In December 2022, the Center was named a top international winner of the LEGO Foundation’s Build a World of Play Challenge, presenting a bold vision to expand our Family Spirit home‑visiting program and creating Indigenous‑designed, community‑driven playspaces. What began as an idea has since grown into a five‑year, global collaboration with Indigenous partners across the […]
What began as persistent questions on the prevalence of language delays in Native American children has grown into +Language is Medicine (+LiM), a groundbreaking initiative awarded more than $3 million from the National Institutes of Health in September 2025. Led by Principal Investigator Joshuaa Allison-Burbank (Diné and Acoma Pueblo), the award demonstrates what is possible […]
Historic recognition honors Indigenous leadership in health and healing.
Helen Russette—JHCIH Assistant Scientist and citizen of the Chippewa-Cree Tribe—believes her homeland of Rocky Boy’s reservation in Montana holds the power to heal and protect her people. “The healing powers are well evidenced in our literature and science, and we know that dosage matters,” she explains. “Teens who participate more often in land-based cultural activities […]
