Indian Tribes Funding Opportunities CNCS seeks to provide national service resources to address pressing community challenges in Native American communities. Please review the following funding opportunities to find the one that best fits your organization. Senior Corps Indian Tribes Funding Opportunities Senior Corps seeks to increase the impact of national service in Indian County by […]
Smoking Metro Council taking up smoking ban for Baton Rouge bars, casinos but will it to pass?
ORIGINAL ARTICLE HERE FROM THE ADVOCATE by Andrea Gallo BATON ROUGE, La. – An ordinance that would ban smoking in Baton Rouge’s casinos and bars is finally headed to the East Baton Rouge Parish Metro Council after a campaign launched in late January. The Metro Council should vote on the ordinance in April, and it already […]
Catawba Indian Nation Photos from NNN Visit to Catawba Nation
Here are some photos from the National Native Network’s visit to the Catawba Indian Nation in South Carolina:
USET National Native Network presents to USET
CATAWBA INDIAN NATION, S.C. – The National Native Network (NNN) traveled to the Catawba Indian Nation near Rock Hill, South Carolina to present at the United South & Eastern Tribes (USET) annual sub-grantee meeting on March 10, 2016. The presentation allowed the NNN to connect with USET for the first time in a formal face-to-face […]
workplace No Smoking Sign
We have several pieces of signage that can be shared and used. We will be updating these pieces soon. Keep an eye on our blog posts and our toolkits as we make these pieces available. These signs may be used at your location. Feel free to download and utilize these materials. The material is available […]
StopCRC You Can Help Prevent Colorectal Cancer
In preparation for colorectal cancer awareness during the month of March, Tammi Meissner, SEARHC Health Educator, partnered with the Public Health Nurse, Tari Esposito, in Wrangell, Alaska for a Sidewalk Mini Health Fair on Saturday, February 27, 2016. While the Wrangell Public Health nurse focused on providing flu shots, Mrs. Meissner focused on providing the […]
Youth Toiyabe Family Services Tobacco PSA
Youth at Toiyabe Indian Health Project in Bishop, CA made this tobacco PSA. They won a Hack-ademy Award for it. The Hack-ademy Awards are for youth developed tobacco PSA’s in California.
StopCRC Study explores how high-fat diet influences colon cancer
March 2, 2016 ORIGINAL ARTICLE HERE from MedicalXpress.com A study published today in Nature reveals how a high-fat diet makes the cells of the intestinal lining more likely to become cancerous. It joins a growing body of research that finds obesity and eating a high-fat, high-calorie diet are significant risk factors for many types of […]
StopCRC Routine colonoscopies save lives
ORIGINAL ARTICLE HERE FROM ScienceDaily.com Stan Quinn’s routine colonoscopy may have saved his life. When Mr. Quinn, 57, became a new patient at Loyola University Health System last year, his physician prescribed a routine colonoscopy to catch him up on preventive health recommendations. “I didn’t think anything of it, just that it was a routine […]
SouthEast Alaska Rural Health Consortium Colorectal cancer in American Indians can be prevented through screening and awareness, American Indian Cancer Foundation says
For Immediate Release February 29, 2016 Contact: Julia Jacobson, Communications Specialist 612.314.4852 or jjacobson@aicaf.org BROCHURE :15 PSA MP3 MINNEAPOLIS – During colorectal cancer awareness month in March, the American Indian Cancer Foundation (AICAF) encourages people to get screened for colorectal cancer and share information about colorectal cancer in their communities. Colorectal cancer is the second […]