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Welcome to the New AIHREA Website!

2/16/2018

Your One-stop Shop for All Things AIHREA

We would like to welcome you to the newly designed American Indian Health Research and Education Alliance (AIHREA)! On this site we will be sharing all of our newsletters, upcoming events, pow wow information, and much more! Here's what you can find on the new site:

Homepage

Donate button allowing you to support a wide variety of AIHREA activities including our scholarships and annual pow wows!
Our most current news and blog posts!
Subscribe to our newsletter!
Links to our social media profiles including our Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter!

Who We Are

Find out who AIHREA is!
See some of the most recent AIHREA activities in the community!

What We Do

Find copies of our most recent annual and community reports!

Blog

Find all of our posts including newsletters, community events, and more!

Scholarships

Find out scholarship opportunities that AIHREA offers and apply today!

Pow Wows

Learn all the newest information about upcoming AIHREA pow wows!
See lists of last year's competition winners!

Let us know what you think of the new layout in the comments! Thanks again for following AIHREA!

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February 2018 Newsletter

2/16/2018

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Things to Do Indoors

The winter months can often find us spending more time inside than usual. With those New Year's resolutions, often including things like being more active or losing weight, we can get discouraged quickly. So here are a few tips to keep you busy and keep you on track with those promises to yourself of letting 2018 meet a healthier you!

Create a recipe book - Find new and healthier recipes that you know you and your family will eat. Create a recipe book so you will have them handy. This will prevent you from sliding back in to those bad habits when you’re in a rush later. Remember that substituting healthier ingredients into some of your old favorites is also an option!
Reorganize your kitchen cabinets - This will get you up and moving and will also help get you organized to meet your new goals.
Window shop - Go to the grocery store and just read labels. You’re walking around and educating yourself about the traditional value of the foods you will be eating. If the kids are with you, you might make it a scavenger hunt to help make it more fun.
Don’t sit for too long - It’s easy when it is cold outside and you're stuck inside to get under a blanket and sit on the chair or sofa, but moving gets you warm too. Make sure you’re getting up for 10-15 minutes at least every 60-90 minutes. Walk around the house. Sort through old clothes. Organize closets. Clean your tools in the garage. Clean out under the bathroom sink. Air out your powwow clothes and make repairs. This will help keep your activity up during the slow times.
Fresh air! - On days it is warmer, open up the house for a brief period of time and let in some fresh air. This will help keep you healthier and more energized throughout the winter months.
Tell stories - The winter months were traditionally a time for telling stories especially about animals. Animals hibernate in winter, and the stories are often comical, so we tell them during the winter while they sleep so we don’t offend them. This is great to do with friends and family.
Learn or teach a traditional art form to a friend or relative - Activities slowdown in the winter for many of us and we are looking for things to do to fill our time. This can be a good time to learn or teach others to do a traditional art form to pass the time and keep our traditions alive for future generations.
Learn your language - Even if you are just starting out there are simple things you can do to incorporate your Native language into everyday activities, like saying things similar to “hello”, “thank you” and “you’re welcome”. Putting up post–it notes around your home on items is a good way to remind yourself daily of your tribes’ words for certain things. If you have family over, you can even play a game like Jeopardy, where you hold up a picture and the first person to slap the table and say the correct word in your language gets the points.

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January 2018 Newsletter

2/14/2018

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Health and Fitness Tips for the New Year: Setting Realistic Fitness and Health Eating Goals

New Year’s health and fitness goals should be realistic so you are more likely to attain them. Meeting attainable goals allows you to set even higher goals.

You Are What You Eat!

Eat out less and eat more home cooked meals. If you eat out every day, gradually decrease the days you eat out to every other day; work your way down to once or twice a week.
Go a day without soda, gradually working your way down to 1-2 sodas a week. Eliminate soda completely if you can.
Of course you should include more fruits and vegetables in each meal.
Eat more foods found on the outer aisles of the supermarket (fresh fruits, vegetables, lean meats and eggs). Eat less foods found in the middle aisles (boxed foods like hamburger helper and cookies).
Cut out sugar as much as possible!
Bring your lunch to work.
Cut back on hamburgers, fries, and milkshakes to once a week or less.
Healthy eating and daily exercise can make a tremendous difference in body fat percentage and sugar levels.
And again, cut out sugar as much as possible!

AIHREA team members stay active! Dasy Resendiz helped Native youth during shooting drills at a basketball clinic!

Fitness Goals

Try to do something active every day.
Set a goal to stand up and stretch or walk (short walk around your office) every hour.
Take a walk after dinner instead of watching TV.
Try working out 3 days a week for 30 minutes.
Incorporate weight lifting into your fitness activity.
If you're already working out - complete all your workouts for the week.
Increase the intensity of your workouts.
Sleep is so important. Being well rested helps you deal with stress.
- Children need 9-11 hours.
- Teens need around 8-10 hours.
- Adults need 7-9 hours.
Sitting all day every day is just as bad as smoking!

Let Us Help You Quit Smoking!
Telephone All Nations Breath of Life (T-ANBL)

Individual phone sessions
Culturally-tailored educational materials
Motivational text messaging
Incentives
American Indian facilitators

Eligibility

Self-identify as American Indian
At least 18 years old
Smoke at least one cigarette per day
Have a phone and are able to receive text messages
Willing to be followed-up with for six months

Contact Jason Hale for more information at [email protected] or (913) 945-7822.

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AIHREA Blog

Welcome to the New AIHREA Website!

Your One-stop Shop for All Things AIHREA

February 2018 Newsletter

Things to Do Indoors

January 2018 Newsletter

Health and Fitness Tips for the New Year: Setting Realistic Fitness and Health Eating Goals

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