Helping to create a healthier Indian Country (link)

Past special event:  President Clinton addresses DLF’s
international conference: Building healthy, sustainable American Indian communities

September 25–27th, 2009  |  Iowa

This conference unveiled a 5-point plan developed by the Ho-Chunk Elders Advisory Council and Hocak Elders Council:

1. Education: Improving academic achievement & reducing stress and violence among youth
2. Health: Preventing and treating diabetes, cardiovascular disease, substance abuse and depression
3. Energy: Promoting self-sufficiency through wind and solar technologies
4. Agriculture: Creating food and economic self-sufficiency through organic farming
5. Cultural preservation & restoration: Safeguarding the land, language and spiritual traditions of American Indians

Watch President Clinton’s address
Watch American Indian conference replays