Native Elders
Native Elders have rich traditions that shape their health and nutritional needs. Understanding these traditions and the unique challenges tribal communities face can help ensure that nutrition programs are respectful and effective in supporting their health.
Guides
- Quick Guide to Title III and Title VI Nutrition Partnership — Guidance on ways to collaborate to meet the goals of the OAA (Nutrition and Aging Resource Center)
- Title VI Spending Quick Guide — Spending option information helpful to Title III programs that also run or partner with Title VI programs (Nutrition and Aging Resource Center)
- Older Indians Title VI Gardens — Older Americans Act Title VI Gardens and Recipes website (Office for American Indian, Alaskan Native, and Native Hawaiian Programs)
- Title III and Title VI Programs Nutrition Collaboration — Partnership ideas and resources (Nutrition and Aging Resource Center)
Tools & Toolkits
- American Indian Traditional Foods in USDA School Meals Programs— Toolkit on procuring traditional foods, nutrition education, and more (Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction)
- Food Distribution Program on Indian Reservations (FDPIR) Recipes— Links to recipes for foods provided by the FDPIR (USDA)
- My Native Plate— Tool for selecting balanced meals (Indian Health Service, 2024)
- Changing the Narrative About Native Americans: A Guide for Allies— Tool to reframe the narrative about Native Americans (First Nations Development Institute)
- Native Diabetes Wellness Program— Program to help prevent type 2 diabetes (CDC)
- Traditional Unangax^ Foods Nutritional Labels (YouTube)— Short, animated videos for nutrition facts on traditional foods (Aleutian Probilof Islands Association, 2022)
- USDA Indigenous Food Sovereignty Initiative— American Indian/Alaska Native (AI/AN) Indigenous food cooking videos, recipes, foraging videos, and more (USDA)
- Elder Health— Information and resources to support the health of elders (National Indian Council on Aging)
- Find a Title VI Director— Webpage with list of regions, tribal leadership, and Title VI directors (Office for American Indian, Alaskan Native, and Native Hawaiian Programs)
- Native Food Directory— Directory that can be used for tailoring meals in a Title III site for a tribal population (Office for American Indian, Alaskan Native, and Native Hawaiian Programs)
Presentations
- Better Together How Your Title III Program Can Collaborate with Title VI— 60-minute panel discussion demonstrating how three states are successfully coordinating between Title III and Title VI (Nutrition and Aging Resource Center, 2024)
- Cultural Sensitivity: Working with Native Americans— One-hour interactive educational module from the International Association for Indigenous Aging (International Association for Indigenous Aging)
- Making Your Meal Program THRIVE (YouTube)— One-hour video about the University of Arizona Center on Aging project, with accompanying presentation Program THRIVE Slides (Nutrition and Aging Resource Center, 2022)
- Title VI Heart Healthy Traditional Foods (YouTube)— Title VI hour-long webinar on strategies for consuming traditional foods as part of a heart-healthy diet (Office for American Indian, Alaskan Native, and Native Hawaiian Programs, 2023)
Reports
- Title VI and Title III Grantee Collaboration Study (2020)
- Understanding the Training Needs of OAA Title VI Program Nutrition and Aging Program Professionals — Paper that examines the availability of data on meeting the training needs of OAA Title VI nutrition and aging program professionals (Nutrition and Aging Resource Center, 2019)
- Native Elder Nutrition Education & Training Needs Assessment — Survey on Title VI program staff training needs (Nutrition and Aging Resource Center)
- Recommendations for Training Curricula for OAA Title VI Nutrition Program Professionals — Recommendations to improve the administration, implementation, quality, efficiency, and effectiveness of the OAA Title VI Nutrition Program (Nutrition and Aging Resource Center)