Amanda Whitesinger talks about health of Native Americans
3/30/2023 | 1mVideo has Closed Captions
Amanda Whitesinger talks about the multiple health concerns facing Native Americans
Amanda Whitesinger is a Navajo and an Indigenous Wellness Manager. She speaks to Our Voices about the multiple health concerns facing Native Americans and how gardens can provide them with access to traditional foods and opportunities to reconnect with the land.
Our Voices is a local public television program presented by Arizona PBS
Amanda Whitesinger talks about health of Native Americans
3/30/2023 | 1mVideo has Closed Captions
Amanda Whitesinger is a Navajo and an Indigenous Wellness Manager. She speaks to Our Voices about the multiple health concerns facing Native Americans and how gardens can provide them with access to traditional foods and opportunities to reconnect with the land.
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Learn Moreabout PBS online sponsorship(people chattering indistinctly) - My name is Amanda Whitesinger, and I am Navajo.
I know as Indigenous people, we have a lot of health concern, diabetes, obesity, access to care, and so I think what Indian country is picking up is that a community garden or a garden of any sort can really help tackle all of these challenges that we're currently facing.
And then just like reconnecting to the land, reconnecting to the food, and having a relationship with food, now we can actually go back and relearn that squash, corn, beans, these are what our ancestors were eating that our ancestors were mostly plant-based.
Teaching that in the community gardens is really important, but really I think when it comes down to it, it provides that reconnection.
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Our Voices is a local public television program presented by Arizona PBS