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70% of Natives live in cities, but health issues overlooked: Sutton King seeks to change that
NEW YORK (WABC) -- Sutton King is on a mission -- to make health care accessible and affordable for Native Americans. It's taken her from the reservation, where she spent her early years in school, to the big city. The Indigenous rights advocate hails from Green Bay, Wisconsin, and is a descendant of the state's Menominee and Oneida Nations. She now calls New York City her home. NYC's also where King co-founded The Urban Indigenous Collective in 2019. The UIC advocates for affordable health and wellness services with an emphasis on Indigenous culture for urban Natives.
Sutton King aims to break down challenges facing Native American community in NYC
NEW YORK (WABC) -- Thursday marked the end of Native American Heritage Month, but the work doesn't stop as a new generation of activists push for the rights and progression of indigenous people, including one woman who is advocating for her people in New York City.
In the heart of Midtown, Manhattan, there's a new resource for the region's Native American community.
While the Urban Indigenous Collective has been around since 2019, it recently opened its first community center.
Indigenous Health Equity & Psychedelics
In this Thanksgiving episode of the Psychedelic Passage podcast, host Jimmy Nguyen welcomes Sutton King—an Afro-Indigenous activist from the Menominee and Oneida Nation of Wisconsin. Sutton, an NYU School of Global Public Health graduate and renowned Indigenous rights activist, shares her transformative journey in various sectors, highlighting her dedication to Indigenous health equity.
Throughout the episode, Sutton emphasizes the crucial role of free, prior, and informed consent (FPIC) in psychedelic practices, advocating for cultural care and sustainability. The conversation covers profound topics, including addressing intergenerational trauma, dispelling historical misconceptions, and engaging in vital dialogues within a kinship circle.
Exploring the potential pitfalls of cancel culture, the hosts draw insights from Indigenous restorative justice principles, stressing compassion in navigating societal challenges. Later, Sutton shares insights into the lifelong commitment to healing, emphasizing the supportive role of a kinship circle during the integration process.
The episode prompts reflection on the broader implications of the psychedelic movement, considering its intersections with Indigenous rights, environmental stewardship, and the collective journey toward healing.
The Pursuit of Happiness: How Psychedelics Are Revolutionizing Mental Health
Substance abuse, addiction, post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), depression, end-of-life anxiety, and other conditions are plaguing our community; yet, approaches to psychiatry have remained stagnant for the past 50 years – about the same length of time that psychedelics have been criminalized in the United States. Despite several decades of prohibition, psychedelics are now experiencing a renaissance. There is a rapidly growing body of recent scientific research showing that these compounds are significantly effective in the treatment of numerous mental illnesses and have a profound ability to promote personal and spiritual growth. This panel will provide a high-level overview of the past, present, and future of psychedelics cultural, advocacy and ethical use, highlighting the potential these compounds have to revolutionize mental health.
Why Mental Health Matters
The pandemic severely disrupted health services and derailed progress towards ending HIV, tuberculosis and malaria. It also triggered an increase in the prevalence of anxiety and depression, contributing to an already growing mental health crisis. 1 in 5 adults experience mental illness every year, and nearly half of all adults will experience it at some point in their lives.
In this episode, Gail and Loyiso dive deep into the often-overlooked topic of mental health when discussing the Global Goal to good health and well-being (Goal 3). They speak with Will Poulter and Alex Holmes about their anti-bullying campaign and what might be contributing to skyrocketing rates of anxiety in young people and men, and they are joined by Sutton King to learn about mental health issues in urban indigenous communities and how plant medicines or psychedelics can offer a potential solution, as long as we learn from past mistakes.
Indian Country Today - Fostering Little Sacred Ones
Carina Dominguez covers the Urban Indigenous Collective and their work on creating a Missing and Murdered and Indigenous Women,Two-spirit and Trans database in NYC.
The Bronx Social Justice and Anti-Violence Forums | Urban Indigenous Collective
Host Daren Jaime sits down with the President & Executive Director of the Urban Indigenous Collective, Sutton King discussing the Urban Indigenous Collective, health disparities indigenous people face, lack of mental health services, the impact of COVID-19 on Indigenous communities, and much more. ____
NYU GPH | Honoring Indigenous Voices with Sutton King
Now more than ever, our world is looking to the future of public health. We are all critically examining the current structures and systems in place, while asking ourselves “What can we do to make a difference as public health professionals”? Sutton King, MPH ‘20 is disrupting the industry,
Indigenous Knowledge and Values for Health Equity and Justice
Dr. Michelle Morse, NYC Health Department’s Deputy Commissioner and Chief Medical Officer, along with Maria Angela Soto, director of community health promotion, moderate an interactive panel and live audience Q&A with: Ben Geboe: (Yankton Sioux Tribe-South Dakota) American Indian Community House, in NYC Sheldon Raymore: (Cheyenne River Sioux Nation) Multidisciplinary Artist & member of American Indian Community House, in NYC Sutton King, MPH: (Menominee-Oneida) Co-Founder/President, Urban Indigenous Collective Yoloxochilt Marcelino Cano: (Na Savi) Co-founder, El Colibri: Colectivo de Interpretes de Lenguas Indigenas Zenaida Cantu: (Me'phaa) Co-Founder, Council of Indigenous Peoples Living in NY
Life is a Festival
What is our responsibility for kinship and reciprocity as we explore the healing power of plant medicine? Sutton King of the Menominee and Oneida Nations, Advisor and Trustee of the Journey Reciprocity Trust, can show us the way.
On the show we explore Sutton’s commitment to healing and service from her early days dancing jingle dress to her work with the Urban Indigenous Collective in New York. Sutton explains her perspective on kinship and the Seven Generations Principle. We discuss Journey Colab, the psychedelic startup that is developing mescaline for treating alcoholism. Finally we review the responsibilities of psychedelic entrepreneurs as well as individual psychonauts to be in right relation with the honorable harvest.
Sutton King, Head of Impact at Journey Colab, has a lot to teach the psychedelic community about reciprocity.
oday’s episode is a repost from my personal podcast, Life is a Festival, where I interview cultural pioneers about living a more openhearted life. Today’s guest, Sutton King, lives a life full of joy and service and she is also the Head of Impact at Journey Colab a major psychedelic drug development company. Journey Colab just raised 12 million and Sutton’s important work in reciprocity is a major part of the company’s appeal to value-aligned investors. In fact, she has a lot to teach all of us about the lessons of reciprocity from her people, which is why I chose to share this podcast with you today.
On the show, we explore Sutton’s commitment to healing and service from her early days dancing jingle dress, to her work with the Urban Indigenous Collective in New York. Sutton explains her perspective on kinship and the Seven Generations Principle. We discuss Journey Colab, the psychedelic startup that is developing mescaline for treating alcoholism. Finally, we review the responsibilities of psychedelic entrepreneurs as well as individual psychonauts to be in right relation with the honorable harvest.
A descendant of the Menominee and Oneida Nations of Wisconsin, Sutton King is a nationally recognized indigenous heath advocate, researcher, and social entrepreneur. She is the co-founder and President of Urban Indigenous Collective, a nonprofit advocating on the behalf of Urban Natives in the tri-state area, she is Head of Impact at Journey Colab, a start-up led by Sam Altman and Jeeshan Chowdhury developing psychedelic treatments for mental health, and she is the Co-Founder of ShockTalk, a culturally tailored telemental health platform that facilitates culturally appropriate patient-provider relationships.