Instructional Leadership, emphasis: K-12 School Leadership (MEd)
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Improving life for new parents

ld583 | January 11, 2023

When Native Americans for Community Action (NACA) received a grant from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in October 2019, they decided to use part of it to increase breastfeeding awareness in the Flagstaff community—an important yet often overlooked necessity for parents… Read more

Building a healthy Navajo Nation

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In an unprecedented move eight years ago, the Navajo Nation created the first-ever tax in the U.S. that supports health promotion and disease prevention through a law that collects a 2 percent tax on foods with little to no nutritional value and removes the 5 percent tax on fruits, vegetables and water… Read more

CHER staff spotlight: Carmenlita Chief

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When Carmenlita Chief is involved in a research project, you can be sure that it will involve listening and connecting to the community in all aspects of the work—from the initial community consultation, throughout the evaluative research study and especially in reporting the findings back to them… Read more

$4 million award funds new Center for Native American Cancer Health Equity

ld583 | November 10, 2022

Improving cancer screening rates among Native Americans, increasing education about tribe-specific cancer trends, and addressing disproportionately high exposure to carcinogenic environmental contaminants are just a few aims of the newly funded Center for Native American Cancer Health Equity (C-NACHE)… Read more
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CHER spotlight: Janet Yellowhair

ld583 | November 9, 2022

When Janet Yellowhair was young, she spent many hours watching her mother working as a medical support assistant in the Indian Health Service facility in Kayenta, Arizona, on the Navajo Nation… Read more