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Public health efforts work around Native American statistical erasure
Thousands of Native Americans have their racial identity wrongly recorded on their death certificates. This has led to a ...
SD prison data, disproportionate Native American incarceration to lead lawmaker discussion
An incarceration summer study committee will convene for its first of three meetings on June 23, to examine SD's prison ...
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Cuts to Medicaid would have 'dire consequences' for Native populations - azcentral.com
Based on data from the American community survey in 2023, some 31% of American Indian and Alaska natives were enrolled in Medicaid compared to 20% for the general population. Among children up to ...
Cuts to Medicaid would have dire consequences for Native American population, experts say - MSN
Based on data from the American community survey in 2023, some 31% of American Indian and Alaska natives were enrolled in ...
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Q&A: 'Statistical Unmarked Graves' — How Data Erasure Masks Native American Deaths
A 2022 study by the Centers for Disease Prevention and Control made headlines for revealing that Native Americans die on ...
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RFK Jr. says ultra-processed food is a 'genocide' on Native Americans - New York Post
Ultra-processed foods are a "genocide" on the Native American population, Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. testified Wednesday, as he vowed to get "high-quality food" onto ...
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How Native Americans in Arizona could swing the election - Los Angeles Times
Indigenous people make up 6% of Arizona’s population. The Native American vote could be pivotal in the state Biden won in 2020 by just 10,457 votes.