Indigenous Health and Wellness Connections - IHAWC

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05/09/2025

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05/01/2025

HAWC and all our collaborators invite you to attend The Spring Opioid Symposium held on May 7th at the Nuchu Civic Center in Fort Duchesne, Utah.

This is a free community event and all meals will be provided . We are dedicated to empowering our Tribal Communities in the fight against the opioid crisis through education, prevention, and healing.

Our purpose for this event is to raise awareness of the devastating impact of opioid addiction, provide culturally relevant resources, and foster open dialogue about recovery and resilience. By reducing stigma and strengthening community support, we strive to promote healing and protect future generations from the grip of addiction.

Together, we break the stigma, strengthen support, and protect future generations.

04/16/2025

Updated Flyer

🎓✨ Honoring our Graduates! Join us for the 2025 Shoshone-Bannock Jr/Sr High School Graduation Powwow as we celebrate our next generation of leaders. 💫

📍Fort Hall, Idaho
📅 May 23 & 24, 2025
🪶 Grand Entry: May 23rd: 7:00PM. May 24th: 1:00PM & 6:00PM

Everyone is welcome!

04/02/2025

IHAWC and all our collaborators invite you to attend The Ute Indian Tribe Opioid Symposium held on May 7th at the Nuchu Civic Center in Fort Duchesne, Utah.

This is a free community event and all meals will be provided . We are dedicated to empowering our Tribal Communities in the fight against the opioid crisis through education, prevention, and healing.

Our purpose for this event is to raise awareness of the devastating impact of opioid addiction, provide culturally relevant resources, and foster open dialogue about recovery and resilience. By reducing stigma and strengthening community support, we strive to promote healing and protect future generations from the grip of addiction.

Together, we break the stigma, strengthen support, and protect future generations.

03/28/2025

IHAWC is proud to announce that we will be the mentor organization for Gabrielle Pike's Dreamstarter project titled "Nah-Nây: To Grow"

Gabrielle is the daughter of Janae Chapoose and the late Dino Pike; the granddaughter of the late Haskell Chapoose and the late Sherrie Dixon; the granddaughter of the late Wilber Black and Pauline Checora. She is Uncompahgre Ute maternally and an enrolled member of the Navajo Nation. Born and raised on the Uintah & Ouray Reservation, Gabrielle grew up alongside her three siblings: Quinn, Emmarie, and Sophie.

In her youth, Gabrielle helped her mother in the family garden, where she learned valuable lessons about self-determination and patience. These early experiences laid the foundation for her future endeavors, including her passion for wholistic healing practices.

During her LDS Mission in Vancouver, Washington, Gabrielle faced numerous physical, spiritual, and mental challenges. With the support of her Mission Leaders, she discovered that her health issues were largely due to gluten and dairy intolerance.

Reflecting on this, she noted;

"I'm Native! It made total sense to me that my body was unable to process gluten and dairy because those are products of Westernization."

This realization deepened her desire to explore remedies rooted in her indigenous cultural traditions. She turned to her family for wisdom about medicines and practices specific to her tribe that could help her manage her physical, emotional, spiritual, and mental health. With love and support from her family, mentors, and community Gabrielle successfully completed her mission in November 2024 and returned home with a renewed sense of determination.

When given the opportunity to apply for the Dreamstarter Grant, Gabrielle knew exactly what her dream would be: a Medicinal Ute Garden accessible to anyone seeking traditional medicines for what ails them.

"Every ailment has a spiritual solution," Gabrielle emphasizes. "By cultivating and distributing traditional/spiritual medicines to our communities we are bridging our past to the present; as well as nurturing the generations to come."

Gabrielle knows that this garden will assist in the intergenerational healing needed for herself, her family, and her community.

"When the seven generations gather and the circle is whole, we will rejoice in the reunion knowing that we not only survived, but thrived." Gabrielle Pike.

Through Nah-Nây, Gabrielle aims to create a lasting legacy of healing and cultural strength for her community.

10/21/2024

The IHAWC team is excited to support the Urban Indian Center of Salt Lake at their 5th Annual Two Spirit+ Powwow! Join us for a free community feast, dancing, artist market, and more.

This is a free community powwow that is open for all ages, dance styles, and identities.



The Urban Indian Center of Salt Lake’s 2 Spirit+ Powwow is dedicated to celebrating and honoring all Indigenous identities. Our mission is to challenge colonized ideas, remove barriers, integrate Indigenous knowledge, and amplify 2 Spirit+ voices. We are committed to fostering an environment where all LGBTQ+ individuals and allies can thrive without facing discrimination, criticism, harassment, or harm. Through meaningful support, we aim to promote mental, physical, social, and spiritual wellness for everyone we serve.

09/30/2024

September 30th is Orange Shirt Day!

Since 2022, when Canada established their National Day of Truth and Reconciliation, Indigenous People in both the US and Canada take this day to acknowledge the survivors of boarding and residential schools and those who never returned. While boarding and residential schools are a part of Indigenous communities’ past, the effects of these policies still affect us today.

Orange Shirt Day is a time to educate others, reflect on the strength and resilience of indigenous people and celebrate the continuation of our people, language and culture.

Boarding and residential schools were part of federal policies to eradicate the “Indian problem” and although the effects of the abuse that many of our ancestors and elders experienced, we are still here!

🧠: Kristina Groves
To read more, visit us at IHAWC.org/post/orange-shirt-day

05/06/2024