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Mirjam Hirch

• Native Voices Exhibition

  Oct 6, 2011 by Mirjam Hirch

  An exhibition “Native Voices: Native Peoples’ Concepts of Health and Illness,” opens today at the National Library of Medicine in Bethesda, Maryland. The exhibition tries to ‘map’ an Indigenous cultural approach to understanding concepts of health and illness exploring the interconnectedness of health disease and culture. Dramatic inequalities dominate Indigenous health in many parts of... more →

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• Healing Totem Journey

  Sep 19, 2011 by Mirjam Hirch

  A healing totem pole by master carver Jewell James of the Lummi nation near Belingham, WA, USA on Sept. 13 has embarked on a 4,000 mile cross-country journey from the Pacific Northwest Coast to the National Library of Medicine herb garden at the National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland. At the Library it will be... more →

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• Opening of exceptional circumpolar institute- EALAT

  Mar 24, 2011 by Mirjam Hirch

  Indigenous peoples and scholars are gathering in the far North today for the opening of a unique circumpolar institute, the EALAT Institute, in Kautokeino, Norway. A Sami elder states about who made the many leaders of the circumpolar region come together in a day of lectures and celebrations: “The reindeer has given us a very good... more →

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• 2010 White House Tribal Nations Conference

  Dec 15, 2010 by Mirjam Hirch

  It is a historic event. Alaska Native and Native American leaders will meet with President Obama at the White House Tribal Nations Conference, held at the headquarters of the Department of Interior in Washington tomorrow on Thursday Dec. 16th. The aim of the tribal summit is to promote stronger communications between tribes and the Obama... more →

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• People in a Changing World

  Nov 18, 2010 by Mirjam Hirch

  How do human-environment relationships affect the reality of communities, concepts of health and well-being? This is the topic of discussions during a conference in Europe’s High North- the 7th International Kastelli Symposium, organized by Thule Institute, University of Oulu in co-operation with University of Arctic Thematic Networks on Global Change and Arctic Medicine, taking place... more →

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