WIC & Health Resources for Native Peoples

November 1, 2020

Resources from WIC Agencies

These materials came from WIC agencies across the nation!

• Inter Tribal Council of Arizona: Employers for a Healthy New Generation, a photo project that features mothers bringing their babies to work and taking breaks to pump milk or breastfeed directly at a child care facility, as well as a tribal council meeting.
• Chickasaw Nation: Chickasaw Nation developed these nutrition education resources, as well as these related videos:
  • Three Sisters Content: Salad Recipe, Stew Recipe, Nutrition and Gardening Handout
  • Videos: Toddler Table Time, Starting Solids, Moving to a Cup, Pace Feeding with a Bottle
• Easy Guide to Breastfeeding for American Indian and Alaska Native Families.

COVID-19 Resources

• National Indian Health Board: COVID-19 Tribal Resource Center.
• Center for American Indian Health: COVID-19 Materials Created for Tribal Use.
• US Breastfeeding Committee: Tribal Organizations and Health Resources.
• Urban Indian Health Institute: Resources for Tribes and Urban Indian Communities.
• Bread for the World: Race, Hunger, and COVID-19: The Impact on Indigenous Communities.

Other Health Resources

• National Institutes of Health: Honoring Health: Resources for American Indians & Alaskan Natives Newsletter
• Indian Health Service: Find Health Care, an interactive map that lists tribal health programs.
• Center for American Indian Health: Influenza Social Media Toolkit.
• Substance Abuse & Mental Health Services Administration: Tribal Resources.
• Partnership with Native Americans: Disaster Preparedness & Recovery on the Reservation.
• National Indian Child Care Association: Tribal Child Care Information.
• Mental Health America: Native & Indigenous Communities and Mental Health.
• Urban Indian Health Institute:
  • Native Generations: Campaign Addressing High Rates of Infant Mortality Among American Indians & Alaska Natives.
  • Our Bodies, Our Stories: Advocacy and Data to Protect Native Women and Girls.

Native American Heritage Month

• HHS Office of Minority Health: Native American Health Resources.

• NB3FIT Week: National Week of Native Youth Health and Fitness

• Rock Your Mocs: A week to celebrate tribal individuality by wearing moccasins.
• Walking on Indigenous Land: Challenge the way you see history by viewing the tribal nations and languages that once populated the area you now live or work.
• PBS: Celebrate the history, culture, and traditions of American Indians and Alaska Natives in a special month-long collection of films, short stories, and more.
• Native American Today:
  • Food and Recipes.
  • Heritage and Cultural Organizations.

If you have any questions or resources to add, please contact Whitney Dawn Carlson, NWA's Marketing Communications Manager, at wcarlson@nwica.com.