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Changing Numbers, Changing Needs: American Indian Demography and Public Health

After some 400 years of population decline beginning soon after the arrival of Columbus in the Western Hemisphere, the Native American population north of Mexico began to increase around the turn of ...
CNN

For prospective Native American college students, connecting with tribal culture on campus can make all the difference

When Isabella Marquez, a high school senior from the Pueblo of Laguna in New Mexico, was applying to colleges, two criteria were important to her: cost and culture. Marquez said wanted to attend a ...
Healthcare Finance News

HIMSS, Tribal data sharing and the importance of Native American Heritage Month

Healthcare data sharing is central to the Trusted Exchange Framework and Common Agreement (TEFCA), but to the Native American community, the exchange of information has challenges beyond the current ...
The Conversation

Tribal colleges and universities aren’t well known, but are a crucial steppingstone for Native students

Navajo Technical University in Crownpoint, N.M., is the largest tribal university in the country. Blake Gumprecht/Flickr, CC BY Most Native American high school students do not attend or graduate from ...
CBS News

Medicaid cuts would decimate Native American programs, tribal health leaders say

As Congress mulls potentially massive cuts to federal Medicaid funding, health centers that serve Native American communities, such as the Oneida Community Health Center near Green Bay, Wisconsin, are ...
The Denver Post

Tribal nations often can’t access their own water. A new Colorado institute wants to help.

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... When David Gover became an attorney with the Native American Rights Fund, he inherited a water rights legal case about as old as he was. The case revolving ...