DOI
10.9707/1944-5660.1403
Key Points
Funders continue to be challenged by how to best promote work in American Indian communities that builds health equity, addresses community context, and reduces the disproportionate impact of commercial tobacco.
In particular, public health programs that address substance abuse and tobacco control promote the use of evidence-based practices that tend to emphasize a one-size-fits-all approach and that are rarely researched among American Indian populations. These practices, therefore, lack cultural validity in those communities.
This article examines how three organizations collaborated on work to control commercial tobacco use in Minnesota’s Indian Country, and shares lessons learned on how they came to incorporate tribal culture, respect traditional tobacco practices, and acknowledge historical trauma to inform their grantmaking.
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Recommended Citation
Bosma, L. M., Martínez, J., Toves Villaluz, N., Tholkes, C. A., Anderson, L., Brokenleg, S., & Matter, C. M. (2018). In a Good Way: Advancing Funder Collaborations to Promote Health in Indian Country. The Foundation Review, 10(1). https://doi.org/10.9707/1944-5660.1403
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Support for this open access article is provided by ClearWay MinnesotaSM, Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Minnesota, and the Minnesota Department of Health.
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