Wellness & Native Men Conference

Health Promotion Programs held the first Wellness & Native Men Conference in Albuquerque, New Mexico in 1992. The conference was developed to acknowledge the dramatic changes in the lifestyles of Native men over the years, and to focus on a return to healthier ways of living, using a traditional, Native wellness model.

Native men from across Indian Country were selected to advise the staff on issues that were critical to the wellness of their respective communities. Workshops, then and since, have focused on improving health knowledge and skills in the four directions: physical, mental, emotional and spiritual.

These conferences were held annually until 1997, when the first Native Women & Men’s Conference was offered. Currently, this conference is offered every other year, with the most recent held in May, 2005 in Phoenix, Arizona. Other locations of the conferences have included: Albuquerque (NM), Mesa (AZ), and Glorieta (NM).

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