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Prairie Band Potawatomi Elder Center
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The Elder Center performs a variety of services: delivers meals to homebound
seniors around the reservation, serves 60-70 meals at the meal site Monday
through Friday, and celebrates senior birthdays with one special birthday
meal per month.
The KS-RIT regularly holds health screenings at the Elder Center as a way of
identifying those at risk for diabetes, high blood pressure, high
cholesterol, and other conditions that can lead to debilitation and illness.
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6th Annual Prairie
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The Prairie Band Potawatomi Nation's 6th
annual Pow Wow took place June 11 -13 at the Prairie People's Park on the Potawatomi reservation.
For the 3rd year in a row, RIT students and faculty provided free health
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The event featured several contests in
dancing, drumming, dress, and other categories. In addition to the
contests, exercise and athletic activities were organized by the tribe.
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RIT students and faculty provided free
health screenings in one of the shelter houses at Prairie People's Park.
Screenings conducted included blood glucose level, total cholesterol, body
mass index, and blood pressure. |
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