Annual “Give Kids a Smile®” Events Provide Grins for Staff and Students Alike “We brush our teeth clean!” said one 3-year-old child at the Huron Potawatomi Tribal Head Start program to the NHBP Dental team during its annual Give Kids a Smile® (GKAS) event. Introduced...
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NHBP Tribal Council Chairperson Jamie Stuck Appointed to Michigan’s Opioid Advisory Commission
Bringing the Voices of Tribal Nations to the Forefront of this Important Conversation Nottawaseppi Huron Band of the Potawatomi (NHBP) Tribal Council Chairperson Jamie Stuck has been appointed as a member of the Michigan Opioid Advisory Commission (OAC) by Senate...
Give Kids A Smile® Starts with Infants and Toddlers
Easy Ways to Maintain Dental Health for Your Little One What a messy face a baby has when they are done eating! When you wash your baby’s face, why not clean their teeth before you take them out of the highchair? Here’s how easy it is: For demonstrational purposes...
NHBP Fields Dozens of Questions During MDHHS Panel
Food Sovereignty, Nutrition Programs Pique Interest of Health Professionals Across State By Katie Halloran What has become daily work for NHBP Team Members in Food Sovereignty and Nutrition was seen as groundbreaking and novel to many dietitians, clinicians and health...
Two Back-to-Back Advocacy Awards for Lisa Walker
Tribal Member and Health and Human Services Department Team Member Honored Two Days in a Row By Katie Halloran Bringing in a Mobile Mammography Van on Indigenous Pink Day this year for NHBP is just one example of how Tribal Member and Community Health Representative...
First Mobile Mammography Unit Books Every Appointment at NHBP
28 Women Get Screened on Pink Indigenous Day By Katie Halloran NHBP claps back at breast cancer by hosting its first Mobile Mammography Unit event on Indigenous Pink Day, October 19. Presented each year by the American Indian Cancer Foundation (AICAF), Indigenous Pink...
Indian Health Service Director Visits Pine Creek Indian Reservation
Written by Leslie McLove | Photos by NHBP Tribal Member and Photographer Johnathon Moulds 13 months after being sworn in as the Director of the Indian Health Service (IHS), Roselyn Tso (Navajo Nation) continued her tour across Indian Country by visiting The Pine Creek...
Mobile Mammography Coming to NHBP Health Clinic in Grand Rapids
Schedule your no-cost breast cancer screening today! The perceived and actual costs of preventive health care can keep people from getting the services and screenings they need. To help reduce the anxiety surrounding cost, the Nottawaseppi Huron Band of the Potawatomi...
NHBP and Kellogg’s Bring Summer Snack Packs to Athens Area Schools
"This initiative is really in honor of our Elders," said NHBP Food Sovereignty Coordinator and Tribal Member Nickole Keith. The initiative started with an idea formulated by a group of Elders who desired to feed kids during the summer. In May 2023, before...
Meet the Behavioral Health Social Workers!
As we close out the month of March, we are highlighting NHBP’s Behavioral Health Social Workers. This expert team of clinicians support NHBP Tribal Members through whatever challenges they may face. They help Tribal Members build resilience and skills by providing...