Health Resources
Books
Trafzer, Clifford and Weiner, Diane (editors). Medicine ways: disease, health and survival among Native Americans. AltaMira Press, c2001. 362.1 M468 2001
Winter, Joseph C. (editor). Tobacco use by Native Americans: sacred smoke and silent killer. University of Oklahoma Press, c2000. 362.296 T551 2000
Kavasch, E. Barrie and Baar, Karen. American Indian healing arts: herbs, rituals, and remedies for every season of life. Bantam Books, 1999. 615.8808997073 K174 1999
Cohen, Kenneth. Honoring the medicine: the essential guide to Native American healing. One World/Ballantine Books, c2003. 615.882 C66h 2003
Web Sites
American Indian Health
Another
resource from the National Library of Medicine on American Indian Health,
this site provides links to information on health topics, traditional
healing, environmental health, research and data, healthcare access,
organizations, tribes, and more.
Indian Health Care Resource Center.
Running Strong for American Indian Youth.
Native American Health page from MedlinePlus.gov
From the National Library of Medicine you can find information here specific
to Native health including prevention/screening, specific conditions,
Medicare savings, urban Indian resources, research, directories, statistics,
and more.
Arctic Health
From the same people who brought you the "American Indian Health"
website comes this similar site focused on issues affecting the health
and well-being of our planet's northern-most inhabitants including Alaska
Natives. The site features health topics, environmental health, telemedicine,
traditional healing, governmental organizations including tribes, and
more.
Native Health Databases
From the University of New Mexico, the Native Health Databases contain
bibliographic information and abstracts of health-related articles, reports,
surveys, and other resource documents pertaining to the health and health
care of American Indians, Alaska Natives, and Canadian First Nations.
Document delivery is currently free on any article found in this database.
Native American Ethnobotany
This site is a searchable database of foods, drugs, dyes and fibers of
Native American peoples, derived from plants. So find out what the Ojibwe
people used to put on spider bites.
NLM
Exhibit "Changing the Face of Medicine"
You can search by ethnic group on this site and see the 29 featured Native
women doctors who have made significant contributions to their fields.
Some biographies include extra photos and videos. The rest of the site
provides activities, resources, and lesson plans for teachers.