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Improving Personal and Community Health through the Reconnection of Indigenous Foods and Practices

Posted by zl352 on January 10, 2026

Author: Pamela Lowie
Seminar: Ethnoecology of Indigenous Foods: Re-learning our Local Food Systems
Program: DINÉ
Subject Area: Other
Grade Level: High school
Year of Publication: 2025

Abstract

My curriculum unit topic is educating students on how to reconnect with traditional Indigenous
food systems and practices (as well as introducing the topic to non-native students). This curriculum will be one component of the comprehensive unit that investigates the physical health element of the “health triangle” in a typical Arizona high school health course. A health triangle is a model that emphasizes the relationship between an individual’s physical, social, and mental/emotional health, and how the elements must be in balance for excellent overall health and wellness (Marshall, 2023).

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