East Carolina University, USA
Tai Justin Mendenhall, PhD, LMFT, is an assistant professor in the Department of Family Medicine & Community Health at the University of Minnesota’s Medical School, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA. Kirsten Lind Seal, MA, LAMFT, is a doctoral student and graduate research assistant in the Department of Family Social Science at the University of Minnesota, St. Paul, Minnesota, USA. Betty Ann GreenCrow, MSW, is an American Indian community elder and advisor for the St. Paul Area Council of Churches’ Department of Indian Work, St. Paul, Minnesota, USA. Kathleen Nannette LittleWalker, MDiv, is an American Indian community elder and advisor for the St. Paul Area Council of Churches’ Department of Indian Work, St. Paul, Minnesota, USA. Steven Alfred BrownOwl is an American Indian community elder and advisor for the St. Paul Area Council of Churches’ Department of Indian Work, St. Paul, Minnesota, USA.
Aboriginal people; North america; Community-based programs; Diabetes;Illness and disease, Chronic; Obesity/Overweight; Participatory action research (PAR); Research action