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Indigenous Groups First Nations: Haudenosaunee

The Haudenosaunee

Strength to Outlast Diabetes

The Haudenosaunee people, also known as the Six Nations of the Iroquois Confederacy, created a blueprint for peace and perseverance that has lasted for hundreds of years. Today, they are using that heritage to come together and fight for a future free from the scourge of diabetes.

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Strengthening The Longhouse

Amanaki Fo’ou’s work among the Haudenosaunee represents our first outreach beyond the indigenous communities of Polynesia. Working with local partners, we’ve created new resources for diabetes education that draw upon the Six Nation’s heritage of resilience and cooperation.

First Nation Women: 4 times higher than non-First Nation Women

First Nation Men: 2.5 times higher than non-First Nation Men

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Haudenosaunee Diabetes Resources

Haudenosaunee Facilitator Manual
Haudenosaunee Participant Manual
Haudenosaunee Lesson 1: Beginning the Journey
Haudenosaunee Lesson 2: My Heritage; My Culture
Haudenosaunee Lesson 3: What is Diabetes
Haudenosaunee Lesson 4: Exercise is Medicine
Haudenosaunee Lesson 5: All Foods Are Not Created Equal
Haudenosaunee Lesson 6: Water is Life
Haudenosaunee Lesson 7: The Good Mind
Haudenosaunee Lesson 8: Extend the Longhouse
Haudenosaunee Lesson 9: Celebrate Success
IDHC (Indigenous Diabetes Health Circle)
Haudenosaunee Lesson 1: Beginning the Journey
Haudenosaunee Lesson 2: My Heritage; My Culture
Haudenosaunee Lesson 3: What is Diabetes
Haudenosaunee Lesson 4: Exercise is Medicine
Haudenosaunee Lesson 5: All Foods Are Not Created Equal
Haudenosaunee Lesson 6: Water is Life
Haudenosaunee Lesson 7: The Good Mind
Haudenosaunee Lesson 8: Extend the Longhouse
Haudenosaunee Lesson 9: Celebrate Success

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Dr. Rob Ferguson

Chair of Treatment Team

Co-founder of ‘Amanaki Fo’ou’ with wife Andrea Ferguson

Since 2013, Rob Ferguson has been working with ministries of health, medical professionals, government leaders, and hospital and clinic staff to address the management, treatment, and education on the sequelae of diabetes. Rob is a reconstructive surgeon and hospital system medical officer with Intermountain Health (based in Salt Lake City, UT). His focus includes training teams on surgical management of diabetic complications as well as working with local teams to recruit volunteer specialists to meet their goals and needs.

 

 

Rob graduated from Brigham Young University prior to obtaining his medical degree from the University of Virginia. His surgical and specialty training programs include the University of Kentucky, MD Anderson Cancer Center (Houston, TX), and Chang Gung Memorial Hospital (Taipei, Taiwan). He obtained a masters in business administration from the University of Utah. 

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