NE-HEALING Project

The Nebraska Health, Education, Advocacy and Leadership across Indigenous and Native Generations Project, also known as NE-HEALING, supports both tribal and urban American Indian and Alaska Native communities by promoting ways of knowing, being and doing that align with indigenous knowledge, practices and approaches to health and wellness.

This initiative is committed to supporting the revitalization of American Indian and Alaska Native public health through culturally relevant and innovative practice, research, teaching and service that:

• Honors indigenous ways of knowing, being, and doing to develop deeper understandings of indigenous health.
• Builds respectful intercultural, intergenerational and interdisciplinary relationships that support and promote public health, the medical humanities and innovations in health.
• Generates culturally grounded knowledge, curriculum, models, tools and practices that tribal and urban American Indian and Alaska Native communities can employ in health promotion and preventive and societal medicine.

The NE-HEALING Project's busy year culminated with an emotional unveiling of a COVID memorial quilt depicting ten lives lost to this unforgiving virus that devastated tribal communities. In collaboration with Bluebird Cultural Initiative, this quilt was created by members of the Omaha, Nebraska urban Native American community who came together for Washigila (or Lakota Wiping of Tears) ceremony in late August.

Other events included informational booths at the 159th Winnebago Homecoming Celebration and the 220th annual Umon’hon Nation Hede’wachi. See more pictures from these events.

Documentary: Conquering Chronic Disease with Olympian Billy Mills

Olympic legend and Native American hero Billy Mills proved that no matter how many odds are stacked against you, all you need are courage and fortitude to win.

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