Navajo Nation president: Disparities in health care system contribute to COVID-19’s impact on indigenous Americans Navajo Nation president Jonathan Nez on Sunday said the pandemic has revealed disparities in the health care system across the United States, especially in Native American communities. ...
Why Native American children have higher rates of disability The rates of disability among U.S. children are increasing, with the highest rate of disability among Native American children, according to a newly released brief by the U.S. Census Bureau. More than 3 million children in the U.S. had a ...
Not to be forgotten: Missing and Indigenous in South Dakota According to the South Dakota Attorney General’s directory of missing persons, as of March 28, there are 90 missing persons in the state. Sixty-two of them are Indigenous; nearly 70%.Of those 62 missing Indigenous persons, 47 of them (76%) ...