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Image Thumbnail Importance of Culturally Appropriate Care for Native Americans E-mail to a friend
WEB-EXCLUSIVE VIDEO, Unnatural Causes

Modern medicine teaches a rigid, scientific approach to disease prevention. Yet practitioners like Dr. Donald Warne argue that to be effective, health care programs must be locally controlled and responsive to the needs and beliefs of diverse individuals and groups. For Native Americans in particular, role models and interventions must come from within the community.
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Image Thumbnail In The Treatment of Diabetes, Success Often Does Not Pay E-mail to a friend
NEWS ARTICLE in the New York Times, January 11, 2006

The third in a series of in-depth articles about New Yorkers living with diabetes, this article explores the booming business of diabetes treatment and the profit incentive that hospitals, dialysis centers, medical device manufacturers and others have to exploit the growing epidemic. Programs to prevent diabetes from occurring have shown promise but many have closed due to lack of funding.

Image Thumbnail Indians' Water Rights Give Hope for Better Health E-mail to a friend
NEWS ARTICLE by Randal C. Archibold, New York Times, August 31, 2008

At the Gila River Indian Community, there are hopes that planned irrigation will help combat an obesity epidemic and soaring rates of diabetes. This article discusses the water settlement and the challenges the tribe faces in translating their restored water rights into real health gains for the community.fausse golden goose

Image Thumbnail Indigenous Children's Health Report: Health Assessment in Action (pdf) E-mail to a friend
REPORT, ed. Janet Smylie and Paul Adomako

This report documents what we know about the health of Indigenous children (from birth to age twelve) and evaluates the quality of Indigenous child health data collection in Canada, Australia, New Zealand, and the United States. Similar exclusionary social policies active in all four countries are at the root of these profound and unjust differences in child health.

Image Thumbnail Legislative History of Food Distribution Programs (pdf) E-mail to a friend
REPORT from the U.S. Department of Agriculture

The report includes links to each federal food  program.

Image Thumbnail Liquid Gold (pdf) E-mail to a friend
NEWS ARTICLE by Pauline Arrillaga, Associated Press, 2002

Arrillaga discusses the history and politics of the Pima's long struggle for water rights.

Image Thumbnail Living at an Epicenter of Diabetes, Defiance and Despair E-mail to a friend
NEWS ARTICLE in the New York Times, January 1, 2006

The second in a series of in-depth articles about New Yorkers living with diabetes, this article describes the epidemic of diabetes in low-income neighborhoods like East Harlem.


Image Thumbnail Native American Treaties and Health Care E-mail to a friend
WEB-EXCLUSIVE VIDEO, Unnatural Causes

Dr. Donald Warne explains that Native Americans are the only U.S. group born with a legal right to health care. Historically, however, American Indian health care programs have been inadequately funded, especially compared with other federally subsidized health care.
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Image Thumbnail Obesity, diets, and social inequalities E-mail to a friend
SCHOLARLY ARTICLE by Adam Drewnowski, Nutrition Reviews, April 2009

This economic analysis of obesity concludes that inequitable access to healthy foods is one mechanism by which socioeconomic factors influence the diet and health of a population. As incomes drop, energy-dense foods that are nutrient poor become the best way to provide daily calories at an affordable cost. By contrast, nutrient-rich foods and high-quality diets not only cost more but are consumed by more affluent groups. This article discusses obesity as an economic phenomenon. Obesity is the toxic consequence of economic insecurity and a failing economic environment.

Image Thumbnail Pima-Maricopa Irrigation Project E-mail to a friend
WEB SITE

This site includes background information and excellent educational materials on the loss of Gila River water and the history of the 2004 Water Settlement Act, as well as program information.

Image Thumbnail Running from Despair E-mail to a friend
NEWS ARTICLE by Joe Spring, New York Times, February 16, 2008

A positive look at how some young people living on reservations are becoming involved in cross country running. Wings of America, a team of Native American athletes from around the country that has won 20 national titles since 1988, is also an NGO that works to counter the high rates of diabetes, obesity, alcoholism, and suicidal depression on reservations.

Image Thumbnail Savoring the Future - Upscale Restaurant Supports Gila River Farming Revival E-mail to a friend
NEWS ARTICLE in Indian Country Today

With the return of their water in a landmark settlement, the Pima Indians of southern Arizona are returning to their agricultural roots. Upscale eateries like Kai Restaurant on the edge of the Gila River Indian Community reservation are working with tribal farmers to obtain local, seasonable produce - a win-win situation for chefs and growers alike.

Image Thumbnail The New Water Czars E-mail to a friend
NEWS ARTICLE from the High Country News, March 15, 2004

This article describes the history and implications of the historic Arizona Water Rights Settlement Act of 2004, guaranteeing river water to the impoverished Pima and Maricopa Indian communities.

Image Thumbnail The Pima Indians: Pathfinders for Health E-mail to a friend
ONLINE JOURNAL

A collection of case studies and information on diabetes issues, prepared in 2002 by the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, National Institute for Health.

Image Thumbnail The Poor Get Diabetes, the Rich Get Local and Organic E-mail to a friend
ARTICLE by Mark Winne

In this excerpt from his new book, Closing the Food Gap: Resetting the Table in the Land of Plenty, Mark Winne explains a growing split in the diets of the haves and have-nots; at the same time that the wealthy are coming to prefer organic and locally-grown foods, the poor have been losing geographical and economic access to healthy options. He also reports on a survey by the non-profit group Hartford Food System, which found that low-income consumers in the area would prefer to purchase organics and fresh foods, but simply couldn't access or afford them.

Image Thumbnail Tohono O'odham Community Action (TOCA) E-mail to a friend
WEB SITE

TOCA is a community- based organization dedicated to creating cultural revitalization, community health and sustainable development on the Tohono O'odham Nation. TOCA was founded in 1996 as a non-profit organization. TOCA has adopted principles that represent our approach to community development and guide our programs.

Image Thumbnail Tohono O'odham Community Action (TOCA) - Cultural Renewal to Improve Health E-mail to a friend
WEB-EXCLUSIVE VIDEO, Unnatural Causes

Terrol Dew Johnson, featured in the "Bad Sugar" segment of UNNATURAL CAUSES, is co-founder of TOCA, a community-based organization focused on cultural renewal as key to empowerment and better health. TOCA has four primary program areas: basketweaving, traditional foods, youth/elder outreach and traditional arts and culture.
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Image Thumbnail Water Rights and Diabetes in Arizona E-mail to a friend
VIDEO EXCERPT, Unnatural Causes - Episode 4

The Tohono O'odham and Pima Indians of southern Arizona have perhaps the highest rate of diabetes in the world. Yet the disease was replica uhren virtually unknown here 100 years ago. Over the last century, the diversion of river water to upstream white settlements cost the O'odham their crops,  livelihood, traditional diet, culture and health. Today, community advocates hope that restoring water and renewing culture can help improve health.

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