." ♪♪ 20 years ago was the very first pathstar alcatraz swim.r is a program to encourage and revitalize native american health and wellness. um, it stands for preservation of authentic traditions and healing. it is, um, an intensive week, um, of just wellness, of swimming every day and eating very exclusively healthy foods. i really love the program. it's just amazing. i feel like it touches on so many important parts of emotional growth. iverson: i love swimming. because i'm not that good, i've just had a lot of really good support. it's seriously like, if i can do it, you can do it. ♪♪ our participants are here for a week. this year, they all came from pine ridge reservation in south dakota. within a week, not only are they doing food preparation, learning menu planning, learning portion sizes, we're doing yoga, hiking, mindfulness, and then we also immerse in the bay every day. they have seven practice swims, and then they finish the week with a swim in alcatraz. diabetes is plaguing our country, and as lakota people, we have the highest diab