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Indigeneity as a determinant of health

WEBICT. NEW YORK — This year’s United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues is focusing on human, territorial and planetary health. The …

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Running Medicine provides ‘healing journey’

WEBThe Running Medicine program includes a session of Ojibwe stickball in July 2021, with participants raising their sticks high to begin. The program, founded by Anthony and Shannon Fleg in Albuquerque, New …

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New, upgraded Native health care facilities open in Arizona

WEBSage Memorial Hospital is scheduled to open a new 90,000-square-foot, 25-bed hospital located in Ganado on May 30, 2024. The hospital and medical, dental and …

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Planetary health, Indigenous health are interdependent …

WEBIndigenous peoples around the globe agree that their health and the health of the planet are interdependent and in jeopardy. On day two of the United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues, or …

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Native Americans have shorter life spans

WEBThe disparity is even greater in Goodlow’s home state. Indigenous South Dakotans who died between 2017 and 2021 had a median age of 58 — 22 years …

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Construction of Dilkon Medical Center nears completion

WEBThis is a large part of Nation building,” said President Nez. In May 2019, President Nez and Vice President Myron Lizer issued a letter to Indian Health Service authorizing Winslow Indian Health Care Center, …

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New opportunity for Alaska tribal health leader

WEBRoald Helgesen, Haida, on March 5, 2020 before his resignation as at Alaska Native Medical Center Administrator on August 7. (Photo by Joaqlin Estus) After …

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Native-owned healthcare makes a difference in Alaska

WEBThe organization, Southcentral Foundation, known as SCF, provides health care to 65,000 Alaska Native and Indigenous people living in Anchorage, Matanuska-Susitna Borough, and 55 rural villages.

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IHS operations to continue in face of shutdown

WEBPreviously, IHS employees would have to work without pay or on furlough, limiting service to the roughly 2.6 million citizens who rely on Indian Healthcare. During …

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Alaska tribal health consortiums are legally immune in many cases

WEBJames Brooks Alaska Beacon. The Alaska Supreme Court overturned a 20-year-old precedent Friday by ruling that Alaska Native tribal organizations can more …

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Read It and Eat: Program Combines Early Literacy and Healthy Eating

WEBSep 13, 2018. Original: May 24, 2016. At the Native Health facilities in downtown Phoenix, Arizona, you can get literacy with lunch in a program called Read It and Eat —a …

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A new model for caring for Indigenous foster children

WEBLA PLANT, S.D. — Past a gravel road lined with old white wooden buildings is a new, 8-acre village dotted with colorful houses, tepees, and a sweat lodge. The …

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Predatory healthcare scam targets Indigenous people

WEBShutting down a predatory scam. On May 16, Gov. Katie Hobbs and Attorney General Kris Mayes announced that over 100 healthcare providers for …

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A Look at End-of-Life Care Issues for Native Americans

WEBNov 21, 2011. More than 4 million people in the United States identify themselves as either American Indian or Alaska Native (AI/AN), a diverse group of people who come from …

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Pascua Yaqui Tribe breaks ground on new health and social …

WEBNews Release. Pascua Yaqui Tribe - Health Services Division. The Pascua Yaqui Tribe has broken ground on a new 100,000- square-foot building for its Health …

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Grand Ronde opens opioid treatment clinic

WEBThe Confederated Tribes of Grand Ronde celebrated the imminent opening of its second opioid treatment facility, this one in the tribe’s homelands in Portland. In …

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Michigan, Ohio legislators discuss ‘endgame’ of banning all trans

WEBMichigan Advance. Several Republican legislators from Michigan and Ohio were recorded in an online forum planning to try to ban trans health care for everyone, …

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