August 2023 Partner Convening: Building Bridges For Collective Action
This collection features recordings, presentation slides and resources that were shared at the 2023 August partner convening.
Tribal Learning
Featured Collections
Tribal Wellness Series
North Sound ACH is proud to be in partnership with Children of the Setting Sun Productions for the 2022 film series, Tribal Approaches to Wellness. We share com...
Featured Resources
Locations of Dental Clinics: (“Safety Net” Clinics: Federally Qualified Health Centers, Tribal Clinics & Free Clinics)
This resource provides a comprehensive list of “safety net” dental clinics, including Federally Qualified Health Centers, Tribal Clinics, and Free Clinics, ...
Welcoming – From Partnership to Collaboration
Welcoming our attendees to the August 2024 Partner Convening, with North Sound ACH CEO Liz Baxter, Tribal and Community Liaison Michaela Vendiola, and a film by...
Potlatch
Website by the Kwakwaka‘wakw First Nation about potlatch in their, and other Coast Salish and Northwest Coast indigenous culture.
Celebrating Artists | Recording | January 2024 Partner Convening
Our theme for the January 2024 Convening was the HeART of Transformation – bringing forth the importance of art in our life, and its often overlooked conn...
They Asked for PPE and Got Body Bags Instead
A Vogue magazine article from 2021 about Abigail Echo-Hawk (Pawnee) and her colleagues at the Seattle Indian Health Board receiving body bags instead of PPE, an...
MPR News | Painter’s exhibit pays tribute to Standing Rock protests
This exhibit highlights paintings inspired by the Standing Rock protest, emphasizing the artistic response to the movement.
Ideas.TED | Gallery: Portraits from the Standing Rock protests
This gallery showcases powerful portraits from the Standing Rock protests, capturing the spirit and resilience of the activists.
May Network Learning Session (Recording): Health & The Outdoors
This is a recording of the May 2024 network learning session, Health & The Outdoors. During our time together wee deepened our understanding of how our well...
Keynote Talk by Matika Wilbur
Visual storyteller Matika Wilbur gave a compelling, joyous, heartfelt, illuminating keynote presentation at the January 2024 Partner Convening. She spoke about ...
Young and Indigenous Podcast Series: PLANTS
The Children of the Setting Sun Productions (CSSP) organization is always looking for ways to engage younger generations in their work. They began with a youth ...
May Network Learning Session (Slides): Health & The Outdoors
These are the slides for our May Network Learning Session. We learned about health & the outdoors and deepened our understanding of how our well-being is cl...
Catalyzing Change: Well-Being Measures and Indigenous Indicators Panel | Recording | January 2024 Partner Convening: The HeART of Transformation
This is a recording of the panel portion of the Catalyzing Change: Well-Being Measures and Indigenous Indicators Session which took place at the January 2024 Pa...
Day 2 | Slides | January 2024 Partner Convening: The HeART of Transformation
This is the slide deck from the second day of the January 2024 Partner Convening: The HeART of Transformation.
Day 1 | Slides | January 2024 Partner Convening: The HeART of Transformation
This is the slide deck from the first day of the January 2024 Partner Convening: The HeART of Transformation.
Natosha Gobin and Tulalip Canoe Family Welcoming Second Day | Recording | January 2024 Partner Convening: The HeART of Transformation
This is a recording of Natosha Gobin and the Tulalip Canoe Family opening the second day of our January 2024 Partner Convening: The HeART of Transformation.
Natosha Gobin and Tulalip Canoe Family Welcoming Opening Day | Recording | January 2024 Partner Convening: The HeART of Transformation
This is a recording of Natosha Gobin and the Tulalip Canoe Family welcoming our attendees on the opening day of our January 2024 Partner Convening: The HeART of...
Open Arms Perinatal Services
Open Arms Perinatal Services is an organization that provides community-based support during pregnancy, birth, and early parenting, including doula care, childb...
Shades of Divinity
Shades of Divinity, is a nonprofit organization whose mission is to “promote reproductive justice and equity in Washington state by uplifting BIPOC families. ...
Global Perinatal Services
Global Perinatal is a an organization working to provide support for perinatal and postpartum birthers, their partners. They provide education and connect famil...
Article: Everything You Need to Know About Vaginal Steaming
This resource delves into the practice of vaginal steaming, exploring its origins, purported benefits, and potential risks.
Matika Wilbur | Website
“Matika Wilbur (Swinomish and Tulalip) is one of the nation’s leading photographers, based in the Pacific Northwest. She earned her BFA from Brooks Inst...
Jason LaClair Storypole | Children Of The Setting Sun
“Have you heard about the story pole that Lummi artist Jason LaClair has been working on downtown? He recently finished working on completing the story po...
Slide Deck | Catalyzing Change: Well-Being Measurement and Indigenous Indicators | January 2024 Partner Convening
Slides from the session, Catalyzing Change: Well-Being Measurement and Indigenous Indicators at our January 2024 Partner Convening
September Network Learning Session (Slides): Incarcerated and Justice Involved Equitable Solutions
Slides – Network Learning Session – Incarcerated and Justice Involved Equitable Solutions
Cass County/Leech Lake Band of Ojibwe Wellness Court Walker, MN | Process, Outcome, and Cost Evaluation Report
This is a report from the Cass County/Leech Lake Band of Ojibwe Wellness Court in Walker, MN about their program, CCDWI – Wellness Court.
Tulalip Tribes Elders Panel
“The Tulalip Tribes, Elders Panel is a diversion program for defendants in the Tulalip Tribal Court. The Elders Panel draws on the wisdom and experience ...
Tulalip Tribal Court | Wellness Court
“Tulalip’s Healing to Wellness Court provides the support and resources necessary for our clients to begin living sober lives and reconnecting with thei...
Swinomish Indian Tribal Community didgʷálič Wellness Center
“The didgʷáličWellness Center, which is owned and operated by the Swinomish Indian Tribal Community, provides out-patient treatment services for trib...
Tribal Healing to Wellness Courts: The Key Components
“In 1996,a committee of practitioners and others involved with drug court program operations was established under the leadership of the National Associat...
Designing for Social Systems | Lummi Tribal Health Center
“On Washington State’s northernmost coast resides the Lummi People, a sovereign indigenous nation of approximately 6,600 people. For the past several ye...
Minnesota: Carceral Colonialism: Imprisonment in Indian Country | States of Incarceration.
“Settler colonialism has involved denying Native people sovereignty and access to land and resources. It has also produced high rates of incarceration of ...
Coast Salish Youth Coalition – Lopez Island Family Resource Center – Partner Presentation Slides
Lopez Island Family Resource Center’s Coast Salish Youth Coalition project, partner presentation slides. Sam Barr, Madrona Institute | Coast Salish Yout...
Before Maslow’s Hierarchy: The Whitewashing of Indigenous Knowledge
Maslow’s renowned model—a story of systemic racism, Western epistemology (or ways of knowing), and the forced invisibility of Indigenous knowledge.
The Endangered Languages Project
Humanity today is facing a massive extinction: languages are disappearing at an unprecedented pace. And when that happens, a unique vision of the world is lost....
Suicide Prevention Toolkit – Resources for Tribes and Partners
This toolkit is intended for behavioral health care providers, schools, youth programs, tribes and others to help prevent suicide among Native people in Washing...
Northwest tribes’ legacy, and power, of telling a good story
News article by KUOW in Seattle about Lummi Nation and Children of the Setting Sun Productions.
Improving the Well-Being of Native Older Adults and Their Caregivers
This story discusses how the challenges faced by older adults and caregivers in tribal communities were exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic. The grant pro...
Indigenous Knowledge Resource Library
The Indigenous Knowledge Library centers Indigenous knowledge on Community Commons by highlighting over 300 newly-curated resources, tools, and stories that a...
Tribal Approaches to Wellness film series
Watch the full livestream of the premiere of Children of the Setting Sun Productions’ documentary film series, Tribal Approaches to Wellness, featuring th...
Marilyn Scott: Portrait of Leadership – Upper Skagit Indian Tribe
In 2022, Children of the Setting Sun Productions showcased a new documentary film series, Tribal Approaches to Wellness. Each of the eight Tribes in the North S...
Holistic Health & Recovery – Tulalip Tribes
In 2022, Children of the Setting Sun Productions showcased a new documentary film series, Tribal Approaches to Wellness. Each of the eight Tribes in the North S...
Transport for the People – Swinomish Indian Tribal Community
In 2022, Children of the Setting Sun Productions showcased a new documentary film series, Tribal Approaches to Wellness. Each of the eight Tribes in the North S...
Salmon and Our Health – Stillaguamish Tribe
In 2022, Children of the Setting Sun Productions showcased a new documentary film series, Tribal Approaches to Wellness. Each of the eight Tribes in the North S...
The Big Walk – Sauk-Suiattle Indian Nation
In 2022, Children of the Setting Sun Productions showcased a new documentary film series, Tribal Approaches to Wellness. Each of the eight Tribes in the North S...
Waking the Canoes – Samish Indian Nation
In 2022, Children of the Setting Sun Productions showcased a new documentary film series, Tribal Approaches to Wellness. Each of the eight Tribes in the North S...
Rikkole Cree Canoe Club – Nooksack Tribe
In 2022, Children of the Setting Sun Productions showcased a new documentary film series, Tribal Approaches to Wellness. Each of the eight Tribes in the North S...
Sche’lang’en Village – Lummi Nation
In 2022, Children of the Setting Sun Productions showcased a new documentary film series, Tribal Approaches to Wellness. Each of the eight Tribes in the North S...
Indigenous Knowledge Library
Indigenous knowledge—also known as traditional knowledge—refers to information, meanings, purposes, and values that Indigenous peoples have gathered, concep...
We R Native
This website is a comprehensive health resource for Native youth, by Native youth, providing content and stories about the topics that matter most to them. We R...
Land Back: April session – Advancing a Just and Inclusive Culture series
Recording of the Land Back learning session on April 20, 2022 hosted by North Sound ACH. This sessions is the first in the 2022 Advancing a Just and Inclusive C...
Land Back: Beyond Land Acknowledgment to Stewardship, Decolonization, and Reconciliation
Slide deck for April learning session, Land Back: Beyond Land Acknowledgment to Stewardship, Decolonization, and Reconciliation
Zapotec in 90006, K’iche’ in 90057: New Map Highlights L.A.’s Indigenous Communities
This article describes how CIELO, a local Indigenous organization, partnered with UCLA to create a map of Latin American Indigenous languages in L.A. County. Th...
LA County Moves Forward with Return of Black Family’s Land
This AP news article shares the Los Angeles County plan for returning a beachfront property to descendants of a Black couple who built a resort for African Amer...
The Port Gamble lumber mill closed decades ago. Now the tribe that was forced from the land is returning
This news release explores how after more than a century, a cemetery in Kitsap County is back in S’Klallam hands. Descendants of the ancestors displaced by th...
Chickahominy Tribe reacquires ancestral lands
This news article describes how four years after the Chickahominy Tribe in Virginia received federal recognition, some of its traditional lands will be given ba...
Do salmon have rights?
This article describes a legal battle between Seattle and the Sauk-Suiattle Indian Tribe alleging that the city’s hydroelectric dams violate the native salmon...
Snoqualmie Tribe Acquires 12,000 Acres of Ancestral Forestland in King County
This news release details how the Snoqualmie Indian Tribe, a federally recognized Tribe headquartered in King County, has acquired roughly 12,000 acres of its a...
The Swinomish Reservation
This website describes and explores the Swinomish Reservation, which is located on Fidalgo Island in Western Washington State. It also explores unlawful attempt...
Tribal Learning
This collection of resources will help advance your knowledge on the importance of building relationships with tribes of the North Sound Region, and committing ...
Virtual Community Engagement Guide: A Toolkit for Hosting Online Community Engagement and Meetings in Rural, Remote, and Indigenous Communities
This toolkit was created to help address common barriers and opportunities of virtual meetings. It is intended to facilitate effective online community events a...
Tribal Public Health and the Law: Selected Resources
This publication by the CDC provides resources related to Tribal Public Health. The resources include general ones related to Indian health policy and tribal pu...
Priorities in Tribal Public Health
This report outlines a series of urgent priorities for strengthening tribal public health, including building community capacity, strengthening local economies,...
Indigenous Principles of a Just Transition
This agreement by the Indigenous Environmental Network outlines a series of principles for a “just” transition to a green economy. It recognizes Ind...
The Role of Indigenous Peoples in Combating Climate Change
This journal article explores how indigenous peoples have been agents of environmental conservation through activism and political engagement at local and natio...
Original Caretakers: Indigenous groups team up with conservationists to protect swaths of US
This story discusses how environmental organizations and tribes have been coming together to protect the natural world. A key part of the teamwork has been land...
Land Back: A Necessary Act of Reparations
This article explores the land back movement, the basis for stealing Indigenous lands, demands of the Indigenous land back movement, reparations in the context ...
Beyond the Land Acknowledgement: College “Land Back” or Free Tuition for Native Students
This policy and practice brief explores the concept of “land back” in higher education. The author both problematizes ladn acknowledgements without land bas...
Land Reparations and Indigenous Solidarity Toolkit
This guide is designed to support efforts to work towards the equitable distribution of wealth, land, and power. It contains educational articles on colonialism...
POC Gatherings
North Sound ACH supports a space for dialogue for people of color (POC) as they navigate their individual and collective wellbeing. This is a virtual meeting sp...
North Sound Indigenous Futurity Alliance
The North Sound Indigenous Futurity Alliance is dedicated to supporting young leaders in the North Sound region while specifically holding space for the voices ...
Tribal & Equity Learning Sessions | Healing Dialogue for Kamloops (Webinar)
This June 2021 webinar features Solana Booth, who shared a story and led a healing dialogue to recognize the unmarked graves at Indian Boarding Schools.
WA Tribal Opioid Solutions
This campaign funded by the Washington State Health Care Authority and was designed to inform and educate Tribal communities about the dangers of prescription d...
Acknowledging Native Land is a Step Against Indigenous Erasure
This article focuses on the growing trend in higher education to remember, honor, and acknowledge the the tribes and people to whom this land originally belonge...
Tribal Sovereignty Contextualization
This brief is to serve as an opportunity to continue the necessary contextual tribal learning focused on understanding tribal sovereignty, and to identify next ...
Tribal Learning Series: Exploring Two-Spirit
This webinar features two guest speakers, Itai Jeffries and Morgan Thomas, who explore the concept of two-spirit, gender norms, and the barriers that exist in m...
Tribal Webinar: An Introduction to What Non-Tribal Providers Need to Know, 9/30/20
This webinar provides an introduction to what non-tribal health care providers need to know in order to treat American Indian and Alaska Native patients effecti...
Tribal Health Webinar:”Indigenous Health Indicators”: 7/15/20
This webinar is the third of the Tribal Learning Series and focuses on indigenous health indicators and what being healthy means in context of tribal communitie...
Trauma Informed Care through an Indigenous Lens: Tribal Learning Series
This webinar explains the importance of Indigenous knowledge informed systems of care, components of traditional medicine, how Indigenous knowledge informed sys...
Tribal Learning Series: Urban Indian Health Policy
This webinar was led by Esther Lucero and focuses on urban Indian health policies in the midst of growing health inequities.
My Tribal Area
This interactive tool allows users to access statistics from the American Community Survey on people, jobs, housing, economy, and education for the American Ind...
Tribal BRFSS Toolkit
This toolkit provides examples and templates for users on how the Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS) can be adapted to use in a Tribal community...
Targeted Universalism: Expanding Belonging
A guide to a 90-minute workshop drawing on real-world case studies and examples that support participants in applying the Targeted Universalism explainer film t...
didgʷálič Wellness Center
The didgʷálič Wellness Center is an organization that seeks to improve the health and wellness of all individuals suffering from substance use disorders and ...
Gather
“Gather,” co-produced by Illumine Film and First Nations Development Institute, outlines the revitalization and re-creation of Indigenous food systems in No...
Native Transformations in the Pacific Northwest: Exploring Coast Salish Strengths & Resilience Against Substance Abuse
This report presents the findings of the Native Transformations Project, which explored protective factors against substance abuse in three Coast Salish communi...
Honor Native Land: A Guide and Call to Acknowledgment
This guide calls on individuals and organizations to open all public events and gatherings with acknowledgment of the traditional Native inhabitants of the land...
Building New Partnerships For American Indian And Alaska Native Health
This blog post looks at health disparities among American Indian and Alaska Native people, and how partnerships can help work together to address these disparit...
Indigenous Research Paradigm: A Conceptual Model
This conceptual model, also known as the Spider Conceptual Framework, was developed by Lori Lambert and provides a framework for how to approach, conduct, share...
AIHC Tribal Behavioral Health Integration Toolbox
This seven-chapter toolkit is designed to narrow in on integration resources and tools that IHS/Tribal/Urban Indian Clinics and Practices are finding most usefu...
Washington State Tribes and Tribal Health Clinics
This map provides a visual representation of access to healthcare for Washington State Tribes.
Land Acknowledgement Brief
This brief explains the importance of land acknowledgements in building relationships with tribes, upholding tribal sovereignty, and recognizing the history of ...
The Importance of Land Acknowledgement: Brief, Example, and Resources
This handout and insert provide an overview of land acknowledgement, why it is important, examples of land acknowledgements, and resources for drafting and impl...
North Sound ACH Tribal Collaboration and Communication Policy
This document is intended to establish a clear and concise collaboration policy and communication procedure between the North Sound ACH and tribal governments, ...
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