American Indians and Alaska Natives serve in the military at the highest rates per capita of any racial or ethnic group. KFF Health News: Native patients on the hook for government health debt Native patients aren’t liable for medical bills the Indian Health Service is supposed to pay. But...
For all his capacity to make nice with the mainstream when it suited him, and all his latter-day stature as one of the grand old men of American film, Martin Scorsese has never been an entirely comfortable or readily domesticated filmmaker. Indeed, Scorsese’s personal definition of an artist...
They told of a time when the white men would come and when things would be hard for the Indians. All of them said the day would come when the Indians would rise up and again be a proud and noble people. 'Abdu'l-Bahá said of the American Indians, "...should these Indians be ...
They give me hope for a better Earth. Their quiet, persistent efforts to improve the health of all residents of our planet make me want to give as much of myself as I can to aid their efforts. Red-shouldered Hawk with chicks. Thank you, Beth, Kurt, Matt, Sam, Craig, Ginger, Jessic...
Walthill, Nebraska. It was the first-ever modern hospital in Thurston County. Unfortunately, it closed in 1940. But there’s hope for the Omaha tribe yet; new clinics have since opened, and new attention on Natives’ public health may lead to increased services and resources for the Omaha ...
Because of the desire within the consuming public to know more about their Native heritage, several specialty testing services have emerged to offer “Native American” tests. Recently, one, Accu-Metrics out of Canada has been highly criticized in the media for informing a woman that she was re...
Viva the Great Spirit of the Mi’kmaq, the Metis, Sang-Mêlés and Bois-Brûlé by whatever name! Their blood runs in me, and I am proud of them! About that Mi’kmaq DNA My mother and I carry a segment of Native American DNA that is traceable back through the ancestral lines to ...
Common European Framework of Reference for Languages NSCS: Need Satisfaction Competence Scale References Angelova M, Zhao Y. Using an online collaborative project between American and Chinese students to develop ESL teaching skills, cross-cultural awareness and language skills. Comput Assist Lang Learn...
In the mid-1970s a Choctaw-Tsalagi Indian Health Services doctor was approached by a 26-year-old American Indian woman who desired a “wonb transplant.” She had been sterilized when she was 20 at the Indian Health Service hospital in Claremont, Oklahoma. It was discoverd that 75 percent ...
Substance Abuse & Mental Health Services Administration The community also faces severe challenges related to drug use. As a result of businesses fearing usage in their restrooms, only two public restrooms are available in East Phillips: at the Minneapolis American Indian Center and the East Phillips...