Native Pride and Cultural Empowerment

November is National Native American Heritage Month. For Native people, every day is a good day to be Indigenous and be celebrated! Culture is foundational and a powerful source for learning.

This issue will lift up our stories, our voices and culturally relevant tools to motivate and inspire Native youth towards health and wellness.



At the Northwest Portland Area Indian Health Board, we are working to inspire the next generation of public health heroes. In this video from the “We Inspire” series, we hear from students and mentors involved in the 2023 NW NARCH Public Health Research Academy - as our next community protectors - putting our minds together for our children. 

Coming Up November 8th:

Implementation + Evaluation Tips & Tools 

The first three Community of Practice sessions focused on the Implementation Toolbox - providing ready-to-use tools and best practices from the field to guide and inspire. All recorded sessions are available for viewing in the HNY Resource Library.

Native It’s Your Game 2.0

A web-based pregnancy prevention curriculum for Native youth (ages 12-14)

Native It’s Your Game 2.0 is a 13-lesson on-line sexual health curriculum for Native youth ages 12-14. ‘Your Game’ is a metaphor for your life and your personal rules are the way you succeed in your game of life.

Youth are trained in decision making using a SELECT-DETECT-PROTECT framework. Youth are asked to select the goals they wish to live by, and to protect their goals in life. The lessons navigate youth through important topics, including healthy friendships, puberty and reproduction, and communication and refusal skills in the context of healthy dating relationships.  

• Watch the NIYG 2.0 orientation webinar and go for it! 

Toolbox: Curriculum Comparison Chart

Choose from 19 Culturally-Relevant Health Curricula  

The Healthy Native Youth website has a comparison chart that allows you to view culturally-relevant health curricula side-by-side, to help you choose a curriculum that fits best with your goals and priorities.

1. Visit the Curricula Comparison Chart to view the complete list of culturally-relevant curricula.
2. Use the filter tool to search for core criteria, like a particular health topic, age group, setting, duration, or cost.
3. Narrow the selection. To learn more about a particular curriculum, click on the program name. 

A New Suicide Prevention Gatekeeper Training:

Mind4Health To Support Conversations that Build Mental Health

Mind4Health is a new online training for caring adults that will prepare them to support youth when they see or post concerning messages online. The 90-minute training is perfect for teachers, parents, counselors, coaches, and other caring adults.

The training was designed by the THRIVE Suicide Prevention Project at the Northwest Portland Area Indian Health Board (NPAIHB) to help community gatekeepers identify youth in need of support and connect them to appropriate services.

Multimedia Health Resources for

Native Youth + Young Adults

(For Alaska Residents) iknowmine.org

Truthful, accurate information for You(th)

The Alaska Native Tribal Health Consortium (ANTHC) is a Tribal, non-profit organization that provides health services to Alaska Native people statewide. The ANTHC has an Alaska adolescent health tribal action plan to guide its strategic efforts.

iknowmine.org (IKM) is a project of the ANTHC that provides multimedia health resources for Alaska Native teens and young adults – including fact sheets, digital stories and an order store for resources and supplies. The IKM website covers topics from STDs to healthy relationships and an “Ask Nurse Lisa.”  

NPAIHB's WeRNative.org

For Native Youth, by Native Youth

The Northwest Portland Area Indian Health Board (NPAIHB) is a non-profit organization that serves the forty-three federally recognized tribes of Oregon, Washington, and Idaho. The NPAIHB’s Adolescent Health Tribal Action Plan is a strategic blueprint to guide the development of programs and services to improve adolescent health in the Pacific Northwest region.

WeRNative.org is a multimedia health resource – for Native youth, by Native youth. The site includes health & wellness resources that address the social, structural and environmental stressors that influence adolescent health and personal goal setting. 

Here are a few links to share with youth for November:

• We R Native Text Message Campaign: NATIVE to 94449

• We R Native Article: Resiliency is in our Blood 

• Ask Your Relative Q & A service

Healthy Native Youth:

Educator Resource for Native Youth

HealthyNativeYouth.org is one-stop shop for educators and advocates who want to expand learning opportunities for AI/AN youth. The curricula housed on our site promote positive youth development, embrace cultural teachings, and have demonstrated evidence of effectiveness. The site is designed for tribal health educators, teachers, and parents – providing training and tools needed to access and deliver effective, age-appropriate curricula. 

Celebrate with your students by implementing one of the following:

• HNY Stand Alone Lesson: Culture & Tradition

• HNY Stand Alone Lesson: Indigenous Leadership Skill Building



Storytelling and Gratitude 

www.healthynativeyouth.org

www.npaihb.org/thrive

www.wernative.org

www.pathsremembered.org

www.npaihb.org/project-red-talonpprojec

www.indiancountryecho.org

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