Meet Sterling Warjack (Shoshone Bannock), age 21. If you went to high school with him, you would not recognize him today. He has lost over 60 pounds. Instead of a baggy pair of shorts and a triple-X T-shirt, he wears Levis and a polo shirt. But the biggest difference is what he wears on his face: a smile. Read more
Several years ago, when Delson Suppah, Sr. (Warm Springs) was diagnosed with diabetes, he listed what he thought were the steps of diabetes: “Go on insulin. Go on dialysis. Get an amputation. Die a painful death.” No wonder Delson felt this way: “I was devastated.” Read more
James Billie has a lot on his plate. He was just elected as the Chairman of the Seminole Tribe of Florida. (He had served previously for 23 years.) He took office on June 6. And, in the next few weeks, he will be starting on a Subway-sandwich-only* eating regime, with a goal of losing 60 pounds. Read more
In 1986 Hank Gobin (Tulalip Tribes) went to his doctor for what turned out to be short, and not so sweet, visit. The doctor told him he was, “borderline diabetic.”* Hank says his fasting blood sugar level was about 250.
“I didn’t know what diabetes was,” he says. At the time, he knew of only one person who had diabetes. “I didn’t have proper information about diabetes.” Read more
To lose weight, it helps to set future goals. But, it also might help to look in the past, to find out why you gained weight, and where you got your feelings about food, and your eating habits.
Lynette Romero is a single woman who has lost more than 20 pounds. She says some of her eating habits came from her childhood living on the Bishop Paiute Reservation. She says her family ate typical “rez” food that was affordable and filled up their stomachs: beans and rice, casseroles, biscuits, fish and deer meat. Read more
Yakama Nation Woman Digs, Prepares, and Eats Traditional Roots as a Way to Stay Physically and Spiritually Healthy
Every Sunday at the Yakama Nation Longhouse there is a feast. Each plate contains traditional foods set upon them in a specific sequence: first the salmon, then the roots, then the choke cherries and huckleberries.
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