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Spotlight On American Indian and Alaska Native Communities
Students from Sherman Indian High School, an off-reservation boarding high school for Native Americans in Riverside, California, sing native songs together
Native nations have been collecting, using, and processing data long before the US as we know it existed.
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American Indians living in urban areas face high levels of food insecurity. Crafting effective solutions necessitates a shift in approach by housing and health researchers and policymakers.
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Urban American Indians disproportionately make up the homeless population—how has housing and social policy contributed to this disparity, and what can be done?
Buffalo transported from Wind Cave State Park.
Learn how the Rosebud Sioux Tribe is centering Lakota values in its economic development strategies.
photo of Colorado river water used in irrigation canal in Arizona
Access to safe drinking water is a globally recognized basic human right . But research shows US tribal public water systems (PWS) and the homes they serve are historically neglected in planning and response efforts, placing a disproportionate burden of disease and unsafe housing on Indian Country.