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Highlights in Minority Health
 November 2002

Logo graphic for the CDC Celebration of National American Indian Heritage Month. Picture shows a collage of older American Indian people, Buffallo, Eagle feathers, a drum, set on a yellow background with red and orange text boxes.

CDC’s National Native American, Alaska Native and Native Hawaiian Coalition celebrated National American Indian Heritage Month by hosting “Honor: Honoring Life, Honoring Elders, Honoring Heritage.”  The event took place on Friday, Nov. 22, at CDC’s Roybal Campus in Atlanta, Georgia.

The event featured cultural performances and presentations including Tom Blue Wolf, Executive Director of Earthkeepers (Muskogee tribe); Brenda Robinson, Leader of the Gila River tribe; Charles Grimm, Interim Director of the Indian Health Service (Cherokee tribe), and the Kau-ta-noh Jrs (drum group, various tribes).  Dr. Julie Gerberding, Director of CDC, gave a moving talk about her personal experiences with American Indian communities in her youth.  The drum group surprised Craig Wilkins, Co-Chair of AI/AN/NH Coalition (Lumbee tribe) by honoring him as a role model for young American Indians and Alaska Natives.

Speakers:
Julie L. Gerberding, MD, MPH, Director, CDC
Henry Falk, MD, MPH, Assistant Administrator, ATSDR
Craig Wilkins, MPH, Co-Chair of AI/AN/NH Coalition, Lumbee
Dean S. Seneca, MPH, MCURP, Office of Tribal Affairs, ATSDR, Seneca
Alan Crawford, MPH, Office of Tribal Affairs, ATSDR, Blackfeet

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