Social and Environmental Justice
The staff of the Native American Community Board/Native American Women’s Health Education Resource Center has a unique understanding of where social issues and environmental issues intersect and it is this understanding that drives our work forward. Much of the work that we do on environmental issues focuses on ways we can reduce our carbon footprint on Mother Earth, while dealing with the unique social issues that we address. A current example of our work on social and environmental issues is the recent solar heating panel installation, done for the transitional housing that we have for women and their families seeking to break the ties of domestic violence.


More on the solar panel installation: Video #1, Video #2, Honorearth.org.
Our work also includes organizing community members, especially our youth, to take a stand on such issues as the right to clean drinking water, clean air, and in general a safe environment.


Another example is the recent planting of two thousand indigenous fruit trees and bushes throughout the Yankton Sioux Reservation over the past five years to preserve our traditional life-ways.
Board of Directors
Katrina Cantrell
Shoshone
Chairperson
Dr. Mia Luluqusien
Ilocano/Heilstuk
Vice-Chairperson
Kim Mettler-Chase
Three Affiliated Tribes (Mandan)
Secretary/Treasurer
Arlene Hache
Ojibwe/Algonquin
Yolandra Toya
Jicarilla Apache
Charon Asetoyer
Comanche
CEO
Founding Directors
Clarence Rockboy
Yankton Sioux
Listen to 'Wisdom of the Elder'
Charon Asetoyer
Comanche
Jackie R. Rouse
Yankton Sioux
Mission
Contact Us
The Native American Women's Health Education Resource CenterP.O. Box 572 Lake Andes, SD 57356 ph: (605) 487-7072 fax: (605) 487-7964 charon@charles-mix.com |







The Native American Women's Health Education Resource Center