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Four Man Carry

This traditional game was played to test ones ability to pack an animal or other heavy loads that they would often need to do when gathering different items that they would need to take back to their people. The objective to this game is to have four people latch onto…
Categories: Traditional Games and Sports

Gonorrhea

Gonorrhea is a common sexually transmitted disease (STD). It can affect the penis, cervix, anus, throat or eyes. How do you catch it? Gonorrhea is transmitted through unprotected sex—vaginal, anal or oral sex without a condom or dental dam.A pregnant woman who has gonorrhea can also pass it onto her…
Categories: Sexual Health, STDs

Finding the Right Person for You

Being happy with yourself, your life and your interests can help you feel content, regardless of whether you are in a relationship or not. Sometimes people bash being single, but in reality – being single is a good opportunity to get to know yourself better and figure out what you…
Categories: Dating

Health and Healing

Though considerable diversity exists throughout Indian Country, traditional Native world views were often fundamentally different than Western and Eastern world views, having unique concepts about health and healing. Traditionally for many American Indian and Alaska Native people, all aspects of life were viewed as intimately intertwined. Mind, body, spirit, and…
Categories: Cultivating Good Mental Health, Wellness and Healing

Herpes

Herpes is a common, recurring sexually transmitted disease (STD) caused by a virus called the Herpes Simplex Virus (HSV). There are two kinds of HSV: Herpes Simplex 1 (HS1) and Herpes Simplex 2 (HS2). Usually, HS1 infects the mouth and causes sores called “cold sores” and HS2 infects the genitals.…
Categories: Sexual Health, STDs

High Kick

High kick is an Alaskan Native game that tests your ability to jump as high as you can, kick a ball that’s at head level or higher, then land back on that same foot. The game is played with some type of marker, usually a ball but you may use…
Categories: Traditional Games and Sports

Historical Trauma

To better understand historical trauma, think about boarding schools – which are one source of trauma still affecting Native youth today. Starting during the late 1800’s and lasting through the mid 1900’s, many of our grandparents and great grandparents were forced to attend government-run Indian boarding schools. At boarding schools,…
Categories: History

Historical Trauma – Steps in Healing

Many Native teens still carry historical trauma with them today. How many of us know other young people who drink or use drugs? How many of us know someone who is abusive because someone in their life abuses them? How many of us have not felt good about ourselves when…
Categories: My Culture, My Mind

History

The history of relationships between Native Americans, Europeans and other immigrants continue to affect us today. The government policies of assimilation, relocation and genocide created questions for Native Americans about their own identity and their sense of belonging in mainstream society; questions over the power they have to self-govern; questions…
Categories: History

HIV/AIDS

The Human Immunodeficiency Virus, commonly known as HIV, is spread when infected bodily fluids from one person enter another person’s body. Pre-cum, semen, vaginal fluids, blood, and breast milk are the fluids that can transmit the virus. HIV attacks the very cells which normally defend the body against illness. Eventually,…
Categories: Sexual Health, STDs

How Does Pregnancy Happen?

When a person with a penis has an orgasm (and ejaculates), millions of sperm are released within the fluid that’s often called “cum.” The more formal name is “semen.” Once a month, people with uteruses release an egg from one of their ovaries. The fallopian tube takes the egg from…
Categories: Pregnancy, Sexual Health
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