Link: http://indiancountrytodaymedianetwork.com/2012/05/18/a-wound-as-small-as-a-dime-improper-care-can-lead-to-death-in-diabetics-113732 For an alarmingly high number of Native Americans, a diagnosis of Type II Diabetes is the first in a series of preventable conditions that result in premature morbidity. The second is Diabetic Neuropathy,Continue reading

Link: http://indiancountrytodaymedianetwork.com/2012/03/09/despite-high-incidence-of-rape-native-women-denied-right-to-plan-b-101640 Native American women face overwhelming barriers that deny them use of the emergency contraception pill known as the morning-after pill, otherwise known as Plan B, a new report by the Native American Women?sContinue reading

Link: http://indiancountrytodaymedianetwork.com/2012/02/18/new-york-city-fourth-graders-study-lenape-culture-learn-respect-97110 If most non-Natives know only Tonto, the local sports mascot, and a full-voiced ?Geronominoooo!?as their key Indian country reference points, that?s partly because television and film have been their primary educators when itContinue reading

Link: http://indiancountrytodaymedianetwork.com/2011/12/03/the-shocking-facts-behind-the-dental-crisis-in-indian-country%E2%80%94and-a-possible-solution-65438 The Native American Oral Health Care Project reports that dental decay is 300 times more likely in the American Indian population than it is in the general U.S. population. Even more alarming, RepresentativeContinue reading

Link: http://indiancountrytodaymedianetwork.com/2011/11/28/diabetics-need-to-pay-extra-close-attention-to-their-teeth-and-gums-64881 Diabetics have to watch what they eat, make sure they exercise, and, it turns out, they have to make sure they brush and floss with greater vigilance, too. There is a complex relationshipContinue reading

Link: http://indiancountrytodaymedianetwork.com/2011/11/17/o-b-osceola-first-native-nascar-team-owner-looks-to-open-doors-for-indian-country-62086 O.B. Osceola Jr. has warrior leadership in his blood. He is the descendant of a man who was at one time the most famous American Indian in the world, the man who ignitedContinue reading

Link: http://indiancountrytodaymedianetwork.com/2011/11/01/peak-performance-first-nations-youth-learn-life-skills-on-the-slopes-59961 A young man in British Columbia stands on a precipice. Wind and ice and the fresh feeling of his own youthful power compel him to lean, angle and fly. He soars, twists, landsContinue reading

Link: http://indiancountrytodaymedianetwork.com/2011/09/09/anniversary-of-911-felt-by-indian-construction-workers-52728 Ten years ago?on the day everything changed for so many?women, children and grown men cried. Even tough men, men who worked with their hands or on big machines, men who wouldn?t ever letContinue reading

Link: http://indiancountrytodaymedianetwork.com/2011/09/05/fetal-alcohol-syndrome-rate-higher-among-american-indians-48085 A mother rouses from sleep, cradles her newborn infant and yawns. She then gets up and carries the baby, all soft and not quite ready to wail for food, into the kitchen. SheContinue reading

Posted September 29th, 2009www.thedefendersonline.com/2009/09/29/the-bermuda-heritage-trail/ By Eisa Nefertari Ulen The hot sun bounces off of pastel covered walls and white rooftops. The white magnifies the light, enlarges it, brightens everything. I stroll along narrow lanes, sippingContinue reading

Posted September 11th, 2009www.thedefendersonline.com/2009/09/11/stormy-weather-the-rich-rough-road-of-lena-horne By Eisa Nefertari Ulen As journalist James Gavin spotlights in his most recent book, Stormy Weather: The Life of Lena Horne, the music industry critically judges black women dancers by theirContinue reading

Original Link (obsolete): http://www.thedefendersonline.com/2009/06/05/getting-our-environmental-%E2%80%98glow%E2%80%99-on/ This originally ran on TheDefendersOnline.com. Getting Our Environmental Glow OnPosted By The Editors | June 5th, 2009 | Category: Hot Topics | By Eisa Ulen On March 28, 1979, my motherContinue reading

Original Link (obsolete): http://www.thedefendersonline.com/2009/05/22/a-legacy-of-black-fluency-for-our-brooklyn-baby/ A Legacy of Black Fluency for Our Brooklyn BabyPosted By The Editors | May 22nd, 2009 | Category: Hot Topics | 5 comments Print This Post Print This Post By EisaContinue reading

Original Link (obsolete): http://www.thedefendersonline.com/2009/05/08/heart-of-my-heart-mothers%E2%80%99-eye-views-of-love/ Remembering ?Great Mom? on My First Mother?s Day By Eisa Ulen One day when I was a girl, I discovered a bag of old family pictures in my grandmother?s closet. YearsContinue reading