Urban Indian Health Institute partnered with Buffalo Nickel Creative to create a video to start conversations around the topic of HIV- and AIDS-related stigma within Native communities. “Positively Native” shares the stories of Bill Hall (Tlingit), Shana Cozad (Kiowa), and Hamen Ides (Lummi), and the stigma they’ve experienced in their lives and how they’ve overcome it as Native people living with HIV and AIDS. They also discuss ways in which people can fight against HIV- and AIDS-related stigma in their own communities.
“There is something that happened in our lives that made us step up and become advocates for this, and it’s going to take so many people talking about this. […] It’s going to take more than one discussion.”
Bill Hall (tlingit)
The video comes with a facilitator’s guide and can be used in discussion groups, workshops, or presentations. It was made to be shared in Native communities and used to start conversations around HIV- and AIDS-related stigma. The accompanying facilitator’s guide provides tools to use when having these conversations in a group setting.
Watch the video and download the facilitation guide and presentation.
“Positively Native,” a short film by UIHI featuring Bill Hall (Tlingit), Shana Cozad (Kiowa), and Hamen Ides (Lummi).
Positively Native: Short Clips to Further the Discussion on HIV/AIDS
When “Positively Native” was first released, UIHI also accompanied it with a facilitation guide and discussion presentation. These tools sought to provide community members with the tools needed to have healthy, productive discussions around HIV/AIDS. In order to promote further discussion, UIHI has selected a series of clips from the film to create a social media toolkit for organizations to use when discussing HIV/AIDS. The toolkit includes a variety of sample messaging which can be used when sharing these clips and starting a conversation about HIV/AIDS.
Positively Native: Short Clips to Further the Discussion on HIV/AIDS
Culturally attuned resources for HIV/AIDS education
Download the toolkit
Use the language and graphics from this toolkit to share the clips from “Positively Native” and help eliminate HIV/AIDS stigma in your communities.