Biography
Roberta Patten is a sixth-grade science teacher at San Carlos School in San Carlos Unified School District. San Carlos is the southeastern part of Arizona on the San Carlos Apache Reservation. Patten is a member of the San Carlos Apache tribe and has been an educator with the school district for over thirty years. She has devoted her life to educating her people. She credits the students and community in her quest to provide education to regenerate a healthy Apache diet and lifestyle. The high rate of diabetes is ongoing, perhaps this unit of study will serve as a catalyst to educate Apaches. She gives recognition to the efforts of Seth Pilsk; botanist, Forest Service Resource Program, San Carlos Apache Tribe. The knowledge he has researched and provided to the San Carlos community compelled Ms. Patten to design a curriculum for Apaches to return to the traditional diet. Roberta Patten can be contacted at: Roberta Patten, P. O. Box 1377, San Carlos, AZ 85550 or gozhoo.naghaa.286@gmail.com.