An unexpected clue leads to family for an Alaska Native student who died at the Carlisle school

This story contains disturbing details about boarding schools. If you are feeling triggered, here is a resource list from the ...
Public Broadcasting Service (PBS)

Alaska Natives Before Statehood

In the early spring of 1942 Alaska's population was approximately 73,000. About half of those residents were Native Alaskans, ...

Tribal consortium achieves long-desired ownership of Alaska Native Medical Center

The Alaska Native Tribal Health Consortium, along with Southcentral Foundation, has operated the facility for decades, but it ...

Carlisle Barracks disinterment program returns 11 Native children to their families

The Office of Army Cemeteries released their findings on Friday from the multi-phase disinterment program.
Asia Media

American Indian and Alaska Native adults in California struggle with chronic disease and substance use, study finds

More than one-third of American Indian and Alaska Native (AIAN) adults in California live with elevated blood pressure, and 32% live with hypertension, heart disease, diabetes or a combination of ...
Medical Xpress

American Indian and Alaska Native adults had higher rate of premature heart attack deaths

American Indian and Alaska Native adults had significantly higher heart attack death rates at younger ages compared to adults in other racial and ethnic group, according to preliminary research to be ...
Medical Xpress

American Indian/Alaska Native patients less likely to undergo breast reconstruction

American Indian/Alaska Native (AI/AN) women with breast cancer have consistently lower rates of breast reconstruction after mastectomy compared to non-Hispanic White women, reports a paper in the July ...
Cure Today

Kidney Cancer Disparities Persist Among American Indian and Alaskan Native Patients

Kidney cancer incidence is 90% higher in American Indian and Alaska Native populations than in non-Hispanic Whites, with mortality rates nearly double. Disparities are driven by late detection, ...
The American Journal of Managed Care

Skin Cancer’s Impact on American Indian/Alaska Native Communities Deserves More Consideration

A retrospective study showcases the need for considering the impact of skin cancers in non-Hispanic American Indian/Alaska Native communities, who experience some of the highest incidences of melanoma ...
aafp.org

Ecology of Health Care: The Need to Address Low Utilization in American Indians/Alaska Natives

Disparities in health and access to health care continue to persist among the American Indian/Alaska Native population, despite federal efforts to call attention to and address these disparities. 1 ...
Healio

Melanoma incidence rates increased in American Indian, Alaskan Native populations

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Melanoma incidence in American Indian and Alaska Native populations increased over 20 years. Men aged older than ...
Fred Hutch

Smoking cessation trial for American Indian and Alaska Native people funded

It was used ceremonially for centuries, but these days tobacco — now manufactured into highly addictive, commercial cigarettes — has become a scourge for many Indigenous people. “Since the early 1980s ...