Post by blackcrowheart on Apr 20, 2006 22:42:37 GMT -5
WHAT IS REZ ROBICS?
www.dreamcatchers.org/rezrobics/
DreamCatchers has joined forces with Navajo Health Promotions, a
division of the Indian Health Service on the Navajo Nation, to produce a
health and fitness 2 video set; REZ ROBICS and REZ ROBICS FOR COUCH
POTATO SKINS. The project is inspired by the fact that Diabetes has
become one of the most serious threats to the health of Indian people
both on the reservations and in urban settings.
A major contributing factor to the scourge of Diabetes in Indian
communities is the legacy of U.S. Government commodities. At the turn of
the last century, when Indian people were forced onto reservations and
forbidden to hunt or fish, the government promised to provide whatever
food would be needed. They did so with commodities; primarily white
flour, white sugar and lard. A high sugar, high carbohydrate, high fat
diet for the last 100 years has caused rampant type two diabetes.
Since the best prevention of diabetes is a healthy diet and regular
exercise, DreamCatchers and Navajo Health Promotions have produced a
health and fitness 2 video set designed especially for Native Americans
which includes aerobics as well as some nutrition information. Knowing
that the best way to communicate such issues to Indian people is with
humor, REZ ROBICS and REZ ROBICS FOR COUCH POTATO SKINS features two
prominent Native actor / comedians; Elaine Miles (Northern Exposure,
Smoke Signals) and Drew LaCapa, the up and coming comedian who calls
himself "300 pounds of love".
While REZ ROBICS is an aerobics workout mixing pow wow dancing and
martial arts with normal aerobics moves, REZ ROBICS FOR COUCH POTATO
SKINS is a comedy in which Drew and Elane will make every excuse why an
Indian wouldn't want to exercise or eat healthy. This companion to the
actual aerobics video will be designed for those Indians who normally
would never watch an exercise program allowing more health conscious
Indian people to capture their couch potato relatives and hopefully
convince them to begin an exercise regimen.
Copies of the videos are being distributed free of charge throughout the
Indian communities of North America. While Navajo Health Promotions
distributes on and around The Navajo Nation via clinics, schools and
video stores, DreamCatchers oversees distribution to the rest of "Indian
Country". There is no FBI warning on the programs. Instead, the opening
message states, "Please make copies and give them to your friends and
relatives".
TO RECEIVE REZROBICS ON VHS VIDEO CASSETTES, SEND A SELF-ADDRESSED,
STAMPED ENVELOPE OR BOX, LARGE ENOUGH TO FIT 2 VIDEOTAPE CASSETTES. TO
RECEIVE REZROBICS ON DVD, SEND A SELF ADDRESSED AND STAMPED DVD SIZED
ENVELOPE. ENVELOPES SHOULD BE PADDED TO AVOID DAMAGE DURING SHIPPING.
THE ENVELOPE MUST HAVE $5 IN U.S. POSTAGE STAMPS.
DREAMCATCHERS
c/o Pam Belgarde
PO Box 393
Pauma Valley, CA 92061
PH (951) 704-6990
EMAIL wellnative@hotmail.com
www.dreamcatchers.org/rezrobics/
DreamCatchers has joined forces with Navajo Health Promotions, a
division of the Indian Health Service on the Navajo Nation, to produce a
health and fitness 2 video set; REZ ROBICS and REZ ROBICS FOR COUCH
POTATO SKINS. The project is inspired by the fact that Diabetes has
become one of the most serious threats to the health of Indian people
both on the reservations and in urban settings.
A major contributing factor to the scourge of Diabetes in Indian
communities is the legacy of U.S. Government commodities. At the turn of
the last century, when Indian people were forced onto reservations and
forbidden to hunt or fish, the government promised to provide whatever
food would be needed. They did so with commodities; primarily white
flour, white sugar and lard. A high sugar, high carbohydrate, high fat
diet for the last 100 years has caused rampant type two diabetes.
Since the best prevention of diabetes is a healthy diet and regular
exercise, DreamCatchers and Navajo Health Promotions have produced a
health and fitness 2 video set designed especially for Native Americans
which includes aerobics as well as some nutrition information. Knowing
that the best way to communicate such issues to Indian people is with
humor, REZ ROBICS and REZ ROBICS FOR COUCH POTATO SKINS features two
prominent Native actor / comedians; Elaine Miles (Northern Exposure,
Smoke Signals) and Drew LaCapa, the up and coming comedian who calls
himself "300 pounds of love".
While REZ ROBICS is an aerobics workout mixing pow wow dancing and
martial arts with normal aerobics moves, REZ ROBICS FOR COUCH POTATO
SKINS is a comedy in which Drew and Elane will make every excuse why an
Indian wouldn't want to exercise or eat healthy. This companion to the
actual aerobics video will be designed for those Indians who normally
would never watch an exercise program allowing more health conscious
Indian people to capture their couch potato relatives and hopefully
convince them to begin an exercise regimen.
Copies of the videos are being distributed free of charge throughout the
Indian communities of North America. While Navajo Health Promotions
distributes on and around The Navajo Nation via clinics, schools and
video stores, DreamCatchers oversees distribution to the rest of "Indian
Country". There is no FBI warning on the programs. Instead, the opening
message states, "Please make copies and give them to your friends and
relatives".
TO RECEIVE REZROBICS ON VHS VIDEO CASSETTES, SEND A SELF-ADDRESSED,
STAMPED ENVELOPE OR BOX, LARGE ENOUGH TO FIT 2 VIDEOTAPE CASSETTES. TO
RECEIVE REZROBICS ON DVD, SEND A SELF ADDRESSED AND STAMPED DVD SIZED
ENVELOPE. ENVELOPES SHOULD BE PADDED TO AVOID DAMAGE DURING SHIPPING.
THE ENVELOPE MUST HAVE $5 IN U.S. POSTAGE STAMPS.
DREAMCATCHERS
c/o Pam Belgarde
PO Box 393
Pauma Valley, CA 92061
PH (951) 704-6990
EMAIL wellnative@hotmail.com