Native American Domestic Violence Program Showed Dramatic Success

A domestic violence program funded by the Administration for Children and Families and the Indian Health Service has showed dramatic success at improving the health system’s response at IHS facilities across the United States, according to Building Domestic Violence Health Care Responses: A Promising Practices Report, published by the Family Violence Prevention Fund. The program, [...]

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Essiac: Nature’s Cure for Cancer

This is the story of a woman named Rene Caisse. For more than 50 years until her death in 1978 at the age of 90, she treated thousands of cancer patients, most of them written off by doctors as terminally ill, with her own secret formula. She called it Essiac – Caisse spelled backwards – [...]

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Oregon Mental Health Agency Uses Native American Way

OREGON CITY, Ore. (AP) – It’s easy to swoop past the fenced facility on tree-lined Clackamas River Road as the pavement bends and curves along the winding river. Advocates hope it will be harder to miss the import of what Cedar Bough does for Native American youths in Oregon, and beyond. Cedar Bough, a residential [...]

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Violence against American Indian Women

The Department of Justice recently released statistics revealing once again the disturbing level of violence against American Indian women. CNN reported on the dangerous trend noting that high ranking officials at DOJ have focused their attention on this obscene reality. DOJ’s release, however, is not the first time the US federal government has recognized the [...]

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Erroneous Faith: The Government and Healthcare

For years, Indian Health Services has been in disarray and the statistics resemble that of a developing or underdeveloped nation. The healthcare debate brings this issue front and center. The White House dutifully released an online video to discuss health care and Indian Health Services. The government official reiterates that there are no similarities between [...]

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Native Women Struggling with Drug Addiction Video

By Jessica Yee A powerful new music video From Stilettos to Moccasins was released this week, the culmination of a unique project that gave voice to Aboriginal women healing from drug abuse, addictions and problems with the law, together with those who are helping them on their journey. The video is part of a community-based [...]

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