Native Health, Mental Health & Wellbeing

Websites

Healthcare clinics specific to the 9 Federally recognized Tribal Nations in Oregon

• Burns Paiute - Wadatika Health Clinic
• Confederated Tribes of Coos, Lower Umpqua and Siuslaw Indians - Community Health & Wellness Programs
• Confederated Tribes of Grande Ronde - Health & Wellness Programs
• Confederated Tribes of Siletz - Healthcare Programs
• Confederated Tribes of Umatilla Reservation - Yellowhawk Tribal Health Center
• Confederated Tribes of Warm Springs - Health & Wellness Programs
• Coquille Indian Tribe - Kokwel Wellness Center
• Cow Creek Band of Umpqua Indians - Health & Wellness
• Klamath Tribes - Tribal Health & Family Services

Health local/nearby to Oregon

• Great Spirit United Methodist Church
• Future Generations Collaborative
• Indigenous Wellness Research Institute National Center of Excellence (University of Washington)
• Mental Health Providers
  • Jessie Kaleikau, LPC (Tsimshian) - Tualatin Hills Counseling
• Native American Rehabilitation Association (NARA)
• Native American Youth & Family Center (NAYA)
  • Culture, Education & Wellness
  • Health Equity
• Northwest Native American Center of Excellence (OHSU)
• Northwest Portland Area Indian Health Board
  • Healthy Native Youth - many resources for adults & caregivers!
  • WeRNative - for youth
  • Weave-NW
• Red Lodge Transition Services - for women returning from treatment or incarceration
• We Are Healers - featuring indigenous healers

Health

• Capacity Building Center for Tribes
  • Healing & Wellness
• Centers for Disease Control & Prevention (CDC) Tribal Health
• Center for Indigenous Health
• Center for Native Child & Family Resilience
• Dr. Joseph Gone - psychologist with so many articles + videos
• Healthy Native Youth - many resources for adults & caregivers!
• I-Collective - Indigenous food sovereignty
• Indian Health Service
• Indigikitchen - so yummy, so fun!
• Mental Health by NAMI
• Native American Research Centers for Health
• Native American Resources on Healing Indigenous Trauma by Utah Native American Trauma Academy
• National Indian Council on Aging
• National Indigenous Women's Center
  • NativeLove for Youth - many resources!
• National Native Children's Trauma Center
• Native Wellness Institute
• Native Youth Sexual Health Network
• Stronghearts Native Helpline - for domestic and sexual abuse
• Trauma & Healing by Tribal Information Exchange
• Trauma & Resiliency by Capacity Building Center for Tribes
• Tribal Health Research Office, National Institutes of Health
• Unity - for Native youth
  • Wellness Warriors
• Urban Indian Health Institute - assorted resources
• Zero Suicide - resources for Native American & Alaska Native populations

Recommended Books & Articles

Native Health-related materials in ORPARC's library, including Emotional Literacy, Health & Healing, Nutrition, Mental Health and Trauma plus the full Tribal Collection.

• Absalom Jones Episcopal Center for Racial Healing: Indigneous - many articles!
• Acknowledging the Winter Solstice is a Decolonial Act for Indigeous People by Sarah Sunshine Manning (Shoshone Paiute/ Chippewa Cree), NDN Collective
• American Concentration Camps: Unangax Loss & Resurrection by Project 562 - book in ORPARC's library
• Becoming Adzaan: The Gift of Diné Womanhood by Jaclyn Roessel (Diné), NDN Collective
• Conversations About Historical Trauma: Part I featuring Maria Yellow Horse Brave Heart, PhD (Lakota) by NCCTS
• The Cree Medicine Wheel by Annie Wenger-Nabigon, Native Social Work Journal
• Decolonizing Thanksgiving and Reviving Indigenous Relationships by M. Karlos Baca (Tewa/Diné/Nuucio), NDN Collective
• Four Directions Teachings by Lillian Pitawanakwat (Ojibway/Powawatomi)
• From the Ground Up: Indigenizing Medical Humanities & Narrative as Medicine by Michele Demarais (Métis) and Regina Robbins (Cherokee)
• Helping Native American Children with Autism Poses Challenges for Schools by VOA
• Indigenous Poetics & Narrative Medicine by Arden Hegele and featuring Lewis Mehl-Madrona (Cherokee & Lakota) - author in ORPARC's library
• Narrative Medicine: Relationships, Story & Healing by Lewis Mehl-Madrona (Cherokee & Lakota)
• Native American in Philanthropy
  • Generation Indigenous
  • Strong Hearts & Minds Centering Indigenous Women & Girls
  • THE INDIGENOUS LIFECOURSE: Strengthening the health and well-being of Native youth
• Performance as Medicine by Brandi Douglas (Puyallup/Muckleshoot/Nooksack), NDN Collective
• Podcast by & for Native Americans shines light on disability, mental health by Cherokee Phoenix
• Project 562 - book in ORPARC's library
  • Our Wounds Can Heal
  • The Power of Frybread: An Alaska Native's Story of Survival
  • The Seeds of Revival: Electa Redcorn (Pawnee & Yankton Sioux)
• The Sacredness of our 2SLGBTQ+ Relatives Must Be Timeless by Brandi Douglas (Puyallup/Muckleshoot/Nooksack), NDN Collective
• Self-Care: Resources to Help Address Burnout & Increase Wellness in Tribal Welfare Professionals by Capacity Building Center for Tribes
• Tips by Native Aunties for Mental Health by Dr. Michelle Johnson-Jennings (Choctaw) and Dr. Karina Walters (Choctaw)
• Understanding Disabilities in American Indian & Alaskan Native Communities Toolkit Guide by National Council on Disability
• Walking Through Truth: Indigenous Wisdom and Community Health Equity by Donald Warne (Oglala Lakota)
• Yana Achek - where darkness and light meet (a personal mental health art narrative) by Eli Farinango (Kichwa) for IllumiNative

ORPARC General Health-related Resource pages

• ADHD, Anxiety, Autism Spectrum, Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders, FoodIssues/Nutrition, Mental Health, Mindfulness, Parent & Professional Care & Self Love, Sexual Abuse & Behavior Supports, Specific Needs/Neurodiversity, Substance Use/ Addictions, Suicide & Self Harm, Trauma

Videos & Podcasts

• Building Resilient Communities TedTalk by Nick Tilsen (Oglala Lakota Nation)
• Cherokee Youth Council Teen Pregnancy Film with First Nations Development Institute (video)
• Cultural Appropriation in the Wellness Space by Native Governance Center (video)
• Embodying the Ancestral Wisdom of the Medicine Wheel by Susan Beaulieu (Anishinaabe - Red Lake Nation) NDN Collective (video)
• A Flute Like Medicine: Interview with Morgan Fawcett (Tlingit/Haida) with FASD Part I and Part II by FASD Elephant Podcast
• Future Generations Collaborative (video)
• Healing Indigenous People with Dr. Eduardo Duran by Paula Fontenelle - author in ORPARC's library (video)
• Healing the Soul Wound with Dr. Eduardo Duran Conversation by Two Feathers NAFS (video)
• IllumiNative On-Air podcast
• #IndigiLOVE by WeRNative (video)
• Indigenous Wellness Research Institute National Center of Excellence
  • Indigenous Digital Storytelling (videos)
• Indigenous Healing Series by Capacity Building Center for Tribes (video series)
• The Interconnectedness of Culture & Science by Dr. Donald Warne (Oglala Lakota) (video)
• Native American Youth & Cultural Adversity by Christopher Lobanov-Rostovsky & Tatewin Means (Sisseton Wahpeton Dakota/Oglala Lakota) (video)
• Northwest Native American Center of Excellence
  • Native American Health Seminar Series - many topics (videos)
  • Visual Stories of Healers - visual stories health series (videos)
• On the Autism Spectrum - Native American Community (video)
• Place Matters (videos)
  • Native Americans know how place affects health
  • Scott Kalama: Confederated Tribes of Warm Springs
• Re-imagining mental health services for American Indian communities by Dr. Joseph Gone (Aaniiih)
• Sacred Tobacco, Sacred Children by Best Start Resource Centre (video)
• Tatanka Means - laughter is good for you! (videos)