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An Indigenous Rights-Based Approach to Medicine | September 27, 2023

Date of Presentation: September 27, 2023

Type: Past Presentation  Training  

Audience: Clinical  

Program: Emergency Medicine with Rural and Indigenous Communities/IHS  

Keywords: #emergency department  #er  #Indigenous rights  

In this presentation, YakaiYastai Gorman-Etl (Navajo/Cheyenne), co-director for emRIC 2023 and Northwest Indian College Behavioral Health Program Coordinator, elaborates on the importance of knowing the journey of American Indian/Alaska Native tribes in relation to their rights. Having the background and knowledge promotes the equity of understanding ones journey as well as the practices within medical facilities in all capacities. Then, Dr. John Rozehnal, co-director for emRIC 2023 and working clinically and in operations at the Cheyenne River Health Center in Eagle Butte, South Dakota, leads a discussion focused on how the content discussed can be applied in the ED setting.

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YakaiYastai Gorman-Etl (Diné/Cheyenne) | John Rozehnal, MD

Yakaiyastai Gorman-Etl (Navajo/Cheyenne), is a Northwest Indian College Alumni, current student of Antioch University, Yakaiyastai Nanabah Gorman-Etl is originally from Steamboat, Arizona of the Navajo and Cheyenne Tribes. The first daughter of eight children to Beverly and Emerson Gorman. Yakaiyastai is a young indigenous scholar, mother and wife who strives to learn more about how to preserve inherent rights for future generations through higher education. Along with learning her foundational traditional knowledge of Navajo teachings, she is self-taught in traditional herbal medicine, holistic healing and food sovereignty. She grew up with a father who was known as a traditional medicine man and a mother who worked for John Hopkins Center for American Indian Health Center as a researcher. Raised in a traditional hogan without running water or electricity, Navajo spoken as their first language and raised with Navajo structural influence. She learned the importance of traditional values, holistic health and knowledge as it connects to sense of place as well as the person, she would become to help her surrounding communities. Currently, she has worked in various capacities of Wellness Coordinator at Northwest Indian College and an Environmental Science Instructor. Having learned the importance of healing and medicine from both spectrums of traditional and western medicine,  she utilizes her knowledge to bring equitable health initiatives on behalf of indigenous people through her work as a Behavioral Health Program Coordinator and interim Community Health Program Coordinator.

John Rozehnal, MD, graduated from Icahn School of Medicine with both an MD and an MS in Clinical Research. He completed his residency in Emergency Medicine at Mount Sinai, as well as a fellowship in Administration and Operations. Dr. Rozehnal is taking a leadership role in developing a partnership between Mount Sinai and the Indian Health Service by working clinically and in operations at the Cheyenne River Health Center in Eagle Butte, South Dakota.

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Date added: August 25, 2023