Paths to a New Medicine
November 14 - 17, 2002
Hyatt Regency, Capitol Hill, Washington DC
Jointly Sponsored by
Pro-Cultura, Inc
and
The Continuum Center for Health and Healing, Beth Israel Medical Center
1 - ABOUT THE CONFERENCE
2 - ADVISORY COMMITTEE
3 - PROGRAM
4 - FUNDING AND COLLABORATING INSTITUTIONS
The conference has been convened to explore the uniqueness, wealth and complexity of the healing traditions indigenous to the Americas. While placing emphasis on their potential for delivering culturally sensitive and effective health care, the conference also hopes to draw attention to the critical issues of protection, revitalization and sustainability of traditional healing systems in the Americas.
The CME conference will bring attention and recognition to the many contributions that indigenous health knowledge of the Americas has made to conventional Western medicine, and highlight the effectiveness and value that many traditional practices have through a presentation of case-studies and examples of models, programs and initiatives using traditional health knowledge and resources.
The Conference Objectives are:
- To raise awareness and respect for the traditional healing systems of the Americas
- To review current success in integrating indigenous medical traditions into Western health care delivery systems
- To enhance knowledge of traditional healing systems among Western health care providers
- To discuss potential applications for use of traditional medicine in current clinical practice
- To provide the opportunity for better understanding through direct interactions with traditional healers
Expected Outcome:
- To enhance knowledge of traditional healing systems among Western-trained health
professionals
- To identify best practices, challenges and potential areas for collaboration, protection, research and development of traditional medicine in the Americas
- To increase the capacity for network-building among indigenous healers in the Americas
- To increase the capacity for dialogue and cooperation among traditional healers and health care providers across the health continuum.
Michael J. Balick, PhD, Director and Philecology Curator, Institute of Economic Botany, The New York Botanical Garden, Bronx, NY
Joseph W. Bastien, PhD, Professor of Anthropology, University of Texas-Arlington, TX
Felicia S. Hodge, DrPH (Wailaki), Director, Center for American Indian Research and Education, University of Minnesota at Minneapolis, MN
Bette Keltner, RN, PhD (Cherokee), Dean, School of Nursing & Health Studies at Georgetown University, Washington, DC
Stanley Krippner, PhD, Professor of Psychology, Saybrook Institute, San Francisco, CA
Sandra Land, RN, PhD, Health of the Indigenous Peoples Initiative, Pan American Health Organization, WHO
Tierona Low Dog, MD (Lakota), Assistant Clinical Professor, University of New Mexico, Department of Family and Community
William S. Lyon, PhD, Professor of Anthropology at the University of Missouri at Kansas City, MO
Lewis Mehl-Madrona, MD, PhD, Program in Integrative Medicine, University of Arizona College of Medicine, Tucson, AZ
Ramiro Matos, Associate Curator, National Museum of the American Indian, Smithsonian Institution
Woodson C. Merrell, MD, Director of Beth Israel Center for Health and Healing, New York City, NY
Sylvestre G. Quevedo, MD, Medical Director, The Center for Integrative Medicine, O’Connor Hospital, San Jose, CA
Edwin Strong-Legs Richardson, PhD (Penobscot), Arlington, VA
Rocio Rojas, MD, MPH, Health of the Indigenous Peoples Initiative, Pan American Health Organization, WHO
Joana Rosario, MD, MPH, Deputy Associate Director, Basic Sciences Program Division of AIDS, NIAID, NIH
Helen M. Scheirbeck, Ed.D. (Lumbee) Assistant Director for Public Programs, National Museum of the American Indian, Smithsonian Institution
Anna Souza, Conference Director, Director, Pro-Cultura , Inc.
Sara L. Warber, MD, Co-Director, University of Michigan Complementary and Alternative Medicine Research Center
Thursday, November 14, 2002
Ceremonial Opening - 7 pm
- Welcome: Anna Souza, Director, Pro-Cultura, Inc.
- Opening Remarks and Introductions: Helen M. Scheirbeck, EdD (Lumbee) Assistant Director for Public Programs, National Museum of the American Indian, Smithsonian Institution
- Traditional Healers and Elders present.
Friday, November 15, 2002
PLENARY SESSION # 1
“Past and Present Contributions of Traditional Medicine from the American Continent”
Moderator: Stanley Krippner, PhD, Saybrook Graduate School, San Francisco, CA.
- Godfrey Chips (Lakota) Traditional Healer - Morning Prayer
- Congressman Bernard Sanders, Vermont - Welcome
- Nathan Stinson, MD, Deputy Assistant Secretary of Minority Health, Office of Minority Health, DHHS –Opening Remarks
- Cynthia Lindquist Mala, PhD candidate (Spirit Lake Dakotah) University of North Dakota School of Medicine & Health Sciences, ND - Introduction to the Healing Traditions of the Americas
- Marlyn Cook, MD (Cree) Mohawk Council of Akwesasne Department of Health – Our Ways, Our Medicines, Our Ceremonies – Fitting In Western Medicine
- Elena Avila, RN, MSN, Curandera - The Heart of Healing – Curandersimo’s Contributions to Western Medicine
- Gordon M. Cragg, PhD, National Cancer Institute, NIH, Washington, DC - The Role of American Medicinal Plants in Drug Discovery and Development
- William S. Lyon, PhD, University of Missouri, Kansas City, MO - Indigenous Healing – How It Works
- Xiaorui Zhang, MD, Traditional Medicine Program, WHO, Switzerland - The Status of Traditional Medicine Today, and the World Health Organization’s Strategy
- Michael E. Bird (Santo Domingo/San Juan Pueblo), National Native American Aids Prevention
Center, Oakland, CA - Modern Problems, Ancient Solutions
AFTERNOON BREAK-OUT SESSIONS
# 101 - Medicine Wheel (Part 1 of 5) - Introduction
Moderator/Presenter Judith G. Bartlett, MD, CCFP, Aboriginal Health and Wellness Centre of Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
# 102 - Indigenous Health Knowledge: HIV/AIDS, Malaria, TB and other Infectious Diseases
Moderator: Morgan N. Jackson, MD, MPH, Director, Office of Special Populations, Division of Extramural Research and Training, National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine - NIH
- Michael E. Bird (Santo Domingo/San Juan Pueblo), National Native American Aids Prevention Center, Oakland, CA - HIV/AIDS Prevention Programs in Native Communities
- Joseph W. Bastien, PhD, University of Texas at Arlington, TX - Culture Context Model for Chagas Disease
- Walter H. Lewis, Ph.D., Washington University, St. Louis, MO - Antimalarial Plants used by the Aguaruna Jívaro of Peru: Is There Value in Ethnomedicinal Targeting?
- Xiaorui Zhang, MD, Traditional Medicine Program, WHO, Switzerland - The World Health Organization Traditional Medicine Team’s Work in HIV/AIDS and Malaria
- Fernando Ortega, MD, PhD, University of San Francisco de Quito, Ecuador - Traditional vs. Pharmaceutical Therapy -
A Cost Effectiveness Analysis for Community Control of Ascariasis.
# 103 - Techniques of Indigenous Diagnosis
- Godfrey Chips (Lakota) Medicine Man, South Dakota
- Stanley Krippner, PhD, Saybrook Graduate School, San Francisco, CA
- William S. Lyon, PhD, University of Missouri, Kansas City, MO
- Francis Mitchell (Navajo) Singer, New Mexico
- Edwin Strong-Legs Richardson, PhD (Penobscot), Arlington, VA
- Rick Thomas (Santee) Traditional Healer, Nebraska
# 104 - Concepts of Health and Disease in Traditional Healing Systems of the Americas
Moderator: Woodson C. Merrell, MD - Beth Israel Center for Health and Healing, New York
Position Paper: Jeffrey A. Henderson, MD, MPH (Lakota) Black Hills Center for American Indian Health & U. of Colorado Health Sciences Center
Discussants:
- Rosita Arvigo, Traditional Healer, Belize
- Elena Avila, RN (Curandera), New Mexico
- Eve Bruce, MD, Private Practice, Baltimore, MD
- Lisa Dolchok (Yupik/Aleut), Tribal Doctor, Southcentral Foundation, Anchorage AZ
- Josias Fiddler (Cree), Traditional Healer, Sandy Lake, Ontario, Canada
- Robert Morgan, PhD, Southcentral Foundation, Anchorage, AZ
- Sara L. Warber, MD, Co-Director, University of Michigan Complementary and Alternative Medicine Research Center
- Marilyn Youngbird (Arikara/Hidatsa), Traditional Healer
Saturday, November 16, 2002
PLENARY SESSION # 2
“Integration and Collaboration: How Can it Work Successfully?”
Moderator: Joseph W. Bastien, PhD, University of Texas at Arlington, TX
- Rick Thomas (Santee) Traditional Healer - Morning Prayer
- Joseph W. Bastien, PhD, University of Texas at Arlington, TX - Welcome and Introductions
- Ian Potter, Assistant Deputy Minister of Health, Canada - “Integration of Traditional Medicine into the National Health System in Canada”
- Rocio Rojas, MD, MPH (Quechua) Pan American Health Organization, Washington DC - Harmonization of the Indigenous and Conventional Health Systems in the Americas
- Roberto Villarreal, MD, South Texas Health Research Center, San Antonio, TX – Traditional Therapies: The Academic Paradox
- Felicia Schanche Hodge, DrPH, (Wailaki) Center for American Indian Research and Education, University of Minnesota, MN - Talking Circles: A Successful Example of an Ancient Tradition at Work
MORNING BREAK-OUT SESSIONS
# 201 - Medicine Wheel continued (Part 2 of 5)
“Birth, Childhood and Adolescence”
Moderator: Rosalyn L. Bruyere, Healer, Medicine Woman, Sierra Madre, CA
- Katsi Cook (Mohawk), Traditional Midwife
- V. Janice Longboat (Mohawk), Medicine Woman
# 202 - Issues of Research Methodology: Current Research on Indigenous Healing Traditions Part 1 of 2 - Morning Session
Moderator: Claire Cassidy, PhD, Independent Research Methodologist
- Sara Warber, MD, University of Michigan Complementary and Alternative Medicine Research Center - Systematic Observational Data: Steps on the Path of Knowing
- Steven Dentali, PhD, American Herbal Products Association, Silver Spring, MD - Herbal Research: Issues of Standardization
- Adriane Fugh-Berman, MD, George Washington University School of Medicine, Department of Health Care Sciences – Traditional Remedies and Modern Methodologies: An Overview of Controlled Clinical Trials on Black Cohosh and Red Clover for Menopausal Symptoms.
# 203 - Traditional Native American Healing and Mental Health (all-day Workshop & Grand Rounds)
Chair and Moderator: Lewis Mehl-Madrona, MD, PhD, Program in Integrative Medicine, University of Arizona College of Medicine, AZ
Discussants:
- Judith G. Bartlett, MD, CCFP, (Metis) Aboriginal Health and Wellness Centre, Canada
- Kathy Bird, RN, (Cree-Dakota)Traditional Healers Clinic, Manitoba, Canada
- Jonathan Ellerby, Health Sciences Centre, Winnipeg, Canada
- Paul Skinner, PhD, Native American Research and Training Center, AZ
- Mark Thompson (Anishinabe) Traditional Healer, Manitoba, Canada
- Marilyn Youngbird (Arikara/Hidatsa), Traditional Healer
# 204 - Working with Indigenous Health Knowledge and Substance Abuse and Addiction
Moderator: Bette Keltner, RN, PhD, (Cherokee) Dean, School of Nursing, Georgetown University.
- Jacques Mabit, TAKIWASI, Peru
- Eric Shirt (Cree), Chair – Traditional Healing Committee, National Aboriginal Health Organization, Canada
- Rick Thomas (Santee), traditional healer
# 205 - Presentation of Initiatives and Case Studies of Collaboration/Integration (Part One)
Moderator: Sandra Land, RN, PhD, Pan American Health Organization, Washington, DC
- Integrating Traditional Healing into Western Medicine: The Southcentral Foundation Model (Alaska) - Ted Mala, MD (Inupiat Eskimo/Alaska Native) and Southcentral Foundation Staff
- Native Plants Native Knowledge: A National Native American Elder's Committee Working with Industry and Government - Chief Ray Couch (Appalachian Cherokee), Trish Flaster, Botanical Liaisons, Mary Maruca, US Fish and Wildlife
- American Association of Indian Physicians: A Commitment to Traditional Medicine – James W. Thompson, MD, MPH (Lenape) President Elect AAIP, Office of Education, NIH
- National Aboriginal Health Organization (NAHO), Canada - Dawn Martin-Hill, PhD (Mohawk) & Eric
Shirt (Cree) Traditional Healing Committee, NAHO, Canada
- Business Development and Medicinal Traditions: The Example of “Native American Botanics” - Guillermo Quiroga, MBA (Pasqua Yaqui) Native American Botanics Corporation, Tucson, AZ,
AFTERNOON BREAK-OUT SESSIONS
# 301 - Medicine Wheel continued (Part 3 of 5)
“Wellness and Nutrition”
Moderator: Robert Morgan, PhD, Southcentral Foundation, Anchorage, AZ
- Rita Pitka Blumenstein (Alaska Native) Tribal Doctor, Southcentral Foundation, Anchorage AZ
- Lisa Dolchok, (Yupik/Aleut) Tribal Doctor, Southcentral Foundation, Anchorage AZ
- Eric Shirt (Cree), Chair – Traditional Healing Committee, National Aborig
inal Health Organization, Canada
# 302 - Issues of Research Methodology: Developing Appropriate Research Methodologies in the Context of Culture - Part 2 of 2 - Afternoon Session
Moderator: Sara L. Warber, MD, Co-Director, University of Michigan Complementary and Alternative Medicine Research Center.
- James B. Waldram, PhD, University of Saskatchewan, Canada - Methodological Issues Concerning the Efficacy of Traditional Medicine.
- Leslie L. Randall, RN, MPH ( Nez Perce) Senior MCH Epidemiologist, CDC- Conducting Research in Native Communities
- Dawn Martin-Hill, PhD (Mohawk) McMaster University, Ontario, Canada - Indigenous Knowledge as a Theoretical Paradigm for Researching Traditional Medicine
- Felicia Schanche Hodge, DrPH, (Wailaki) Center for American Indian Research and Education, University of Minnesota, MN - Utilizing Oral Tradition of Storytelling in Healing
- Gene Thin Elk (Lakota) Traditional Healer and Rev. Jonathan Ellerby, Health Sciences Centre, Winnipeg, Canada - Indigenous Epistemologies: Protocols and Ways of Knowing
- Larry Murillo, MPH, UC- Berkeley, School of Public Health - A Community Approach to Health Based on Cultural Values (Tentative)
# 303 - Traditional Native American Healing and Mental Health - continued from # 203.
Chair and Moderator: Lewis Mehl-Madrona, MD, PhD, Program in Integrative Medicine, University of Arizona College of Medicine, AZ
- Judith G. Bartlett, MD, CCFP, (Metis) Aboriginal Health and Wellness Centre, Canada
- Kathy Bird, RN, (Cree-Dakota)Traditional Healers Clinic, Manitoba, Canada
- Jonathan Ellerby, Health Sciences Centre, Winnipeg, Canada
- Paul Skinner, PhD, Native American Research and Training Center, AZ
- Mark Thompson (Anishinabe) Traditional Healer, Manitoba, Canada
- Marilyn Youngbird (Arikara/Hidatsa), Traditional Healer
# 304 - Working with Indigenous Health Knowledge and Diabetes
Moderator: Sylvestre Quevedo, MD, MPH (Apache), Center for Integrative Medicine, San Jose, CA
- Diane Whitney, Traditional Medicine Team, WHO and Yale University -The World Health Organization Traditional Medicine Team’s Work in Diabetes
- Roxanne Struthers, PhD, RN, University of Minnesota School of Nursing, MN - Utilization of Peer Facilitators in the Talking Circle, a Culturally Based Diabetic Intervention
- Paul Skinner, PhD, Native American Research and Training Center, AZ – Diabetes: Lifestyle & Behavioral Health
- Gerard Kisto (Tohono O’odham & Pima) Traditional Healer, Diabetes Education Center, Gila River Health Care Center, AZ and Donald Warne, MD, CDE, MPH, (Oglala Lakota), National Institute of Diabetes & Digestive & Kidney Disease - NIH - Integrating Traditional and Modern Medicine in Diabetes Care
# 305 - Presentation of Initiatives and Case Studies of Collaboration/Integration – Contd. from # 205
Moderator: Sandra Land, RN, PhD, Pan American Health Organization, Washington, DC
- Traditional Healers Clinic, Canada - Mark Thompson (Anishinabe) Traditional Healer and Kathy Bird, RN (Cree-Dakota) Traditional Healer
- Shamans and Apprentices Program, Amazon Conservation Team, Colombia – Taita Luciano Mutumbajoy (Ingano),Traditional healer and German Zuluaga, MD
- Rainforest Health Project, Peru - Cheryle Palmer, RN
- Hospital Makewe, Chile - Jaime Ibacache, MD
- Ixchel Foundation, Belize - Rosita Arvigo, Traditional Healer
- Manu Park, Q’eros Integrated Health Centers, Peru - Donna Runnalls, Pro-Naturaleza & Living Bridges Foundation
Sunday, November 17, 2002
PLENARY SESSION # 3
“Protecting Traditional Health Systems and Knowledge in the Americas”
Moderator: Sylvestre Quevedo, MD, MPH, (Apache), Center for Integrative Medicine, San Jose, CA
- Taita Luciano Mutumbajoy (Ingano), Shaman/Traditional healer, Colombia, - Morning Prayer
- Wilbur Woodis, Indian Health Service, Washington DC - Should Government Cover Traditional Indian Medicine
- John Molina, MD - Intersection of Law, Healing and Culture: The Doctor-Patient Relationship
- Elena Rios, MD, MSPH, President, National Hispanic Medical Association - The Importance of Developing a Cultural Competence Curriculum for Health Professions Students (Tentative Title)
- Walter H. Lewis, PhD, Washington University, St Louis, MO - Why Washington University Research Collaboration with the Aguaruna Jívaro of Peru Exists and Functions
- Katy Moran, The Healing Forest Conservancy, Washington, DC Conservation and Sustainable Use of Biocultural Resources under the UN Convention on Biological Diversity
MORNING BREAK-OUT SESSIONS
# 401 - Medicine Wheel continued (Part 4 of 5)
“Trauma: Roads to Healing”
Moderator: Marilyn Youngbird (Arikara/Hidatsa), Traditional Healer
- Rosalyn L. Bruyere, Healer, Medicine Woman, Sierra Madre, CA
- Gilbert “Buz” Daney (Chotktaw). Traditional Healer, Southcentral Foundation, Anchorage, AZ
- Josias Fiddler (Cree), Traditional Healer, Sandy Lake, Ontario, Canada
- Lenore Wiand, PhD, University of Michigan Complementary and Alternative Medicine Research Center
# 402 - Indigenous Healing Knowledge and Women’s Health (Part 1)
Moderators
- Marlyn Cook, MD, (Cree), Mohawk Council of Akwesasne Department of Health, Canada
- Sara L. Warber, MD, Co-Director, University of Michigan Complementary and Alternative Medicine and Research Center
Presenters
- Rosita Arvigo, Traditional Healer, Belize
- Elena Avila, RN, Curandera, New Mexico
- Kathy Bird, RN, (Cree-Dakota) Traditional Healers Clinic, Manitoba, Canada
- Katsi Cook (Mohawk) Traditional Midwife, New York, USA
- Lisa Dolchok, (Yupik/Aleut) Tribal Doctor, Southcentral Foundation, Anchorage AZ
- Felicia S. Hodge, DrPH, (Wailaki) Center for American Indian Research and Education, U. of Minnesota, MN
- Leslie L. Randall, RN, MPH( Nez Perce) Senior MCH Epidemiologist, CDC
# 403 - The Healing Space in Traditional Health Knowledge (Part 1)
Moderator
- Alex Stark, Architect, NY
- Rita Pitka Blumenstein, Tribal Doctor, Southcentral Foundation, Anchorage AZ
- Godfrey Chips (Lakota) Traditional Healer
- Katherine Koumoutseas, US Botanic Garden, Washington, DC - Creating a Healing Garden
- Francis Mitchell (Navajo) Singer, New Mexico
- Taita Luciano Mutumbajoy (Ingano), Shaman/Traditional healer, Colombia
- Pacu Nazario Turpo (Quechua) Shaman/Traditional healer, Peru
# 404 - Indigenous Epistemologies: Ways of Learning, Ways of Knowing
- Jonathan H. Ellerby, Winnipeg Regional Health Authority, Canada
- Gene Thin Elk (Lakota) Traditional Healer
AFTERNOON BREAK-OUT SESSIONS
# 501 - Medicine Wheel continued (Part 5 of 5)
“Earth-Based Mentoring through Grief: A Mental Health Perspective “
- Tony Ten Fingers, MA, Psy.D. Student, John F. Kennedy University, CA
# 502 - Indigenous Healing Knowledge and Women’s Health (Part 2)
Moderators
- Marlyn Cook, MD, (Cree), Mohawk Council of Akwesasne Department of Health, Canada
- Sara L. Warber, MD, Co-Director, University of Michigan Complementary and Alternative Medicine and Research Center
Presenters
- Rosita Arvigo, Traditional Healer, Belize
- Elena Avila, RN, Curandera, New Mexico
- Kathy Bird, RN, (Cree-Dakota) Traditional Healers Clinic, Manitoba, Canada
- Katsi Cook (Mohawk) Traditional Midwife, New York, USA
- Lisa Dolchok, (Yupik/Aleut) Tribal Doctor, Southcentral Foundation, Anchorage AZ
- Felicia S. Hodge, DrPH, (Wailaki) Center for American Indian Research and Education, U. of Minnesota, MN
- Leslie L. Randall, RN, MPH( Nez Perce) Senior MCH Epidemiologist, CDC
# 503 - The Healing Space in Traditional Health Knowledge (Part 2)
Moderator
- Alex Stark, Architect, NY
- Rita Pitka Blumenstein, Tribal Doctor, Southcentral Foundation, Anchorage AZ
- Godfrey Chips (Lakota) Traditional Healer
- Katherine Koumoutseas, US Botanic Garden, Washington, DC - Creating a Healing Garden
- Francis Mitchell (Navajo) Singer, New Mexico
- Taita Luciano Mutumbajoy (Ingano), Shaman/Traditional healer, Colombia
- Pacu Nazario Turpo (Quechua) Shaman/Traditional healer, Peru
# 504 Building the Bridge of Harmony and Trust Between the Traditional and Allopathic
Facilitated Working Session between Indigenous and Allopathic Leaders
Facilitator: Ray Pastorino, PhD, JD
CLOSING SESSION AND CEREMONY
- Anna Souza, Director, Pro-Cultura
-Closing Prayer and Blessing: Pacu Nazario Turpo (Quechua) Shaman/Traditional Healer, Peru
Pro-Cultura, Inc. wishes to acknowledge and thank the following for their kindness and generosity in funding and making this conference possible:
The Office of Minority Health, US Department of Health and Human Services
Indian Health Service
National Aboriginal Health Organization (Canada)
National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine, National Institutes of Health
The John E. Fetzer Institute, Inc.
The Reed Foundation, Inc.
The Tara Foundation
Remifemin/GlaxoSmithKline
Pharmanex
The Christian A. Johnson Endeavor Foundation
Collaborating Institutions:
- American Indian Program, Cornell University
- Association of American Indian Physicians
- Georgetown University School of Nursing and Health Studies
- Indian Health Service
- National Aboriginal Health Organization (Canada)
- National Alaska Native American Indian Nurses Association
- National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine, NIH
- National Museum of the American Indian, Smithsonian Institution
- Office of Minority Health - DHHS
- Pan-American Health Organization/World Health Organization
- Pharmanex
- Remifemin (GlaxoSmithKline)
- University of Michigan Complementary and Alternative Medicine Research Center
Additional Partners :
Alternative Medicine Foundation
Alternative Therapies in Health and Medicine
Center for American Indian Research and Education, University of Minnesota
Dream Change Coalition
Health World On-line
Marion Foundation
Native American Research and Training Center, University of Arizona
New York Botanical Garden
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