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Study: Babies born to rural Alaska mothers more likely to be preterm
A comprehensive study by UAA researchers of childbirths over two decades shows geographic disparities and numerous risk ...
Trump administration makes major cuts to Native American boarding school research projects
At least $1.6 million in federal funds for projects meant to capture and digitize stories of the systemic abuse of ...
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Kennedy’s plan to send health officials to ‘Indian country’ angers Native leaders
WASHINGTON — Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. made a show on Facebook of his meeting with American Indian and Alaska Native leaders last month, declaring himself “very inspired” and committed to ...
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Trump administration makes major cuts to Native American boarding school research projects
The forced assimilation policy officially ended with the enactment of the Indian Child Welfare Act in 1978 ... Koahnic Broadcast Corporation and Alaska Native Heritage Center to record and ...
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Babies born to mothers from rural Alaska areas are more likely to be preterm, study finds
A comprehensive study by UAA researchers of childbirths over two decades shows geographic disparities and numerous risk ...
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Major funding cuts made to Native American boarding school research
The forced assimilation policy officially ended with the enactment of the Indian Child Welfare Act in 1978 ... Koahnic Broadcast Corporation and Alaska Native Heritage Center to record and ...
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Kennedy’s plan to send health officials to ‘Indian country’ angers Native leaders
Kennedy Jr. made a show on Facebook of his meeting with American Indian and Alaska Native leaders last month ... director for the National Indian Child Welfare Association, a nonprofit in Portland ...
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FBI to increase personnel in field offices to address violent crimes in Native American communities
"Crime rates in American Indian and Alaska Native communities are unacceptably ... including more than 900 death investigations, 1,000 for child abuse and more than 500 for domestic violence ...