Sacred Willow Book

The Great Plains Tobacco Prevention Project developed the Sacred Willow Book to share stories about traditional tobacco.  Traditional tobacco is tobacco and/or other plant mixtures grown or harvested and used by American Indians and Alaska Natives for ceremonial or medicinal purposes.  There is a variety of “traditional tobacco” that the different tribes of the Great […]

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 […]
Linda Burhansstipinov

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 […]
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National Lung Cancer Screening Day | Now in its fourth year, this initiative is kpowered by a dynamic collaboration among the American Cancer Society's National Lung Cancer Roundtable, GO2 for Lung Cancer, the Radiology Health Equity Coalition, and the American College of Radiology. | LEARN MORE

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

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