The National Indian Health Board (NIHB) is committed to advocating on behalf of all Tribal Governments and American Indian/Alaska Natives while: promoting healthy practices; preventing diseases and injuries; providing basic resources and infrastructure to Tribes; and researching and developing Tribal, local, state, and national health policy. To view all our public health resources, please visit: www.nihb.org/public_health/public_health.php. | |
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Wildfire Impact in Tribal Nations
A growing number of studies by archaeologists and fire historians point to Indigenous peoples' use of fire in clearing brush, enhancing the growth of important plants, and keeping wildfires away from communities.
More states are taking proactive steps in hardening at-risk communities and reducing the accumulation of "duff," dead or dying plant materials that act as gasoline when lightning, hot vehicle exhaust, runaway campfires, or a carelessly flicked cigarette butt ignites a wildfire.
Ancestral Pueblo peoples used fire for a range of purposes, such as clearing fields for agriculture and water ditches, promoting wild plant resources for food, medicine, and craft materials, harvesting game, and other cultural needs. The Western Apache people made use of fire in similar ways and it is said that the smell of smoke was as common as the sound of singing birds.
Wildfires are always going to be part of ecosystems. Fires should be viewed from the aspect of how a wildfire will affect the land. Taking precautions in the off-season and during the season will lessen the negative impact of wildfires.
To read more about California turning to Tribes for guidance on handling wildfires, click here.
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Do You Know An Oral Health Champion?
NIHB wants to spotlight your nominees in our Tribal Oral Health newsletter! Learn more about nominating HERE, and email Dawn Landon with your nominations!
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Local Food Purchase Assistance Cooperative Agreement Plan
The Local Food Purchase Assistance Cooperative Agreement Program provides funding for state, Tribal, and territorial governments to purchase foods produced within the state or within 400 miles of the delivery destination to help support local, regional and underserved producers. This program aims to maintain and improve food and agricultural supply chain resiliency. The cooperative agreements allow the states, Tribes, and territories to procure and distribute local and regional foods and beverages that are healthy, nutritious, unique to their geographic areas, and meet the population's needs. The food will serve feeding programs, including food banks, schools, and organizations that reach underserved communities. In addition to increasing local food consumption, the funds will help build and expand economic opportunities for local and underserved producers.
The performance period will be up to two years from the time of award to accommodate two harvest seasons.
Learn more about the Large Food Purchase Assistance Cooperative Agreement Plan Here.
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Registration Now Open: 2023 Tribal Infection Control Bootcamp
The National Indian Health Board (NIHB), in collaboration with the Organization for Safety, Asepsis & Prevention (OSAP), is hosting a hybrid Tribal Infection Control Bootcamp for Tribal healthcare facilities from September 19 – 12, 2023, in Vancouver, Washington. Tribal healthcare workers working in or with infection prevention and control programs are encouraged to apply. Seats and travel scholarships are available on a first-come, first-serve basis.
Questions? Please contact Audrianna Marzette, [email protected].
Learn more and register here
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AI/AN Oral Health Care and Dental Therapy Implementation
National Indian Health Board has announced it is accepting applications for three funding opportunities related to dental therapy in Indian Country. These announcements are part of NIHB's Tribal Oral Health Initiative.
Applications are due on Monday, August 14, 2023 at 11:59 PM ET.
Funding Opportunities:
- Tribal Colleges and universities to implement projects to develop stronger and more reliant oral health care in Indian Country
- AI/AN Tribes and Tribal organizations to support the implementation of state dental therapy laws in Tribal settings.
- AI/AN Tribes and Tribal organizations to strengthen efforts and launch new targeted efforts to enhance federal, state, and Tribal policies supportive of dental therapy with the Indian health system.
Learn More and Apply Here
Completed applications should be submitted to Brett Weber at [email protected] and should reference the grant code in the subject line.
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Apply for Jobs at the National Indian Health Board
Are you interested in a career supporting public health in Indian Country? The National Indian Health Board (NIHB) is seeking qualified candidates for issue specific open positions in our Public Health Policy and Programs department! We are looking for people with expertise, experience, and passion in maternal health, behavioral health, environmental health, and other specialties who want to work in a dynamic, impactful setting to make a difference for Indian Country’s public health.
View Open Positions and Apply Here!
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The Lenfest Ocean Program: Including Indigenous Ways of Knowing in Decision-Making for Ocean and Coastal Management, Conservation, and Restoration Webinars
The Lenfest Ocean Program is interested in funding projects that elevate Indigenous Peoples in sharing their traditions, culture, knowledge, and wisdom to improve evidence-based decision-making for the management, conservation, and restoration of coastal marine species, habitats, and ecosystems, and is issuing a Request for Proposals (RFP) to support:
- identification, analysis, and/or communication of Indigenous Knowledge and wisdom (where it is culturally appropriate); and
- engagement approaches that facilitate the inclusion of this knowledge into ocean and coastal management decisions.
Further details on what will be required to apply, as well as instructions, will be available at lenfestocean.org on July 10, 2023. This opportunity is open to individuals or groups located within the United States (including all U.S. territories) and Canada.
Key Dates
July 10, 2023: Issuance of RFP
July 12, 2023: RFP Informational Webinar 1 (9pm ET)
July 13, 2023: RFP Informational Webinar 2 (2pm ET)
October 15, 2023: Deadline for submission of Proposals
January 1, 2024: Anticipated start date of the awarded agreement(s)
March 15, 2025: Required end date of the awarded agreement(s)
Register for July 12th at 9pm ET
(6pm PT, 11am ChST, 12pm PONT, 1pm MHT, 2pm SST, 1pm HST, 7pm MDT)
Register for July 13th at 2pm ET
(11am PT, 12pm MDT, 3pm ADT)
Please share this announcement with others who may be interested. If you have any questions, please email [email protected].
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Save the Date! 11th Annual National Native Harm Reduction Summit
The National Indian Health Board and White Earth Nation invite you to the 11th Annual National Native Harm Reduction Summit. This year's summit will take place July 12-13 at White Earth Nation’s Shooting Star Casino, Hotel, and Event Center in Mahnomen, Minnesota (hybrid options available).
The Annual National Native Harm Reduction Summit provides an opportunity to work together at the intersection of racial equity, health equity, and social justice as they relate to hepatitis C, HIV, and drug use in Tribal, urban Indian, and rural communities. In prior years our Summit participants have included:
Tribal and allied health care and behavioral health providers, social service providers, public health professionals, people who use drugs, people in recovery, activists, educators, researchers, allies, and community members.
Limited in-person participation is planned; however, a virtual option will be available. To help with our planning, please answer this one question survey to notify your preferred mode of attendance. Please note, this is not a form of registration.
This is a no-cost event; however, registration is required.
Stay tuned soon for registration details, draft agenda, and further information. If you have any questions, please reach out to Nathan Billy, Director of Behavioral Health Programs, [email protected].
July 12-13, 2023
Hybrid options available.
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Upcoming Tribal Health Equity Data Symposium on September 26 and 27 in Washington, DC
National Indian Health Board will host the Tribal Health Equity Data Symposium on September 26 – 27, 2023 in Washington, D.C. The symposium will explore what needs to change in data law, policy, systems, and practices in order to better support health equity for American Indians and Alaska Natives. Themes covered will include data access, measuring health equity, race/ethnicity standards, and culturally centered data reporting and communication.
The Call for Proposals is open until July 16; proposals may be submitted by email to Rochelle Ruffer at [email protected].
For more information on the symposium and NIHB’s health equity work, please see nihb.org/health-equity.
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2nd Annual American Indian and Alaska Native Maternal Health Promotion Institute
Register for the 2nd Annual American Indian and Alaska Native Maternal Health Promotion Institute! Join us as we share culturally centered practices, strength-based approaches, and equitable solutions that are making a positive impact on the health and wellbeing of Native families, children, and communities. This gathering is free and virtual.
Register here.
August 8-9, 2023
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Advancing Native American Diversity in Aging Research
Advancing Native Students in Aging Research is designed for undergraduate students, especially those from American Indian, Alaska Native, and Native Hawaiian communities. This culturally grounded course combines short-term, intensive laboratory and didactic courses and mentored pilot research in fundamental, translational, clinical, and behavioral aspects of Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias (ADRD) and the mechanisms of aging with ongoing mentoring to ensure both the launching and the retention of these promising candidates in research careers.
Additionally, this NIH/NIA sponsored course will educate undergraduate students on both the federal government’s policies and community best practices with respect to aging programs and their implementation. Additionally, the course will cover the implications of mechanistic discoveries on biological aging and on improved strategies for understanding and treating ADRD. Through ongoing interactions, the course helps to expand and sustain their independent research careers on the clinical, translational, behavioral, and fundamental aspects of Alzheimer’s and aging.
Advancing Native American Diversity in Aging Research offers dynamic training courses and career advancement strategies that provide a fresh series of daily lectures by Native professional on emerging concepts, followed by extended discussions, laboratory research, technologically intense workshops, and informal seminars over week-long periods.
Please download the application here. Or email at [email protected] with any questions. Any student who is accepted will receive a full scholarship which covers room and board and travel.
University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN
August 6-11, 2023
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Save the Date for the National Tribal Opioid Summit
Join NIHB as we partner with the Northwest Portland Area Indian Health Board’s National Tribal Opioid Summit, to be held August 22-24, 2023, at the Tulalip Resort in Tulalip, Washington.
The summit will provide an unprecedented opportunity of national scope for Tribal nations and communities to share stories, build strength, and collaborate to address the opioid crisis. This inaugural summit will provide dedicated space to addressing the fentanyl crisis with a Tribally driven agenda.
August 22 - 24, 2023
More information to come!
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