Oct 11, 2021Storing The HarvestBy COPE Food Systems Specialist, Carole Palmer Humans have been preserving plant and animal products since the dawn of time by drying and...
Aug 23, 2021Mini-Grants Help Stores Adapt to COVID-19 August 2021 COPE’s Healthy Navajo Stores Initiative (HNSI) program collaborates closely with 34 stores located in New Mexico, Arizona,...
Jun 18, 2021Summer Solstice & PlantingBy COPE Food Systems Specialist, Carole Palmer In traditional Navajo lifeways, the time Westerners know as the month of June correlates...
May 12, 2021COVID-19 Reflections from John HosteenFebruary 2021 Yá’át’ééh and greetings my CPHE relatives! Navajo Nation has been in the news so much in the past year. It’s interesting to...
Apr 14, 2021Spring Into GardeningThe weather is warming up quickly, teasing us with the thought, “It must be time to get the garden started… right?”
Feb 19, 2021In Winter Into Spring Garden ThoughtsOne way to create a garden you will enjoy is to think of it as a PROCESS, not a PROJECT. In this way, PLANNING is the key to garden success.
Feb 8, 2021Navajo Nation Healthy Diné Nation Act: An Implementation StudyIn November 2014, the Healthy Diné Nation Act (HDNA) was signed into law by the Navajo Tribal Council and the Navajo Nation President....
Oct 13, 2020Training a Contact Tracing WorkforceContact Tracing on Navajo Nation Contact Tracing for the Navajo Nation was enabled by the Navajo Nation Department of Health, the Navajo...
May 29, 2020Amish communities in Michigan sew scientifically designed face masks for Navajo NationCOPE’s ongoing response to COVID-19 includes a mask-making mission by a group of researchers from Central Michigan University who call...
May 4, 2020FVRx Program Continues During COVID-19 COPE’s Navajo FVRx Program, now in its sixth year running, provides young Navajo families with greater access to nutritious food and...
Mar 20, 2020Q & A: How COPE is Increasing Access To Clean Water and Education on Navajo Nation.Across the 27,000 square miles of Navajo Nation in the southwestern U.S., one of the biggest health issues is something many people...
Mar 17, 2020COPE COVID-19 ResponseDear COPE partners, In response to the evolving COVID-19 situation, we would like to reinforce that the health and well-being of our...
Nov 20, 2019(Partners In Health) Research: A Model for Improving Community Health on Navajo NationNote: Article originally published on November 7, 2019 on pih.org (Click here) For more than 50 years, Community Health Representatives...
Nov 18, 2019Youth Leaders Inspired to Innovate for Better Health“Attending the Legacy Museum and the National Memorial for Peace and Justice made me reflect upon America’s history of racial inequality and
Oct 28, 2019Health Care is a Human RightI had no idea that traveling just over the border would open my eyes to the beautiful real world. Attending the 2019 Women Deliver...
Jul 10, 2019How this Water Initiative Empowers YouthMANCOS, CO. - We began our lesson by asking the kids to raise their hand if they like to drink Kool-Aid, soda, Gatorade, or water. Then...
Jun 7, 2019Gardening with Kin Dah Lichi’i Olta’By Hanna Kherzai WINDOW ROCK, AZ. - COPE's Food Access Team spent Thursday morning fixing up a garden with the Kin Dah Lichi’i Olta’ FACE...