BETHESDA, MD – The return of double-hulled canoes that crossed the Pacific Ocean centuries before international sailing, steam, and motorized ships represents a restoration of Native Hawaiian health and culture, said Nainoa Thompson, president of the Polynesian Voyaging Society, in a speech at the National Library of Medicine (NLM) in May. Thompson said one of…
VANCOUVER, WASHINGTON — The Native Voices traveling exhibition’s stop at Clark College was celebrated by a blessing ceremony, a community-generated book display, and related historical exhibits. The exhibition’s opening on February 9 was led by Chinook tribal elder (and Clark alumnus) Sam Robinson as he began a blessing ceremony that featured drummers and singing. In…
LORETTO, PA – The Native Voices traveling exhibition stopped in April at Saint Francis University, one of America’s oldest Catholic universities. “[The exhibition] is an opportunity to look at culture and how it affects health decisions,” said Janie Rager, associate dean of St. Francis University’s Library, which hosted the exhibition. Brother Martin Zatsick, TOR, a…
BUFFALO, NY – The University at Buffalo welcomed the Native Voices traveling exhibition with a winter ceremony and a panel discussion. The traveling exhibition is now under the stewardship of the American Library Association (ALA). Through a competitive process, ALA selected the Health Sciences Library at the University at Buffalo as one of the initial hosts of…
WASHINGTON, DC – In its last stop under NLM’s auspices, the revised Native Voices traveling exhibition impressed ground floor visitors to the Milken Institute School of Public Health, George Washington University during the fall and winter of 2015-16. Visitors to the recently opened Milken Institute School of Public Health building were able to interact with…
SALT LAKE CITY, UT – The Native Voices traveling exhibition spawned a lecture series about Native American health during its fall 2015 stay at the Spencer S. Eccles Health Sciences Library, University of Utah. The Eccles Library is the MidContinental Regional Medical Library of the National Network of Libraries of Medicine, which is sponsored by…
JUNEAU, AK — The Native Voices traveling exhibition visited Alaska’s capital at the University of Alaska Southeast during fall and early winter 2015. “The Native Voices exhibition was a beautiful, stimulating addition to the library [last] semester,” said Jonas A. Lamb, Public Services Librarian at the university’s Egan Library. The university is located in Alaska’s southeastern territory…
KAPOLEI, HI — Continuing its journey in our southernmost state, the Native Voices traveling exhibition was hosted by the University of Hawaii-West Oahu’s library for the last few months. Local librarians estimated about 600 university students have visited the Native Voices traveling exhibition so far during its stay on the warmer and drier side of…
TUCSON, AZ–The Arizona Health Sciences Library (AHSL) at the University of Arizona welcomed the National Library of Medicine’s (NLM) Director Emeritus as part of a day-long conference in mid-October. During a luncheon speech at AHSL’s Native Voices in the Southwest conference, Dr. Donald A.B. Lindberg MD discussed his journeys to diverse Native American, Alaska Native,…
ANCHORAGE, AK–This 2005 photo–sent recently by Ted Mala, MD (former Commissioner of Health and Social Services in Alaska)–captures a moment that eventually led to the National Library of Medicine’s Native Voices: Native People’s Concepts of Health and Illness Exhibition. The photo portrays an epiphany (soon reinforced by similar experiences) that over time persuaded Donald A.B.…
