![]() ![]() Pine Ridge, considered the poorest reservation in the country, spans 3,468 square miles of prairie grass, most of it unsuitable for growing anything. “We have 85 percent unemployment among 44,000 enrolled members.” Pourier, who receives a small military pension, goes through a litany of ills plaguing Pine Ridge: cancer, diabetes, high blood pressure, alcoholism, fetal alcohol syndrome, and teenage suicide rates soar above the national average. “Life on the reservation is a struggle,” he says with slumped shoulders, looking out the window of his trailer in Porcupine, South Dakota. ![]() Unlike his great-great-grandfather, Pourier’s warrior instincts have drawn no blood. Like Black Elk, Pourier possesses the heart of a warrior. He lived out the rest of his days at Pine Ridge where, at age 68, he entrusted Neihardt, whom he considered a kindred spirit, to “spread the word.” Wounded during the massacre of Lakota men, women, and children at Wounded Knee on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation in South Dakota in the winter of 1890, Black Elk surrendered his way of life. The “good” for Black Elk and the Oglala Lakota lasted only a few years after his birth in 1863, when “everything was in harmony and you only took what you needed from the earth,” says Pourier.Īt age 13, Black Elk took his first scalp from one of General George Custer’s soldiers at the Battle of the Greasy Grass-the Lakota translation for the Little Big Horn River. The story of Black Elk became the stuff of legend in 1932 when author, teacher, and critic John Neihardt-Nebraska’s first poet laureate-published Black Elk Speaks, a moving account of his historically fascinating life. “But when Grandfather (Black Elk) was still a young man, we started living the bad, when the first European settlers came.” “For 16 generations of our family, we lived the good,” says Pourier, 45. ![]() Pourier’s great-great-grandfather, an Oglala Lakota named Black Elk, straddled two distinct eras in the history of Native Americans. ![]() The new mini-training module is available on the Bright Futures Pediatric Residency Resource Library.The blood of a warrior, holy man, healer, mystic, and visionary runs in the veins of Myron Pourier, whose broad face, jet-black hair, and dark, narrow eyes provide a window to his proud heritage. As pediatric health care professionals, we need to screen and identify children at risk for food insecurity connect families to needed community resources and advocate for policies that support access to adequate and healthy food. Children who live in households with food insecurity are likely to be sick more often, recover from illness more slowly, and be hospitalized more frequently. Food insecurity is a critical child health issue that impacts millions of infants, children, youth, and families in all communities across the U.S. The newest mini-training module is on promoting food security. Browse the Bright Futures Mini Training Modules today! (Average Time: 15-30 minutes) The modules include a PowerPoint presentation, script, and highlighted resources. This series of modules review clinical topics utilizing Bright Futures Guidelines, 4th Edition content, Bright Futures Tool & Resource Kit, 2nd Edition forms and handouts, and additional resources. The Bright Futures National Center introduces new, free, ready-to-use Bright Futures Mini Training Modules for pediatric residents and trainees! These modules are intended to meet the needs of busy pediatric residents and trainees to be used anywhere and anytime. ![]()
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