Brady Hummel
Reading/writing at intersection of climate change, SoJo, & communities. Seek to understand, for understanding necessitates action and change. Words are power.
It’s no secret that the Indian Health Service, the federal agency tasked with providing health-care services to American Indians and Alaska Natives, is underfunded and overburdened; Native Americans are more likely to die from liver disease, diabetes, homicide, suicide, and respiratory diseases than the general population in the United States.
How Mortality Data Fails Native Americans
Kate Wheeling
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They’re also subject to enormous internal and external pressures and face starkly higher rates of mental health and illness than non-Native populations. For more in-depth analysis, read my piece from last month, Historical Trauma: The Confluence of Mental Health and History in Native American Communities.
