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Premature mortality patterns among American Indians in North Dakota, 2010–2019 (pre-pandemic) [PDF]

Frontiers in Public Health
BackgroundAccording to the National Center for Health Data, in 2017 American Indians in North Dakota experience the highest age-adjusted mortality rate in the United States.
Melanie Nadeau, Joel S. Steele, Amber Lyon-Colbert, Allison Kelliher, Joshua Barnett, Andria Begay, Donald Warne   +6 more
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Understanding and Addressing Cancer Disparities Among American Indians in North Carolina: The Southeastern American Indian Cancer Health Equity Partnership (SAICEP) [PDF]

Cancer Control
Introduction American Indians and Alaska Natives (AIANs) experience significant cancer incidence and mortality disparities, with elevated cancer risk factor exposure, lower cancer screening rates, and poorer quality of cancer care relative to non ...
Ronny A. Bell PhD, MS, Tomi Akinyemiju PhD, Nadine Barrett PhD, MS, MPH, Rachel Denlinger-Apte PhD, MPH, Stephanie B. Wheeler PhD, Ryan Dial MCLS, MLS(ASCP)cm, Ana Salas MPH, Charlene Hunt BS, Yadurshini Raveendran MS, Erica Fennimore BSPH   +9 more
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A Federal Indian Health Insurance Plan: Fulfilling a solemn obligation to American Indians and Alaska Natives in the United States

Preventive Medicine Reports, 2022
The Indian Health Service (IHS) is but the latest effort to honor the constitutional and treaty commitment made to deliver health care to American Indians and Alaska Natives in the United States.
Vishal Khetpal, James Roosevelt, Jr, Eli Y. Adashi   +2 more
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PHILOSOPHICAL IDEAS IN SPIRITUAL CULTURE OF THE INDIGENOUS PEOPLES OF NORTH AMERICA

Antropologìčnì Vimìri Fìlosofsʹkih Doslìdžen', 2020
The purpose of the article is to reveal philosophical ideas in the mythology and folklore of the indigenous peoples of North America. An important question: "Can we assume that the spiritual culture of the American Indians contained philosophical ...
S. V. Rudenko, Y. A. Sobolievskyi
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Franz Boas’ Postulate of the Warfare Origin of Secret Societies and Myths about the “Culture Heroˮ and the “Tricksterˮ in North America

Etnoantropološki Problemi, 2021
In this paper, the authors argue that Franz Boas had a coherent theory of the secret society, which he did not systematically develop anywhere, but which can be reconstructed from several of his works.
Dragana Jeremić Molnar, Aleksandar Molnar   +1 more
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American Indian Health in North Carolina [PDF]

North Carolina Medical Journal, 2021
The following is a review of current policy and proposed legislation related to the health of American Indians in North Carolina. It is not an endorsement of any policy or bill; it is meant to serve as a resource for policy makers, health care stakeholders, and other readers of the NCMJ.
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Relation of the American Catholic Church to the Institutions of American Society from the Establishment of the Apostolic Prefecture of Baltimore in 1784 to the First World War [PDF]

Edinost in Dialog, 2022
The article deals with the positioning of the Catholic Church in American society from the founding of the Apostolic Prefecture of Baltimore in 1784 to the First World War.
Dominik Janez Herle , Matjaž Klemenčič   +1 more
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North American Indians: Personal Names With Semantic Meaning

Names, 2007
This article describes the significance, characteristics, uses, and problems of personal names and naming practices among North American Indians. The three most important aspects of North American Indian personal naming are their: • Three name forms ...
Frank Exner, Little Bear
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Bioactive vegetables integrated into ethnic “Three Sisters Crops” garden targeting foods for type 2 diabetes-associated health disparities of American Indian communities

Journal of Ethnic Foods, 2017
Background: Health-targeted ethnic food models are essential to address worldwide health disparities. One population of the United States that experiences some of the worst rates of diet-related chronic diseases is the American Indians.
Lokesh K. Mishra, Jacob Walker-Swaney, Dipayan Sarkar, Kalidas Shetty   +3 more
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Are Indians in America's DNA?

Contemporaneity: Historical Presence in Visual Culture, 2019
A conversation between Dr. Monika Siebert and Marina Tyquiengco on:   Americans National Museum of the American Indian January 18, 2018–2022 Washington, D.C.
Marina Tyquiengco, Monika Siebert
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