• Suicide disproportionately affects American Indians/Alaska Natives (AI/AN). (cdc.gov)
  • Suicide disproportionately affects American Indians/Alaska data from the 18 participating states. (cdc.gov)
  • Native peoples are also disproportionately affected by mass incarceration. (huffpost.com)
  • There are 4.5 million Native Americans (including Alaska Natives) living in the USA in 2021, representing 1.5% of the total US population. (indiantraders.com)
  • In 2021, 27.8 percent of Hispanics and Latinos between ages 25 and 64 in the United States-or, 32.6 million people-had earned an associate degree or higher compared to 45.7 percent of the total working-age population. (luminafoundation.org)
  • The program provides $5,000 awards, summer internships and mentoring opportunities to second-year students at Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs). (scholarshipamerica.org)
  • Within the public sector, many Black students attend Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs), which were founded to serve African American students when they were prohibited from attending predominately white colleges. (luminafoundation.org)
  • Historically, we have had to be our brothers' and sisters' keepers," explains one well-known expert on the history and culture of HBCUs. (luminafoundation.org)
  • The Bureau of Indian Affairs -- the primary federal agency in charge of relations with indigenous communities -- is also considering extending federal status to Native Hawaiians . (huffpost.com)
  • In addition, the rights of all indigenous peoples, including Native Hawaiians, have been affirmed in a 2007 United Nations declaration . (huffpost.com)
  • And Native Hawaiians are only 10 percent of the state's population, but 39 percent of the incarcerated population . (huffpost.com)
  • Native Hawaiians are not Native Americans. (indiantraders.com)
  • Most of the recent headlines about indigenous Americans have had to do with a certain D.C. football team , or a surpassingly dumb Adam Sandler movie , or casinos of the kind operated by the fictional Ugaya tribe on "House of Cards. (huffpost.com)
  • 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)
  • In academic writing about Native American literature, one will find a variety of nomenclature to describe America's indigenous. (lu.se)
  • or other characteristics historically linked to discrimination or exclusion. (cancer.gov)
  • In February, building off the momentum of Black Lives Matter, the Lakota Peoples' Law Project released its " Native Lives Matter " report, which gives an overview of the inequities faced by Native Americans in the criminal justice system. (huffpost.com)
  • The report, like the voices of Native peoples in general, has been largely ignored in the growing national conversation about policing and criminal justice reform. (huffpost.com)
  • Native peoples have been trading and communicating "globally" for centuries, long before the arrival of Europeans. (thesocietypages.org)
  • A person having origins in any of the original peoples of North and South America (including Central America) and who maintains tribal affiliation or community attachment. (cancer.gov)
  • A person having origins in any of the original peoples of Europe, the Middle East, or North Africa. (cancer.gov)
  • [10] Among the population, its median age was 37.3, up from the statewide median age of 35.1. (wikipedia.org)
  • Policies, practices, and beliefs-rooted in history and still affecting people today-keep many Black, Hispanic, Latino, and Native American people from the education and skills they need. (luminafoundation.org)
  • But the state was failing to get tests to its most vulnerable people, with grim consequences: Black people in North Carolina were getting sick and dying from COVID-related causes at far higher rates than white people, data show. (kunr.org)
  • President Joe Biden and others in political and health policy circles have praised Cohen's pandemic leadership in North Carolina. (kunr.org)
  • An empty street in Charlotte, North Carolina in April 2020 when the pandemic lockdown was in force. (kunr.org)
  • The challenges Cohen faced in North Carolina were exacerbated by structural inequities in and outside the health care system, problems that are too large for any one person to fix. (kunr.org)
  • In North Carolina, critics and allies alike say Cohen heeded concerns. (kunr.org)
  • Dr. Mandy Cohen, who led the state's pandemic response as secretary of North Carolina's health department, had said widespread testing was one of "our best tools to keep our community safe and to protect our frontline workers. (kunr.org)
  • Those on the ground in North Carolina's most vulnerable communities, including Cohen's admirers, tell another story - about living with the downsides of the state's emergency response. (kunr.org)
  • For most of the pandemic, Black, Hispanic and Native Americans fared worse than whites across the country. (kunr.org)
  • Non-Hispanic AI/AN are defined in NVDRS as persons with ancestries of the original inhabitants of North America who maintain their cultural identification. (cdc.gov)
  • Applicants must be current sophomores graduating in 2025 with a minimum 3.0 GPA (on a 4.0 scale) who self-identify as Black or African American, Hispanic or Latinx, American Indian or Alaska Native, and must be planning to enroll in full-time undergraduate study in an eligible major for the entire next academic year. (scholarshipamerica.org)
  • Being married to an academic, I am personally invested in issues of diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI), especially as they impact women and other historically underrepresented populations in the STEM (science, technology, engineering, and mathematics) fields. (agu.org)
  • Cultural Respect and Integration: While traditional philanthropy may sideline Native wisdom, the equity and sovereignty approach centers connection and respect. (afternoonheadlines.com)
  • The overlapping jurisdictions of federal and tribal sovereignty also mean that Indians who commit crimes on tribal lands can be punished twice for the same offense: once under federal jurisdiction and again in tribal court . (huffpost.com)
  • While many modern American Indians live in cities and other areas, a significant number reside on their tribe's reservation and tribal lands. (indiantraders.com)
  • I remember reading a long time ago in one of my Native studies classes about the Navajo Nation convening a committee to discuss how one would say things like "computer" or "ipod" in Navajo language, in an effort to preserve language and culture and promote the use of Navajo language among the younger generation. (thesocietypages.org)
  • There are 567 tribes , including 229 Alaska Native communities , currently recognized by the federal government. (huffpost.com)
  • Federally recognized tribes have the power to self-govern all matters relating to their tribal members as well as some pertaining to Indian Land. (indiantraders.com)
  • Treaty violation, however, does not nullify their legality, and Native American tribes to this day still live under the laws and restrictions that have controlled their sovereignty for hundreds of years. (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)
  • [14] In 2000, about 3.30% of families and 4.90% of the population lived at or below the poverty line, including 5.10% of those under age 18 and 7.10% of those aged 65 and older. (wikipedia.org)
  • American Indian/Alaska Natives (AI/AN) have the highest rates of suicide of any racial/ethnic group in the United States. (cdc.gov)
  • The rates of suicide in this population have been increasing since 2003. (cdc.gov)
  • The high prevalence of suicide among the AI/AN population and the comparative differences in suicide circumstances among AI/AN decedents illustrate some of the disparities this population faces. (cdc.gov)
  • The incidence of depression in healthcare workers is comparable to that in the general population, though the rate of completion of suicide is higher. (medscape.com)
  • Although New Jersey is known for its large population, the state has historically been a stronghold for Republicans. (njai.org)
  • [11] Altogether 29.7% of Collin County spoke a language other than English at home, contributed in part by its large foreign-born population which made up 22% of the population according to 2019 estimates from the American Community Survey . (wikipedia.org)
  • 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)
  • Long Soldier's work demonstrates the complicated relationship between Native American poets and the English language, utilising linguistic and poetic methods to disrupt the hierarchical power of English in public discourse. (lu.se)
  • Older American Indians and Alaska Natives live throughout the country, but are concentrated in certain geographic areas. (kff.org)
  • At the 2020 United States census , the county's population is 1,064,465, making it the sixth-most populous county in Texas and the 43rd-largest county by population in the United States . (wikipedia.org)
  • [9] With the economic and population growth of the Dallas-Fort Worth metroplex , its population increased to 1,064,465 at the 2020 U.S. census . (wikipedia.org)
  • One reason for plague's reemergence may be global warming, which is ideal for increasing the prevalence of Y pestis in the host population. (medscape.com)
  • In states with significant Native populations, Native Americans are wildly overrepresented in the criminal justice system. (huffpost.com)
  • Just 1 in 4 fixed sites stood in more disadvantaged areas with significant Black populations. (kunr.org)
  • Health disparities are significant differences between one population and another. (cancer.gov)
  • As the poet Heid E. Erdrich (Ojibwe) wrote, "there is no such thing as Native American poetry. (lu.se)
  • Regardless of age, some American Indians and Alaska Natives belong to a federally-recognized tribe, some belong to a state-recognized tribe, and others are not members of a tribe. (kff.org)
  • The Great Sioux Nation includes several federally recognized reservations, including but not limited to Oglala Pine Ridge Indian Reservation, Prairie Island, Hunkpapa Standing Rock Indian Reservation, Cheyenne River Indian Reservation, Rosebud Indian Reservation, and Crow Creek Indian Reservation. (indiantraders.com)
  • In total, based on the American Community Survey (ACS), about 1 percent of the U.S. population age 65 and over is American Indian or Alaskan Native, of whom about half report their race as solely American Indian or Alaska Native, and half report it in combination with another race. (kff.org)
  • In South Dakota, for example, Native Americans make up 9 percent of the total population, but 29 percent of the prison population . (huffpost.com)
  • In Alaska, Native people account for 15 percent of the total population and 38 percent of the prison population . (huffpost.com)
  • I have extensive experience teaching and mentoring historically underrepresented students in the geological sciences. (agu.org)
  • We're looking for talented, highly motivated undergraduate students from populations that are underrepresented in finance. (scholarshipamerica.org)
  • Native American and American Indian students often attend Tribal Colleges and Universities (TCUs) located on or near reservations. (luminafoundation.org)
  • According to fall 2010 enrollment data, 8.7 percent of American Indian and Alaska Native (AI/AN) college students attended one of the 32 accredited TCUs. (luminafoundation.org)
  • Biden in June cited her "proven track-record protecting Americans' health and safety" when elevating Cohen to run the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the nation's top public health agency. (kunr.org)
  • [1] The population density as of 2019 was 1,229.8 people per square mile (474.8 people/km 2 ). (wikipedia.org)
  • Generally, people who are from low socioeconomic backgrounds (poor, lack health insurance, and are medically underserved with limited or no access to effective health care) often bear a greater burden of disease than the general U.S. population. (cancer.gov)
  • Instead, it reflects participating communities' commitment to listening to, assessing and monitoring the needs of their older population as well as working collaboratively with older people to create acces- sible physical environments, inclusive social environments and enabling service infra- structure. (who.int)
  • The global population of people age 65 and older is expected to more than double over the next 35 years to 18 percent of the world's population in 2050. (who.int)
  • More than a third (35%) of all American Indians or Alaska Natives age 65 and older live in four states (California, Oklahoma, Texas and Arizona), and about half live in 8 states ( Figure 1) (Appendix Tables 1-2). (kff.org)
  • While about 40 percent of American Indians and Alaska Natives live in rural areas, only 22 percent currently live on reservations or land trusts. (kff.org)
  • When American Indians and Alaska Natives live far from reservations, they may have little to no access to IHS-funded services, given the comparatively small scope of the Urban Indian Health Program described later in this issue brief. (kff.org)
  • While many face concerns that are specific to their government, state, or region, there are certain issues that affect all Native communities throughout the United States -- from Hawaii to Maine, and Alaska to Florida. (huffpost.com)
  • The issue of mass incarceration in Native communities is complicated by overlapping and unresolved conflicts between tribal, federal and state jurisdictions . (huffpost.com)
  • Our objective was to describe STI trends in the cir- based participatory research is an appropriate approach to cumpolar Arctic, focusing on the North American conti- improve sexual health in Arctic communities. (cdc.gov)
  • In response to a graying population across the globe, the WHO established the interna- tional network in 2010 to provide a global platform for cities and communities to ex- change experiences and share lessons. (who.int)
  • ยท In Fairfax, 24 percent of the town's approximately 7,600 residents were projected to be 60 years or older in 2015, according to the American Community Survey. (who.int)
  • If a crime is thought to have occurred on a Native reservation or within a Native community, it's not always clear which agency is going to be in charge of prosecution. (huffpost.com)
  • Historically, human migration has impact of migration from high to low tious pulmonary TB is a key component had a major impact on the spread of TB-incidence countries has compared of all of these programmes. (who.int)
  • Republic, and Venezuela by the focal points of the Latin implications for the human rights of immigrants living with the American and Caribbean Council of AIDS Services Organizations infection. (bvsalud.org)
  • But while the brutalization of black Americans at the hands of police, and their maltreatment within the criminal justice system, have garnered national headlines, similar injustices against Native Americans have gone largely unreported. (huffpost.com)
  • 5 (Data specific to the share of elderly American Indians and Alaska Natives living on reservations are difficult to verify, but as described later in this paper, about a third of Medicare beneficiaries report IHS as a source of health coverage, which may reflect their proximity to reservations and land trusts. (kff.org)
  • As ex- were calculated by dividing the number of cases by the to- pected, however, the Canadian Northern Territories report- tal population and multiplying by 100,000. (cdc.gov)
  • Its purpose is to identify possible areas of intervention and research in order to increase the participation of this population and its organizations in HIV/AIDS awareness and prevention efforts. (bvsalud.org)
  • An NDN person in occupied America": Tommy Pico and Place. (lu.se)
  • Depression is a potentially life-threatening mood disorder that affects 1 in 6 persons in the United States, or approximately 17.6 million Americans each year. (medscape.com)
  • More recently, the new director of the CDC headed North Carolina's health department. (kunr.org)
  • Women comprise a little more than half (56%) of the elderly American Indian and Alaska Native population-a rate that mirrors the overall U.S. population age 65 and over. (kff.org)
  • 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)
  • Plague is most often vector borne, transmitted by fleas, to a variety of rodent populations. (medscape.com)
  • When it comes to meeting the needs of student parents, the nation's Historically Black Colleges and Universities have always been in the forefront-in part because they seek to create a supportive, family-type atmosphere. (luminafoundation.org)
  • Which is assuming that Natives are static, unchanging, and unable to be modern and contemporary. (thesocietypages.org)
  • Specifically, 9 percent of American Indians and Alaska Natives are age 65 and older, compared with 14 percent in the overall U.S. population. (kff.org)
  • Approximately 4 percent of American Indians and Alaska Natives under age 65 are enrolled in Medicare-similar to the 3 percent observed in the overall U.S. population. (kff.org)
  • From self-reported data in the ACS and other surveys, it is difficult to determine the number of non-elderly American Indians and Alaska Natives living with long-term disabilities who might meet the requirements for Social Security Disability Insurance, but are otherwise not enrolled in Medicare. (kff.org)
  • 4 The proportion of American Indians and Alaska Natives living away from reservations has grown steadily over time and this demographic shift is expected to continue. (kff.org)
  • 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)
  • Racialized hierarchies are embedded in the personification of the "white spirit" as a White woman, descending from above to provide a precious gift to Native Americans, similar to imagery drawing on the idea of the " white man's burden . (thesocietypages.org)
  • The history of Native Americans after the arrival of the pilgrims in 1620 is one of disenfranchisement, genocide, and forced migration. (lu.se)
  • Lastly, the dramatic population increase will contribute to conditions of overcrowding and poor sanitation-conditions ripe for the flourishing of plague hosts and vectors. (medscape.com)
  • The number of Americans 65 and older is expected to increase to one in four by 2050. (who.int)
  • Potawatomi" and "Onion Field" are fine together, because American society associates Indians with the natural world, plants, animals, etc. (thesocietypages.org)
  • Adrienne Keene, EdD is a graduate of the Harvard Graduate School of Education and is now a postdoctoral fellow in Native American studies at Brown University. (thesocietypages.org)
  • The principal mission of Historically Black Colleges and Universities is the education of Black Americans. (luminafoundation.org)