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We get all these partners together in the same room, and there’s an incredible energy of healing and learning.

Buffalo, NY (PRWEB) August 01, 2017

This special 10th national gathering, dedicated to the theme “Strength Through Tradition and Science,” will bring Native American and First Nations community members from across the continent together with advocates, researchers, clinical care providers and a variety of health service providers for a series of seminars, panel discussions and social/cultural gatherings all focused on opportunities to improve health, wellness and access to care for indigenous populations in North America. The name Spirit of EAGLES reflects the organization’s six areas of focus: survivors, education, advocacy, grants, leadership and scholarship.

“Spirit of EAGLES is a blend of traditional perspectives, culture and science, built from the idea that we can do the most good by listening to one another,” says event co-director Rodney Haring, PhD, MSW, Assistant Professor of Oncology in the Office of Cancer Health Disparities Research at Roswell Park and an enrolled member of the Seneca Nation. “We get all these partners together in the same room, and there’s an incredible energy of healing and learning that I’ve never experienced in any other event or environment.”

“All who work with American Indian and Alaska Native community-based health promotion and disease prevention are welcome and encouraged to join us,” adds conference co-director Judith Salmon Kaur, MD, Medical Director for Native American Programs at Mayo Clinic Cancer Center. “It’s important to create a forum for discussing how to address chronic health issues, where we have opportunities to promote health, wellness and prevention and how to best apply what we learn by translating our science to the communities it’s designed to benefit.” Dr. Kaur is Choctaw/Cherokee and one of only two American Indian medical oncologists in the country.





Annie Deck-Miller
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