Institution
University of Saskatchewan
Department
Indigenous Studies
USask Author
On
Johnson-Jennings, Michelle D.
I-Portal Content
Developing a Tribal Health Sovereignty Model for Obesity Prevention
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Derek Jennings
Meg M. Little
Michelle Johnson-Jennings
Progress in Community Health Partnerships: Research, Education, and Action, vol. 12, no. 3, Fall, 2018, pp. 353-362
Description
Examines how Indigenous communities can identify barriers and facilitators to lower American Indigenous childhood obesity.
Hollo Micha Oh Chash: Transforming Historical Trauma Narratives to Improve Community Health
Alternate Title
Indigenous Health Lecture Series, October 2018
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Michelle Johnson-Jennings
Description
This videos examines approaches of reclaiming, revitalizing and reinventing to transform trauma into a new form to improved Indigenous communities.
Duration: 49:54.
Indigenous Data Sovereignty in Action: The Food Wisdom Repository
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Michelle Johnson-Jennings
Derek Jennings
Meg Little
Journal of Indigenous Wellbeing: Te Mauri - Pimatisiwin, vol. 4, no. 1, Data and Digital Sovereignty, July 28, 2019, pp. 26-38
Description
Article describes the development of the online digital repository of wise food practices that is grounded within Indigenous knowledges (IK) and in Indigenous Data Sovereignty (IDS). Authors stress the need for IDS given the effects it can have on policy creation and the well-being of Indigenous peoples. Done in collaboration with the Shakopee Mdewakanton Sioux community.