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Encouraging Meaningful Conversations About Race and Trauma

By Victoria Dawson — 2019

Moments of calm, Jenée Johnson believes, are the foundation of emotional intelligence and its skills of resilience and compassion. In effect, Johnson’s title—Program Innovation Leader: Mindfulness, Trauma, and Racial Equity —positions her as the San Francisco Department of Public Health's chief mindfulness officer.

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New Mexico’s Contentious ‘Pot Powwow’

A cannabis company believes the pot industry could save tribal nations from poverty. But many argue it would only make a drug problem worse.

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Chelsey Luger
2017
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Health Focus: Well for Culture

According to Well For Culture’s ambassador Anthony Thosh Collins, the movement is “an alliance of like-minded Indigenous people from many nations and all directions.

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Native Max
2016
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Powerful Pair: Anthony Thosh Collins and Chelsey Luger

There are a ton of incredible things happening all over the world regarding health, wellness, and Native strength, and I want to share those stories so that everybody can be reminded that we’re not just a downtrodden people experiencing postcolonial peril. We are powerful.

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Native Max
2016
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What Do We Owe Indigenous America?

We’ve also learned that, unlike other Americans who have had crimes committed against them, Native people, historically and today, have had little success seeking reparations in court.

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Chelsey Luger
2017
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Chelsey Luger Is Giving Ancestral Native American Practices a 2019 Reboot

“We wanted to reclaim our power, health, and food sovereignty, because holistic wellness has been part of our culture for thousands of years,” says Chelsey Luger

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Priya Krishna
2019
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Tackling Opioid Addiction in Indian Country

Per capita, Native American people are more likely than any other race to suffer from opioid addiction. In recent months, hundreds of cities, states and counties in the U.S.

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Chelsey Luger
2018
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Why Modern Indigenous Parents Are Turning to Traditional Pregnancy Practices

Like many other First Nations and Native American parents of our generation across Canada and the USA, we are doing everything we can to reclaim culturally significant pregnancy and birthing practices.

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Chelsey Luger
2020
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Before You Try to Decolonize Your Diet, Read This

Contrary to popular belief, the genocide of indigenous peoples did not occur simply because of their inability to resist European pathogens and American military aggression, but also because invading populations destroyed their food systems, leading to starvation, ecological disruption, and...

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Chelsey Luger
2018
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5 Indigenous Women Asserting the Modern Matriarchy

They’re reclaiming the tradition of female leadership and turning the old, white, male-dominated perspective of history on its head.

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Chelsey Luger
2018
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Only Bridging Can Heal a World of Breaking

Diversity can be a great strength, but it is susceptible to manipulation when not accompanied by community leaders from all backgrounds willing and able to bridge across difference.

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john a. powell
2019
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