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On February 1st, 2006, 21 American Indian elders, adults and youth completed a family peer education training on prediabetes conducted by Sheryl Scott (Scott Consulting Partners) and Yvonne Ortiz, Colette Lawrence and Sharon Day (Indigenous Peoples Task Force) in Minneapolis. Family peer educators have been given the knowledge and tools to reach family members at high risk for diabetes. The training draws on indigenous traditional knowledge about healthy eating and active living. Participants named their project Piya wiconi (we’re going to live better again). Family education will continue through the summer of 2006.

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TOOLS AND PUBLICATIONS

EMPOWERMENT EVALUATION
Storytelling Method -- A presentation describing a structured storytelling method for evaluation, the Community Change Chronicles, and its relationship to the Progress Tracking System (PTS), an ongoing process evaluation system. The PTS is participatory, computerized data collection used by coalitions and community groups working on evidence based practices in tobacco prevention and control. Examples of stories can be downloaded here: (Powow and School)
Tools for Schools -- A set of data collection tools used to empower youth to become leaders in creating policy change for tobacco abuse prevention.

PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT
Piya Wiconi “We’re going to live better again” (Lakota)– In 2006 and 2007, we collaborated with a group of dedicated American Indian community members to develop a program to conduct family peer education to prevent diabetes. This 4-page Executive Summary shares highlights of the accomplishment of the family educators. For a copy of the 4-session curriculum or other program materials, contact Sheri at SCP.
NCCU Toolkit Contents -- The table of contents for our technical assistance toolkit on tobacco control and prevention advocacy initiatives for Historically Black Colleges and Universities.

COMMUNITY BASED RESEARCH
Tobacco: Telling our story. An introductory report to the American Indian Community Tobacco Project- This is the first in a series of reports on the ground-breaking community based participatory research on tobacco use among American Indians. The report sets the stages with critical historical and cultural contextual issues. Available at: http://www.epi.umn.edu/research/aictp/publications.shtm

Casino Report – Secondhand smoke is a major health concern for Native communities, who still suffer from smoking rates of 50% or more in the upper Midwest. Our participatory, community based research process helped to reveal some of the important factors from the perspective of Indian leaders involved in decision-making for casinos, one of the largest employers in Indian country as well as in the state of Minnesota.

Community Action Research Report – This is the final report on our 2004 community action research project which used a culturally responsive "Circle of Community Research" model to explore the high smoking rates among American Indian pregnant women. The PhotoVoice research project was conducted by and for American Indian community members, who chose to “publish” the results as a community calendar distributed to over 500 community members, tribal leaders and service agencies.