Virtual Open House - Tuesday, September 15, 2026: 5-6:30 p.m.
Join us at one of our upcoming virtual Graduate School Open House events on Zoom! You'll have the opportunity to learn more
about ĢƵ, understand the Graduate School application process,
and meet key program representatives.
This certificate program provides healthcare professionals with a new approach and
training for servering Native peoples. The program is grounded in tribal community
for those who serve American Indian populations in the South and the East. This culturally-oriented
certificate option will enable current professionals in the Western North Carolina
region, who are Cherokee or serve a Native American population, to acquire the cultural
knowledge and methodological understanding to serve more effectively.
This interdisciplinary, online program requires12 hours of courses and will help students connect the contemporary approaches to
medicine with the culturally sensitive needs of a population considered underrepresented
and underserved. This certificate program provides healthcare professionals with a
new approach and training for serving Native peoples. The program is grounded in tribal
community for those who serve American Indian populations in the South and the East.
This culturally-oriented certificate option will enable current professionals in the
Western North Carolina region, who are Cherokee or serve a Native American population,
to acquire the cultural knowledge and methodological understanding to serve more effectively. Courses
will cover topics including Issues in Indian Health, Cherokee Culture and History,
and Healing the Wounded Native Child.
Where You'll Go
A certificate in Culturally-Based Native Health will enable students to utilize their
training in a health-related discipline and apply it to Southeastern Indian cultures.
More About Our Culturally-Based Native Health Certificate Program
The Culturally-Based Native Health Program provides a new approach to training for
health professionals serving Native peoples, grounded in a tribal community, and integrated
into the core of ĢƵ.
This annual symposium integrates indigenous knowledge, language, health and the environment. It is
an interdisciplinary forum where enthnography, literature, art, music, Native and
Western science converge.
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