The First Annual Conference on Native American Nutrition was a milestone event in the growing movement to restore Native American health by reclaiming traditional diets and foodways and increasing access to nutritious food.
The conference was a collaboration between the Shakopee Mdewakanton Sioux Community and the University of Minnesota. It was organized by a planning committee of Native and non-Native scholars and practitioners led by the university’s Healthy Foods, Healthy Lives Institute
The conference brought together more than 450 Native leaders, academics, and public health workers to collaborate and integrate traditional, Indigenous knowledge and Western, scientific research in order to combat the significant dietary factors contributing to profound Native health disparities.
The sold-out conference featured more than 30 world-renowned Indigenous nutrition experts and included participants from 32 states, five countries, and dozens of tribes. A summary report, videos of the speeches, and other resources will be available on this website in the coming weeks. The conference proceedings will be published in 2017.
Sponsors
Presenting sponsors
Gold
Bronze
- Allina Health
- Learning ZoneXpress
- University of Minnesota College of Food, Agricultural and Natural Resource Sciences
- University of Minnesota Department of Food Science and Nutrition
- University of Minnesota Extension
- University of Minnesota Medical School
- University of Minnesota Office for Public Engagement
- University of Minnesota School of Public Health
Other sponsors
- University of Minnesota College of Pharmacy
- University of Minnesota Extension Center for Family Development
- University of Minnesota Humphrey School of Public Affairs
- University of Minnesota Obesity Prevention Center
- University of Minnesota Regional Sustainable Development Partnerships
