Second Annual Conference on Native American Nutrition
September 18 - 20, 2017
From knowledge to practice: Using both Indigenous wisdom and academic research to improve Native American nutrition
Opening Ceremony and Welcome Remarks
Honor Guard: Sisseton-Wahpeton Kit Fox Society
Drum group: Ghost Nation
Prayer: Leonard Wabasha, Shakopee Mdewakanton Sioux Community Cultural Director
Brian Buhr, PhD
Dean, College of Food, Agricultural and Natural Resources Sciences
University of Minnesota
Saint Paul, MN
Keith Anderson
Vice-Chairman
Shakopee Mdewakanton Sioux Community
Prior Lake, MN
Mindy S. Kurzer, PhD,
Conference planning committee chair
University of Minnesota
Saint Paul, MN
SESSION I: HEALTHFULNESS OF TRADITIONAL FOODS
Moderated by:
Holly Hunts, PhD
Associate Professor
Montana State University
Bozeman, MT
Abigail Echo-Hawk, MA (Pawnee/Athbascan)
Director of Urban Indian Health Institute
Seattle Indian Health Board
Seattle, WA
Elisabeth Echo-Hawk Kawe (Pawnee/Athbascan)
Director of Indigenous Wellness
Headwater People
Seattle, WA
Gary Ferguson, ND (Unangan/Aleut)
CEO
Rural Alaskan Community Action Program
Anchorage, AK
Linda Black Elk (Catawba Nation)
Sitting Bull College
Fort Yates, ND
Beverly Stabber-Warne, RN, MSN (Oglala Lakota)
South Dakota State University College of Nursing
Brookings, SD
SESSION II: COMMUNITY/UNIVERSITY NUTRITION RESEARCH COLLABORATIONS – METRICS OF SUCCESS
Moderated by:
Abigail Echo-Hawk, MA (Pawnee/Athbascan)
Director, Urban Indian Health Institute
Seattle Indian Health Board
Seattle, WA
Donald Warne, MD, MPH (Oglala Lakota)
Professor and Chair, Department of Public Health
North Dakota State University
Fargo, ND
Debbie Goodwin (Ngai Tuhoe/Whakatohea)
DBZ Consultancy Ltd
Hamilton, NZ
Donald Warne, MD, MPH (Oglala Lakota)
Professor and Chair, Department of Public Health
North Dakota State University
Fargo, ND
Debbie Goodwin, Sharon Ka’iulani Odom, and Donald Warne
Sharon Ka’iulani Odom, MPH, RD (Native Hawaiian)
Roots Project Director
Kokua Kalihi Valley Health Clinic
Honolulu, HI
Celebrating The Next Generation
Emceed by:
Joanna Bryant
SMSC Community Member and Wellness Administrator
Estella LaPointe (Ihanktunwan)
Community Programs Manager
Dream of Wild Health
Minneapolis, MN
Sean Buehlmann (Ihanktunwan Nakota),
Former Garden Warrior and current Market Coordinator
21 years old
Jennifer Buehlmann (Ihanktunwan Nakota)
Garden Warrior Leader
13 years old
Faith Gronda (wyandot of Michigan)
Garden Warrior Leader
18 years old
Tayah Reyes (St. Croix Band of Ojibwe)
Former Garden Warrior and current Program Intern
18 years old
SESSION III: COMMUNITY/UNIVERSITY NUTRITION RESEARCH COLLABORATIONS – BEST PRACTICES UTILIZING BOTH INDIGENOUS AND ACADEMIC SCIENCE
Moderated by:
Harriet Kuhnlein, PhD
Professor Emerita
McGill University
Montréal, Canada
Linda Frizzell, MS, PhD (Eastern Cherokee and Lakota)
Assistant Professor, University of Minnesota School of Public Health
Technical Consultant, Great Lakes Tribal EpiCenter
Minneapolis, MN
Tiffany Beckman, Linda Frezzell, and Lisa Te Morenga
Tiffany Beckman, MD, MPH (Leech Lake Band of Ojibwe)
Department of Medicine
University of Minnesota
Minneapolis, MN
Lisa Te Mornega, PhD, (Ngati Whatua, Te Rarawa)
Associate Dean and Senior Research Fellow
Department of Human Nutrition
University of Otago
Dunedin, New Zealand
SESSION IV: BRIEF TALKS, POWERED BY PECHAKUCHA
Moderated by:
Sarah Miracle, MBA, RD, LD, FAND
Chickasaw Nation SNAP-Ed Nutrition Education Program
Ada, OK
H Hunts and E Dratz,
Montana State University, Bozeman, MT
C Porter, et al.
University pf Wyoming, Laramie, WY, University of Wyoming, Riverton, WY, and Blue Mountain Associates, Fort Washakie, WY., and Eastern Shoshone Tribal Health (Fort Washakie, WY)
CH Titcomb, et al.
Waimanalo Health Center, Waimanalo HI, Wai’anae Coast Comprehensive Health Center, Waianae, HI, and Papa Ola Lokahi
Carrie Calisay Cannon, Hualapai Tribe Department of Cultural Resources, Peach Springs, AZ
EJ Tomayko, et al.
Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR, Montana State University, Bozeman, MT, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI, and University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM
D Manuel and S Seki, Red Lake Food Initiative, Red Lake, MN
C Harris, P. Harris, D Perez, et al.
Growing Resilience Community Advisory Board Members, Ethete, WY, Fort Washakie, WY, and University of Wyoming Extension on the Wind River Indian Reservation, Kinnear, WY
SESSION V: ENVIRONMENT, LAND AND NUTRITION
Moderated by:
Janie Hipp, JD, LLM (Chickasaw Nation)
Director, Indigenous Food & Agriculture Initiative
Law Professor, University of Arkansas
Fayetteville, AR
Devon Mihesuah, PhD (Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma)
Cora Lee Beers Price Teaching Professor in International Cultural Understanding
University of Kansas
Laurence, KS
Steven Bond-Hikatubbi, Larry Campbell, Jamie Donatuto, Devon Mihesuah, and Faith Spotted Eagle
Steven Bond (Chickasaw Nation)
Technical Assistance Specialist
Intertribal Agriculture Council
Eastern Oklahoma Region
Ada, OK
Moderated by Jamie Hipp, JD, LLM (Chickasaw Nation), Director, Indigenous Food & Agriculture Initiative, Law Professor, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, AR
Panelists included Larry Campbell, Faith Spotted Eagle, Beverly Stabber-Warne, and Ernie Whiteman
Larry Campbell (Swinomish)
Community Health Specialist
Swinomish Indian Tribal Community
La Conner, WA
Jamie Donatuto, PhD
Environmental Community Health Analyst
Swinomish Indian Tribal Community
La Conner, WA
Mindy S. Kurzer, Ph.D.
Conference planning committee chair
University of Minnesota
Saint Paul, MN
Drum group: Ghost Nation
Prayer: Andy Vig, SMSC Member