10th Native Women & Men's Wellness .pdf - American Indian Institute

Session 1 – Monday, March 28, 2011
10:30 am – 12:00 pm
Alvarado B • Cooking with Ancestral Foods to Heal Diabetes **
Chef Lois Ellen Frank, Ph.D. Candidate (Kiowa/Sephardic)
Native Foods Culinary Historian, Author, and Chef - Red Mesa Cuisine
In this session, participants will learn about the history of Native American plant based ancestral foods. This
session will focus on how health can be restored with the use of these foods and steps that can be taken
to reclaim health and wellness preventing contemporary health problems, such as obesity and diabetes.
Traditional knowledge of these ancestral foods are an important component towards a healthy lifestyle.
Vegetables, fruits, legumes (beans, nuts, and seeds) and grains, both cultivated and wild harvested, have
always been a part of the traditional indigenous knowledge system and a part of the Native American diet.
With the revitalization of these foods, all of the cultural traditions associated with them including agricultural
practices, planting techniques, food preparation, recipes, stories, dance, and language to name a few
are also revitalized at the same time. Using knowledge from the past, Native communities can define and
practice a new Native American cuisine focused on traditional health for the future. Chef Lois Ellen Frank
will present several dishes, and provides samples and recipes.
*Repeated: Session 4, Alvarado B
**Limited to 70 participants
Alvarado C • Addressing Intervention and Prevention of Alcohol Exposed
Pregnancies in Native Communities
Dan Dubovsky, M.S.W.
FASD Specialist - SAMHSA FASD Center for Excellence
Candace Shelton, M.S., LISAC (Osage)
Senior Native Specialist – SAMHSA FASD Center for Excellence
American Indian/Alaska Natives have some of the highest rates of fetal alcohol spectrum disorders (FASD) in
the nation yet it is one of the few birth defects that is 100% preventable. FASD can occur in any community
where women drink while pregnant. Many American Indian/Alaska Native communities are recognizing that
this is a significant issue for them and must be addressed directly. For too long, this has not been done, and
individuals, families, and entire communities have been seriously affected. This workshop will present three
evidence-based practices for the prevention of FASD by working with women at risk. How these practices
can be implemented into existing service systems that interact with women is examined. The notion that
appropriate treatment of women at risk is an effective prevention technique is discussed, and methods
of recognizing individuals who themselves may have an FASD so that appropriate interventions can be
implemented are described. Questions and discussion are encouraged.
Alvarado F • The Four Elements to Change Your Life
Rogelio Sanchez, M.S.W. (Huasteca)
CEO - Asi Counseling & Professional Services
Anita Jackson, M.S.W. (Cree)
Assistant Director - Asi Counseling & Professional Services
The Four Elements provides the framework for the "Asi Way", a method developed by Rogelio Sanchez,
MSW. The Four Elements causes immediate acknowledgement for the person-in-situation to make positive
changes in their life. Thus begins the process of discovery of the self. The Four Elements provide the
framework for moving from dysfunction to function, from inaction to action, from being stuck to moving
forward in life.
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