2. COMMUNITY STRUCTURE
Domestic Dependent Nations
▪ Segregated from general
population
▪ Culturally maintained
▪ Rights to tribal sovereignty
▪ Govern themselves
▪ Define members
▪ Manage tribal property
▪ Regulate tribal business
▪ Domestic relations
3. SOCIAL STATUS
▪ High poverty rates
▪ Government oppression
▪ Violation of treaties
▪ Supreme Court rulings
▪ Americanization
▪ Ethnocide
▪ Economically challenged
▪ Income below poverty
▪ Barren or rural areas
▪ Jobs less accessible
▪ Low Status
▪ Negative consequences
▪ Alcoholism
▪ Suicide
▪ Gangs
▪ Public and domestic violence
▪ Psychiatric disorders
▪ Anxiety
▪ Depression
▪ PTSD
▪ Oppositional Defiant Disorder
4. WORKPLACE
Population 1.5% 5.2 Million
▪ Government employment
▪ Tribal
▪ Federal
▪ High unemployment
▪ 4-8 out of 10
▪ Geographic location
▪ Poverty level
▪ 28.2% total population
▪ 38%-63% reservations
▪ 27% children
▪ 32% children < 5
Native American Population
5. HEALTHCARE
▪ INDIAN HEALTH SERVICE (IHS)
▪ Life expectancy 5 years < national
average
▪ 55% rely on HIS
▪ Indian Health Care Improvement
Act
▪ Meet 60% health needs
▪ Insufficient funding
▪ Crisis driven
▪ Inadequate preventative care
▪ Most areas
▪ Lack doctor’s office
▪ Pharmacies
▪ SUBCULTURE
▪ Reject Assimilation
▪ Higher death rates:
▪ Heart disease 36% by age 65
▪ Diabetes 177%
▪ Tuberculosis 500%
▪ Cancer & disparities of treatment
▪ Suicide 82%
▪ Infant deaths 60%
6. HOUSING
“Third World” Similarities
▪ Sub-standard
▪ Telephone service 71%
▪ Indoor plumbing 54%
▪ Considered inadequate 40%
▪ Indian Housing Authority (IHA)
▪ 90,000 Homeless or under-housed
▪ 30% overcrowded
▪ Housing waiting list > 3 years
▪ 3 or more generations
▪ Public sewer < 50%
▪ Increased health risk
7. EDUCATION
Evidence of education
discrepancies:
Kindergarden-4th Grade
Math
Reading
High School dropout more
than double
Unemployment 14.4%-35%
0%
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20%
30%
40%
50%
60%
70%
80%
90%
100%
H.S. DIPLOMA/GED BACHELOR'S DEGREE
EDUCATION
AMERICAN INDIAN U.S. POPULATION
8. REFERENCES
Brookeman, C. (1990).The Native American Peoples ofThe United States. Retrieved from
http://www.americansc.org.uk/Online/brookman.htm
Living Conditions. (2015, January 1). Retrieved from
http://www.nrcprograms.org/site/PageServer?pagename=naa_livingconditions
Native Americans. (2015). Retrieved from
http://www.civilrights.org/resources/civilrights101/native.html
Sarche, M., & Spicer, P. (2009, June 1). Poverty and Health Disparities forAmerican Indian
and Alaska Native Children: Current Knowledge and Future Prospects. Retrieved from
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2567901/
