When representatives of the National Library of Medicine (NLM), a tiny unit of the federal government's massive National Institutes of Health in Bethesda, Md., began an education program several years ago to help residents of indigenous communities improve their access to health care information and resources, they found a surprise along the way. Indigenous communities--from Hawaii to Alaska to the lower 48 states--could teach them a thing or two about health, illness and healing. In October, the library debuted a two-year exhibition called "Native Voices: Native Peoples' Concepts of Health and Illness." The high-tech presentation uses pictures, paintings, artifacts and interviews to shed light on the indigenous community's concepts and practices of health and healing based on meditation, the environment and natural foods. The focus on indigenous health concepts comes as indigenous and Native communities continue to wrestle with major health challenges. Dr. Cynthia Lindquist, president of Cankdeska Cikana Community College said the exhibition has many "broad implications" for many things today and is a valuable tool for educating the public about native health concepts and practices.