About Us

Turtle Island Tales is a place to find wellness and healing for you, your family, and your community. It is based on two multi-site scientific studies of home-based materials promoting family wellness for American Indian families with young children. It is also based on the seven grandfather teachings and the wisdom of our many grandmother advisers.  Each section contains different information. There are recipes and games that are fun and healthy to use anytime. We are developing home-based kits to help children get excited about the journey with things such as stickers, coloring and story books, trading cards, and small puppets, and short films for kids. This will include 12 separate wellness lessons for a year-long wellness journey and seven grandfather teachings that instill lifelong concepts for healthy spirits.

NATIVE ADVISORY GROUP

Emily Matt Salois (Blackfeet) 
Darnell Rides at the Door (Blackfeet) 
Jennifer Gauthier, MPA (Menominee)
Lee Ann Bruised Head (Crow)
Amy Lynn Perkins (Choctaw) 

ACADEMIC TEAM

Alexandra Adams MD, PhD
Emily Tomayko, PhD, RD
Vernon Grant, PhD (Blackfeet)
Eliza Webber, MPH

VIDEO CAST

Darnell Rides at the Door (Blackfeet), Grandmother
Noah Watts (Apsaalooke), Voice of Igmu

CREATIVE TEAM

Chema Domenech, Film maker
Kim Garcia, Screenwriter
Art & Sons, Animation & Graphics