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Native American communities face significant educational challenges, such as inadequate school funding, lack of qualified teachers, student achievement gap, underrepresentation in higher education and high dropout rates. [64] [63] [65] Tribally controlled schools receive funding directly from the BIE.
The problem of poor nutrition in Native American communities has a historical narrative. The traditional Native American diet consisted wholly of lean meats, protein, fruits and vegetables and low in fat, non-processed sugars and sodium. [39] Native people also hunted and fished quite extensively.
American Indians are inordinately prone to violence when intoxicated. These very traits produced immediate, devastating effects when alcohol was introduced to Native tribes via European contact. The solutions to alcohol problems in Native communities lie in resources outside these communities.
Here are 5 big problems with adult retirement communities in America. Lou Carlozo. April 6, 2024 at 3:23 AM ... As a result, there’s a significant diversity problem in senior living communities.
The population of American Indians and Alaska Native (AIAN) has significantly dropped during the COVID pandemic. The study showed that "for every 100,000 in the population, 737 AIAN people have died for COVID-19 versus 105 whites." Indigenous communities are facing tremendous high COVID-19 infection and mortality rates. [10] [11] [12]
Jeremy Ney, American Inequality. COVID-19 is the most obvious and convenient culprit, both for the absolute decline in life expectancy and the divergence between the experiences of the U.S. and ...
'The good news is that this is fixable,' writes JPMorgan's CEO in his annual letter.
Native Americans faced racism and prejudice for hundreds of years, and they both increased after the American Civil War. Like African Americans, Native Americans were subjected to Jim Crow Laws and racial segregation in the Deep South especially after they were classified as citizens after the passage of the Indian Citizenship Act of 1924.