The Inter-Tribal Council of Michigan (ITCMI) aims to enhance health literacy and access to culturally tailored mental health resources for tribal members in the Eastern Upper Peninsula of Michigan. ITCMI will collaborate with local providers, educators, and community...
This work builds upon a previous award from the Health Fund (Developing Health Education Lessons for Tribal Home Visiting, DHEL-THV; Community Health Impact, 2020) to promote traditional food and cultural practices that support the Indigenous community. N-MICCHE will...
Keweenaw Bay Indian Community is seeking support for a food systems specialist for the Debweyendan Indigenous Gardens (DIGs) program to increase community engagement, define the food pathways within Baraga County, become more active in the national food sovereignty...
This funding will support Sacred Bundle Birthworker Collective, a newly formed, statewide entity that supports families to reclaim traditional birth and breastfeeding practices that were practiced by Indigenous people. Through this project, Sacred Bundle and Michigan...
This initiative is designed to increase the awareness, availability, and use of telehealth applications for older members of the Sault Ste. Marie Tribe of Chippewa Indians by identifying any concerns they may have, as well as by identifying any limitations or barriers...
The Native American Nutrition Prescription Program is a culturally responsive nutrition prescription program that supports changes in health behaviors and improved nutrition. This program will be tailored to ensure that the foods and intervention methods are...
Michigan State University and the Inter-Tribal Council of Michigan will adapt and implement the 13 Moons curriculum, an indigenous health education curriculum developed to increase engagement with traditional Indigenous foods, for use in tribal home visiting programs....
The Keweenaw Bay Indian Community (KBIC) will promote access to healthy food through an intergenerational gardening and harvesting workshop series that will strengthen wellbeing and cultural identity. The Debweyendan (“believe in it”) Indigenous Gardens (DIGs)...
