C. ? A new mental health initiative from the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) is aiming at a high incidence of serious mental health problems in Indian country, officials said. Chickasaw Nation Summer Food Program feeds hungry children ADA, Okla. ? Ann Piper brings her young daughters, nephew and niece to Glenwood Park located at 825 W. 10th in Ada, Okla., around noon almost three times a week. ?Smoke? signals Red Lake youth Jason ?Smoke? Nichols and Stuart ?Big S2? Perkins visited the Red Lake Nation Boys and Girls Club June 10 with motivational speeches about the downside of alcohol, drugs and gangs. ?Smoke? on his fifth visit to Red Lake in less than three years, was there to visit with youth and perform a concert at the Boys and Girls Club. Health project helps victims of domestic, sexual violence in Indian country WASHINGTON, D.C. ? An innovative program funded by two federal agencies, and implemented by some of the nation?s leading domestic violence organizations, showed dramatic success at improving the health system?s response to domestic violence at Indian, tribal and urban health care facilities across the United States. Canoe Journey builds bridges between cultures Pulling in the Canoe Journey, on the waters traveled by the ancestors, is often a spiritual experience. It can also be a hazardous one. Three canoes overturned in rough waters off Point Wilson, near the entrance to Admiralty Inlet, July 15. There were no injuries and the canoes were recovered. But several canoe families chose to trailer their canoes from Fort Worden to Lower Elwha Klallam... Symbolic whale rescue effort NEAH BAY, Wash. ? The 18-foot rigid-hull inflatable approached the reported area. Two crew members leaned over the bow, watching and ready. The boat bobbed on the rolling sea on a cloudy May 13 morning. ?Coming back under, to the right; he?s on our right,? the skipper called out. Then, exhale and spray, as the 35-foot juvenile humpback whale surfaced at the inflatable?s bow. New Indian country job developments WASHINGTON ? Congress leaders, the Obama administration, and the nonprofit sector are each adding new tools to Indian country?s employment needs box. Sen. Byron Dorgan, D-N.D., introduced legislation in June meant to grow jobs in Indian country, while providing greater access to capital, financial services, and streamlined job training. Gun Lake seals financing with Goldman Sachs BRADLEY, Mich. ? The Match-E-Be-Nash-She-Wish Band of Pottawatomi Indians has met the latest in a long history of challenges. |
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