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Japanese company gives non-smokers 6 extra holiday days a year to compensate for cigarette breaks

FULL ARTICLE from MSNBC.com HERE A Japanese company has granted non-smoking members of staff an additional six days of paid holiday a year after they complained they work more than colleagues who take cigarette breaks. Marketing firm Piala Inc. introduced the new policy in September after members of staff expressed frustration over some colleagues going […]

Tobacco Listening Sessions in November

The Tobacco Prevention and Reduction Program at the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services is asking for community members to tell us about tobacco use in their local neighborhoods to help inform our work. We are excited to hear from all community agencies, organizations, and community members. Please distribute and post the attached flier […]

Smoking in cars with kids can have health effects

ORIGINAL ARTICLE BY Rose Beltz of KREM HERE There are no laws in Washington and Idaho that prohibit smoking in cars when children are present. But, research shows smoking in a vehicle can be harmful to the child through both secondhand and thirdhand smoke. Since secondhand smoke is something we do not voluntary agree to […]

Minnesota’s Native American health advocates use old games as new cures for obesity

ORIGINAL ARTICLE FROM Star Tribune by Allie Shah HERE The players stood on the field in a circle, passing burning sage to one another. One by one, they waived their lacrosse sticks over the thick, sweet-smelling smoke. Then they faced off, ready to start play on a recent Sunday at Corcoran Park in Minneapolis. Sasha […]

The Alaska Food Festival & Conference

The Alaska Food Festival & Conference is less than a month away – November 3rd and 4th at Pikes Waterfront Lodge in Fairbanks, Alaska! Keynote speakers will be Mary Smith, Editor-in-Chief of Edible Alaska, and Mitzi Baum, Managing Director of Food Safety and member of the Feeding American team. October 19 is the deadline to […]

Great Plains Smokeout Challenge!

Great Plains Tribal Chairmen’s Health Board is joining the American Cancer Society in the year’s Great American Smokeout on November 16, 2017. This Challenge is open to all the Tribes of the Great Plains (SD, ND, NE, IA). Please contact Terra Houska for more information and your free quit kit! Prizes for those who stay […]

Great Plains Good Health and Wellness Program Coordinator Receives Award From National Indian Health Board

(Rapid City, SD) The program coordinator for the Great Plains Good Health and Wellness Program (GPGHW), Eugene Giago was awarded the Area/Regional Impact Award from the National Indian Health Board (NIHB). NIHB represents Tribal governments—both those that operate their own health care delivery systems through contracting and compacting, and those receiving health care directly from […]

Notification of Job Opening

NOTIFICATION OF JOB OPENING Open/Closed Competitive Job Title: Comprehensive Cancer Coordinator (full-time perm) Department: Health Ed & Chronic Disease Location: ITC Central Office, Sault Ste. Marie, MI 49783 The Inter-Tribal Council of Michigan, Inc. (ITC) is a state chartered 501 C3 non-profit organization consisting of twelve federally recognized Indian Tribes in Michigan. We offer a […]

Standing on the Shoulders of our Ancestors: Surviving and Thriving Beyond Cancer

By: Linda Burhansstipanov, MSPH, DrPH (Cherokee Nation), Founder, Native American Cancer Research Corp (NACR) and President, Native American Cancer Initiatives, Inc. (NACI) Flashback: During NACR’s 2001 American Indian/Alaska Native (AI/AN) Survivorship Conference, the AI/AN survivors shared their personal cancer stories. Tina Aguilar (Wasco/Warm Springs) spontaneously wrote a poem as she was listening to participants share […]

Indigenous Pink Day 2017

Indigenous Pink Day is a national breast cancer awareness campaign for American Indians/Alaska Natives. Breast cancer is the second leading cause of cancer death and the most common cancer found in American Indian/Alaska Native women. The goal of Indigenous Pink Day is to educate all indigenous people of the importance of early detection and […]

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