Native teens are facing a mental health crisis
Currently, Indigenous teenagers are facing a mental health crisis that is worsening despite federal efforts. American Indian and Alaska Native teens are more than twice as likely to be receiving ...
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ABC News on MSN.com · 6hSenators send letter to RFK Jr. warning that HHS cuts could hurt Indian Health Service
Senators sent a letter to Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. warning him that cuts to the agency could severely impact the Indian Health Service.
Medical Xpress on MSN.com · 13hCulture, health awareness are key to reducing heart disease among Native American people
Native American tribal members said improved cultural awareness and health education are vital to successfully reduce the high rate of undiagnosed heart disease among Indigenous American people, according to new research published today in the Journal of the American Heart Association.
Native News Online · 8dTrump’s First 100 Days Leave Native American Healthcare in Turmoil
President Donald J. Trump's first 100 days in office have left Native American healthcare reeling. Since January, the Indian Health Service (IHS) and other federal entities supporting healthcare in Indian Country have been subject to a flurry of budget cuts, layoffs and grant freezes.
Watauga Democrat · 1dMental Health Matters: The struggles of marginalized communities
We often say “mental health matters.” I even named my column after this frequently stated truth. However, the actual truth is—whose mental health matters has not always been treated equally
Indigenous Historical Trauma: Alter-Native Explanations for Mental Health Inequities
In so doing, Indigenous advocates of historical trauma creatively recast these problems as postcolonial pathologies ... Gone and Joseph E. Trimble, “American Indian and Alaska Native Mental Health: Diverse Perspectives on Enduring Disparities ...
Will ‘patriotic’ indoctrination be the next attack on Native American schoolchildren?
In his final months as president, Joe Biden issued a formal apology for the ways in which the United States used federal boarding schools to destroy Native American ... of Health and Human ...
Trump administration cutting $1B in school mental health funding over DEI
The Department of Education will not renew $1 billion in mental health funding for schools, citing concerns about diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) efforts in the contracts. The funding came ...
Effort to ban Native American mascots in Illinois would impact 11 metro-east schools
A bill that would prohibit schools from using names, logos or mascots associated with Native Americans ... to not doing that … to students’ mental health (and) a cost to the culture and ...