American Indian Living – Lifetalk Radio

Local schools are not a perfect fit for every student. Holbrook Indian School in Holbrook, AZ, provides novel residential educational programs to train Native students in Grades 1 -12 across Indian Country. Learn how students can master core subjects with a diverse curriculum that includes Native crafts, horsemanship, Native language classes, and outdoor education. For more info: holbrookindianschool.org; 928-524-6845

Each of us can harness adversity, helping us grow rather than struggle. Gain practical insights on this topic from those who have truly grown from their own adversity and are assisting others on similar journeys. For More Info: iThriveSummit.com; www.pandemicbusters.org; UnionSpringsAcademy.org (315-889-7314); and Behealtyliving.global ([email protected])

J. Sweet (Chickasaw)-1 Family Services in Indian Country; R. Bourque (Muskogee Creek)-National Center for Victims of Crime; A. Charley (Laguna Pueblo)-Coalition to Stop Violence Against Native Women; & J. Calabaza (Santo Domingo Pueblo)-Trees, Water & People. This week's show, recorded at the 2019 NCAI Convention in Albuquerque, NM, highlights four Native organizations that are reaching out to help the disadvantaged throughout Indian Country. For more info: www.1fsic.com, Tribalresourcetool.org, www.csvanw.org, treeswaterpeople.org

Patrick Anderson, JD; CEO, Rural Alaska Community Action Program, Inc. From the venue of NCAI 2019, lawyer and Native leader, Patrick Anderson, returns to American Indian Living to discuss how First Nation individuals and communities can overcome toxic stress and truly thrive. For further information, contact: www.ruralcap.com

Tena Jolley, CEO of Apela Solutions in Stratford, OK. For a given budget, every tribe wants to maximize the benefits they provide their citizens. Tena Jolley shares insights from her years of work with the Chickasaw Nation, providing listeners with insights into how their tribes can stretch their dollars when it comes to health care and other human services. For Further Info: [email protected] or 580-320-7721

Sarah Coleman, Student, & Hilde Barrera, Principal, Union Springs Academy; James Hartley, President, Lay Institute for Global Health Training (also Wildwood Health Institute); Alan Seiler, Organic Farmer. Sterile classrooms have become all too common in the 21st century. Today's show connects you with individuals and institutions who are reconnecting people with Native values like natural remedies and learning lessons from the land. For more info: www.UnionSpringsAcademy.org (315-889-7314); www.wildwoodhealth.org

Nirvana Walton & Bethie Melidor (NAPS); Terri Saelee (Adventist Refugee and Immigrant Ministries); Karen Holland (Oklahoma Academy); Hildelisa Flickinger, MS, RD, CNSC. Engaging in service can enrich your own life and change the world around you. Today's show explores the power of service in diverse settings ranging from schools, to refugee camps, to the kitchens in our own homes. For further information: www.NAPSglobal.org; www.refugeeministries.org; OklahomaAcademy.org (405-454-6211); or [email protected]

Hazel Beck, SoCal Veterans Business Outreach Center; Amanda McDonald, InBody Corporation. Have you ever thought about starting your own business? This week's show opens with practical information and tools for small business startup, especially for Native American veterans and their families. The last two segments of this week's show acquaint listeners with InBody, a company providing high tech body composition tools that can help tribes and individuals address diabetes, obesity, and more. For more information: Sba.gov_vboc; InBody.com

Nancy and James Crosby; Michael Robinson, MD, Guam SDA Clinic; Jeremy O'Neal, MD, Nephrologist. Today's guests share the transformative power of indigenous wisdom and modern science. You'll learn how "worthless land" near the Navajo nation was turned into an award-winning garden; how First Nations peoples in Guam are transforming their health; how a specialist is using diet to help change the narrative about kidney failure; and much more. For more information: [email protected] (Robinson); 217-322-2516 (Crosbys)

Hildelisa Flickinger, RD; Jean Marie Smith, ND: Costin Jordache, MA, MBA; and David Grams. Optimal brain function requires an optimal lifestyle. Gain insights into how nutrition, media, and education all affect our brain's health--and our health in general. For further information: itiswritten.org (HF); [email protected] (JMS); Artvnow.com (CJ); and heartland.edu (DG)