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Symposia
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2014-04-29T19:28:45.000Z
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420
Video Title:
Patterns of Health and Wellbeing 08: Environmental Degradation and Mental Health
Description:
Health issues among American Indians, such as diabetes and substance abuse, are reaching epidemic levels. The majority of governmental and externally driven responses to these health issues have focused on the physical aspects of disease. Much less research has been done on the relationships between culture and health within Native communities. This symposium presents a report on active collaborations between Native community members and researchers that focus on the distinct cultural values about wellbeing held by Native communities in solving serious health issues. Cosponsored by the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History. In this section, Rosemary Ahtuangarauk (Inupiaq) speaks on Environmental Degradation and Mental Health. Rosemary Ahtuangaruak is an Inupiaq activist and Tribal Liaison for the Alaska Wilderness League in Barrow, Alaska. A graduate of the University of Washington Medex Northwest Physician Assistant Program, she has fought tirelessly for the health and protection of her people and of the Arctic's unparalleled wilderness that has sustained her culture for thousands of years. She is a former mayor of Nuiqsut and served on the regional tribal council for 15 years, as well as serving on the tribal and city council in Nuiqsut for many years. She is an advisor for the executive council and staff for the Alaska Inter-Tribal Council. Ahtuangaruak currently participates with the National Tribal Environmental Health Think Tank with the Office of Tribal Affairs of the Center for Disease Control and Prevention. She is co-chair for the North Slope Federal Subsistence Regional Advisory Council and a founding board member of REDOIL (Resisting Environmental Destruction on Indigenous Lands). Please see the YouTube.com video of an interview with Ahtuangaruak at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SjKblFD_oLY. Patterns of Health and Wellbeing: An Intercultural Symposium was webcast from the Smithsonian National Museum of the American Indian Rasmuson Theater on April 11, 2014.
Video Duration:
33 min 54 sec
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Native Americans;American Indians  Search this
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