Diabetes Funding Opportunity from IHS

Indian Health Servies is currently accepting applications for grant awards of up to $6,500.00 for up to 450 recipients for porviding treatment or preventative services relating to diabetes among AI/AN populations. Closing date is October 7, 2015 and those eligable are: Federally-recognized Indian Tribe; Tribal organization operating an Indian health program with the HIS; urban […]

Not “Additive Free” or “Natural” – FDA Issues Warning Letters to Commercial Tobacco Manufacturers

The FDA announced today that through ongoing surveillance efforts, they are issuing warning letters to three cigarette manufacturers, who describe their cigarettes on product labeling as “additive free” and/or “natural.”

Humility and Sharing Successes

Humility is a valued teaching among native communities. In my community, we tell stories about plants, animals, and a certain trickster that learned lessons of humility long ago, to help our children grow up humble and to remind us adults to walk a good path in life. With these teachings, reminders are everywhere: a simple […]

Welcome to the National Native Network blog!

Hello and welcome to the new National Native Network website and blog. This blog will allow the National Native Network to provide timely and up-to-date information and resources to all of our users. We are excited about this blog as it will allow us to not only provide information to our users but allow our […]

January 11, 2016

WEBINAR:  Reducing Secondhand Smoke Exposure in Tribal Communities; Monday, January 11, 2016 1 – 2 pm presented by Chris Cooper. Secondhand smoke exposure leads to many illnesses and premature death to adults and children.  Children are often the most exposed to secondhand smoke.  This webinar will look at changes that can be made to policy, […]
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Native American Heritage Month | LEARN MORE

Smoking Cessation Leadership Center Webinar:  Cessation Under Siege | SCLC's next webinar, Building a system That Helped 300,000 People Quit Smoking will take place on December 2 from 2 - 3 pm ET.  Renee Fogelberg, MD, FACOG, Dipl. ABOM, NCMP, Clinical Lead Tobacco Cessation at Kaiser Permanente, Northern California will explain how to design and bild a new tobacco cessation workflow that integrates into electronic medical records and how to leverage strategic "teachable moments" where quit rates are statistically higher. | REGISTER

2025 Inter-Tribal Agriculture Council Annual Conference | Las Vegas, Nevada | LEARN MORE

56th Annual Michigan Indian Education Council Critical Issues Conference | LEARN MORE

Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month | LEARN MORE

National Network of Public Health Institutes Annual Conference | New Orleans, LA | LEARN MORE AND REGISTER

2026 National Council of Urban Indian Health Conference | Washington, D.C. | LEARN MORE AND REGISTER

Council of State and Territorial Epidemiologists Annual Conference | Boston, MA | LEARN MORE AND REGISTER