WISDOM WARRIORS

Empowering our Tribal community with

opportunities to learn and experience

healthy lifestyles.

Wisdom Warriors Celebrate & Share

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CTUIR Comprehensive Plan

2010

3. Aggressively promote chronic illness

and diabetes prevention and early

detection with focus on cardiac illness.

9. Promote the wellbeing of all Tribal

members.

Strategic Goal

➢Improve the confidence of community

members living with chronic disease to

self-manage chronic disease through

health education, community outreach,

and integration with primary care

teams.

Priority 6

➢The health, safety and well-being of all Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation community members will be nurtured by enhancing opportunities for healthy living, health education, and health promotion guided by cultural values.

Objective 3: Improve confidence in community members living with chronic disease to self-manage chronic disease through health education, community outreach, and integration with primary care teams.

HEALTH EDUCATION

Infrastructure Building

• Sustainability Efforts: Hosted 2 Lay-Leader Trainings

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MASTER TRAINING FOR NORTHWEST TRIBES

Implementation Plan

• First Workshop: Started with Champions in our community– 8 Wisdom Warriors

• Hosted four additional workshops– 4/5– 3/5– 3/4 – 6/7

• 24 Wisdom Warriors in Nixyaawii Country

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Implementation Plan: Start with Champions in Community

COHORT #2

Theda ScottRoy Lentz

Sherri LentzMs. Purple

COHORT #3

EDNA GOODMAN

ROSETTA MINTHORN

KATHLEEN PETERSON

Roberta Wilson, Leo Stewart, Donna Henry

COHORT #4

WISDOM WARRIORSCelebrating National Nutrition Month

Yellowhawk Tribal Health Center strives to empower community members through experiences that provide an opportunity to learn and experience

healthy lifestyles. Chronic Disease Self-Management Program graduates, also known as Wisdom Warriors gather monthly to support one another in managing

their lives.

Wisdom Warriors transplanted tomatoes and butter crunch lettuce at their monthly gathering. These

plants were started by our Community Gardener and Nixyaawii students in the community greenhouse.

We Are What We EatWe Become What We Think

We Have The Ability To CreateWe Are Connected To The Source Of Love

March 2017

WISDOM WARRIORSUnderstanding Labels &

Rethinking the Way We Shop

Yellowhawk Tribal Health Center strives to empower community members through experiences which provide an opportunity to learn and experience

healthy lifestyles. Chronic Disease Self-Management Program graduates, also known as Wisdom Warriors gather monthly to support one another in managing

their lives.

Wisdom Warriors learned about the ingredients on labels, what the numbers mean and what the hidden

words on labels are and were. They explored the grocery store, rethinking the way we shop with

Jennifer Peterson, Yellowhawk Tribal Health Promotion Specialist.

April 2017

Interested in Wisdom Warriors contact: Dionne Bronson at 541-429-4922dionnebronson@yellowhawk.org

www.yellowhawk.org

Ms. Purple receives a lavender rose from Lindsey Watchman as we explore the

perimeter of the store first.

Wisdom Warriors read labels as we explore the perimeter of the store first.

Jennifer Peterson sharing information about sugar and salt.

Kay Pace & Debra Shippentower with their $3 healthy snack purchase.

SUMMER TIME: SHARING OUR

ACCOMPLISHMENTS

Roy Lents receives his incentive beads from CHR, Dionne Bronson

Garden Coordinator, Adrienne Berry shares the garden boxes

that will be used to grow vegetables and herbs outside the

Senior Center.

Community Guest, Art McConville shares his experience at Standing

Rock.

Chief Bill Burke reviewing the information shared.

Roberta Kipp shares her successful action plans earning incentive beads

for her wellness pouch.

Health Coach, Shoshoni Walker guiding Wisdom

Warriors in the Nixyáawii Fitness Room

September 2017

“The key to success in any undertaking is, first, deciding what you want to do; second, deciding how you are going to do it; and finally, learning a set of skills and practicing them until they have been mastered.” (Living a Healthy Live with Chronic Conditions.)

AUGUST – NOVEMBER GATHERINGS

Yellowhawk Tribal Health Center Native Connections shared Conscious Discipline and the movement in the community.

Yellowhawk Tribal Health Center Circles of Hope provided the history and actions of Gathering of Native Americans (GONA) in our community.

The importance of personal emergency preparedness plans were discussed and tools distributed.

Yellowhawk Tribal Health Center Health Educator shared alternatives to soda pop and the amount of sugar in beverages were on display.

The first half of Forks Over Knives documentary was shown.

CELEBRATING OUR ACCOMPLISHMENTS

Welcome table for Gatherers

Wisdom Warriors serving themselves elk stew and whole wheat rolls.

Strawberry, Jicama, blueberry salad, Mint Meringues, Chocolate Coconut Meringues,

Gingerbread Low-fat cookies.

Incentives: towels, fitbits, gift cards, gear bag and lunch bags

Vicki Star, CACD II Counselor visits the gathering.

December 2017

Cara Green

Danielle Broncheau

Randall Minthorn

Julie Taylor

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Not pictured: Claudette Enos, Lauren ‘Kootsie’ Burke

January 2018

Brainstorm:

What do we want to hear, see, do and learn as Wisdom

Warriors over the next 12 months?

➢Health Issues: positive & negative issues, victories, weight loss/gain

➢Tour of the New Clinic➢Addictions: ➢Blueberry Picking➢Up the Umatilla River – Sack lunch➢Walk Together➢Farmers Markets – Tokens provided

Brainstorm: What do we want to hear, see, do and

learn as Wisdom Warriors over the next 12 months?

➢Pendleton Underground Tour (not handicap accessible, a lot of stairs)

➢Shoes➢Exercise – self restriction➢Computer Training – emails➢Smart Phone – training on how to use➢Food – Diet, how to cook, recipes, step by step,

peel, dry, freeze➢Conscious Discipline➢Museum Outings – Woolen Mills

INTEGRATION WITH

PRIMARY CARE TEAMS

EHR Referral Process

Patient

Consult is created for

Wisdom Warriors

CHR

Follow-up within 72 hours

Chart Action Plan &

workshop completion

Follow-up with PCP through

letter or face to face.

Integration

• Provide annual updates to medical team. • Provide fliers, brochures, post cards in patient

rooms on upcoming workshops. • Have doctor and nurse sign off on chart notes.• Efforts to bill and receive payment are in the

beginning stages.

OUTREACH

Events & Activities

• Outreach booth at Annual Community Picnic.• Presence at Seniors Center, advertise and share

program verbally. • Outreach booth at Head Start registration.• Attend Elders dinner, provided overview of

programs offered through Community Wellness• Outreach booth at Passport to Wellness Fair• Attended 477 Collaborative Meeting sharing

program. • Outreach booth at Pendleton Round-Up. • Upcoming: working on short video clip of WW.

Wisdom Warrior Wisdom

• “Sometimes we must go into the unknown.”

• “Never too late to start.”

• “Observe with curiosity rather than judge.”

• “We are what we eat, we become what we think, we create our realities.”

W I S D O M W A R R I O R S A p r i l G a t h e r i n g

Guest Speaker, Yellowhawk Tribal Health Center, Garden Coordinator

A D R I E N N E B E R R Y

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Gathering input from Warriors using the

brainstorming strategy.

Bucket items: seeds, flower bulbs, gardening gloves, mini shovel, mini rake, garden accessory,

garden bucket.

Plant demonstration from the greenhouse.

Garden Incentive Winners: Leo Stewart,

Cara Green with Adrienne Berry.

WISDOM WARRIORS

APRIL 2018

Questions, comments and

suggestions…