Whether preventing blindness in Nepal, assisting native peoples in Guatemala and Mexico, or helping our own Native Americans, Seva has been there to help alleviate suffering and improve people's lives. (seva.org)
This year, we are proud to announce the launch of a new focus, the American Indian Sight Initiative (AISI), a U.S. based program focused on addressing vision needs among Native Americans. (seva.org)
There are many parallels between the eye health needs of Native Americans and the underserved communities we support around the world. (seva.org)
The history of Native Americans after the arrival of the pilgrims in 1620 is one of disenfranchisement, genocide, and forced migration. (lu.se)
In 2009, the United States Federal Government issued an "acknowledgement and apology," acknowledging a "long history of official depredations and ill-conceived policies" in its dealings with Native Americans (Congress.gov). (lu.se)
The publication of a text so carefully constructed with legally non-binding terms and saturated with use of the passive voice was, to many Native Americans, unsurprising in the context of dealings between Native American tribes and the Federal Government. (lu.se)
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Ron His Horse is Thunder, chairman of the Standing Rock tribe, 'says his remote reservation on the border between North Dakota and South Dakota can't attract or maintain doctors who know what they are doing. (news-medical.net)
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In a long feature story, the Associated Press reports that the Indian Health Service System, 'which serves almost 2 million American Indians in 35 states,' often provides 'grossly substandard care. (news-medical.net)
A 1787 agreement between tribes and the government gave the U.S. 'an obligation… to provide American Indians with free health care on reservations. (news-medical.net)
The health statistics in Indian country are 'staggering. (news-medical.net)
And Indian health clinics are 'ill-equipped to deal with such high rates of disease, and poor clinics do not have enough money to focus on preventative care. (news-medical.net)
American Indian programs are not a priority for Congress, which provided the health service with $3.6 billion this budget year. (news-medical.net)
An American Indian health improvement bill passed in the Senate last year, but a similar bill 'died in the House, though, after it became entangled in an abortion debate' (Jalonick, 6/14). (news-medical.net)
On this page, you'll find links to health issues that affect American Indians and Alaska Natives. (medlineplus.gov)
For over 30 years, Seva Foundation's Native American program has addressed a broad range of community issues from cultural preservation to educational and economic development, conservation, and health and wellness. (seva.org)
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People in rural America, therefore, disproportionately depend on individual plans, which often require costly premiums and deductibles. (news-medical.net)
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For nearly 40 years Seva has made an extraordinary contribution to the world - not only through their international programs, but here in some of the most impoverished communities in North America, on Native American reservations. (seva.org)
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While residents of reservations qualify for Medicare and Medicaid coverage, 'a report by the Government Accountability Office last year found that many American Indians have not applied for those programs because of lack of access to the sign-up process. (news-medical.net)
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In academic writing about Native American literature, one will find a variety of nomenclature to describe America's indigenous. (lu.se)
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Through the use of several analytic methods and postcolonial theories, this thesis will analyse representations of language, place, and identity, and argue that they are constructed in the border between Native American and American consciousness. (lu.se)
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The variety of terms and lack of consensus in Native American literary studies does highlight the reality that this nomenclature is a postcolonial issue. (lu.se)
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Through a comparative analysis, the duality that characterises Pico's verse will be highlighted, and will place him in a tradition of indigenous poets who demonstrate that duality is a defining feature of Native American poetry. (lu.se)