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.
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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...
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
Building relationships with tribes of the North Sound Region and committed to an ongoing journey of Tribal learning and equity.
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 ...
Partner Learning Session: Healing Dialogue for Kamloops
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, ...
Model ACH Tribal Collaboration and Communication Policy
This model policy provides an example of how to establish a clear and concise collaboration policy and communication procedure between the Accountable Community...
Tribal Sovereignty Contextualization
This brief serves as a baseline understanding and opportunity to continue the necessary contextual tribal learning focused on understanding tribal sovereignty, ...
COVID-19: Disproportionate Impact on Navajo Nation and Tribal Communities
This webinar is part of County Health Rankings & Roadmaps’ special topic series, Health Equity and Social Solidarity in the Time of Pandemic: Strategies f...
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