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Martial arts - several Native American groups have developed styles of martial arts, such as the Mapuche style of Kollellaullin. Mathematics – the Olmec and the Maya–who succeeded the Olmec–independently developed the concept of zero (independent of the ancient Hindus in India) in mathematics.
Native Americans from the 20–49 age group in the Northern Plains were 4 to 5 times more likely to die to infectious diseases than whites. Native American and Alaska Natives were 13 times more likely to contract tuberculosis than whites. [citation needed] In 2005, Native Americans were at least twice as likely to have unmet medical needs due ...
The Alaska Native Tribal Health Consortium is a Tribal health organization that serves Alaska Native and American Indian people who live in the state of Alaska. The organization provides a variety of services including comprehensive medical services at the Alaska Native Medical Center , wellness programs, disease research and prevention, rural ...
Native Americans initially believed that illness primarily resulted from being out of balance, in relation to their religious beliefs. Typically, Native Americans held that disease was caused by either a lack of magical protection, the intrusion of an object into the body by means of sorcery , or the absence of the free soul from the body.
A direct effect of sterilization of Native American women was that the Native American birth rate decreased. [20] In 1970, the average birth rate of Native American women was 3.29, but it declined to 1.30 in 1980. The birthrate of Apache women fell from 4.01 to 1.78. In comparison, the average white woman birth rate fell from 2.42 to 2.14. [33]
Matika Wilbur photographed members of every federally recognized Native American tribe. She named the series Project 562 for the number of recognized tribes at the time.
Native Americans produced witch hazel extract by boiling the stems of the shrub and producing a decoction, which was used to treat swellings, inflammations, and tumors. [67] Early Puritan settlers in New England adopted this remedy from the natives, and its use became widely established in the United States. [ 68 ]
Native American women were at risk for rape whether they were enslaved or not; during the early colonial years, settlers were disproportionately male. They turned to Native women for sexual relationships. [38] Both Native American and African enslaved women suffered rape and sexual harassment by male slaveholders and other white men. [38]