A graph comparing Alaska general and prison populations’ proportions of American Indian or Alaska Native (AI/AN) inmates to other states.

Source: https://alaskapublic.org/2023/10/04/racial-disparities-among-alaska-native-and-american-indian-inmates-a-troubling-picture/

American Indian or Alaska Native individuals experienced the highest rate of overdose mortality in 2020 (41.4 per 100 000), which was 30.8% higher than that for White individuals.

Source: https://theweedblog.com/advocacy/economic-justice-oregon-hb-3431

Compared to 2021, American Indian and Pacific Islander Coloradans had the largest increases in life expectancy, though they still could expect shorter lives, on average, than Asian, multiracial and white residents.

Source: https://www.canoncitydailyrecord.com/2023/08/13/colorado-2022-deaths-covid-overdoses/

Despite the dip in his tribe’s gaming revenues, Deschamps said the American Indian gaming industry is “absolutely and economic driver for the state.”

Source: https://www.minnpost.com/economy/2023/08/when-there-comes-to-american-indian-gaming-some-but-not-all-tribes-come-up-big-winners/

Her projects include helping to save Albuquerque’s Petroglyph National Monument and Santa Fe’s Institute of American Indian Arts.

Source: https://www.nytimes.com/2023/04/20/arts/design/jaune-quick-to-see-smith-whitney-art.html

North American Indian Motorcycle retail was flat year-over-year, but up 11% relative to 2019.

Source: https://seekingalpha.com/article/4596449-polaris-inc-pii-q1-2023-earnings-call-transcript?source=feed_all_articles

Tensions that had been smoldering on the Pine Ridge Reservation in flared up 50 years ago Monday, when activists from the American Indian Movement took over the town of Wounded Knee.

Source: https://www.independent.co.uk/news/ap-south-dakota-memories-native-americans-fbi-b2290147.html

That was a turning point for April and Luke learning more about their Waccamaw Siouan heritage, recounting it as a moment in which Luke felt particularly affirmed as a Black American Indian.

Source: https://www.wral.com/i-know-who-i-am-a-black-mother-and-son-s-journey-of-learning-to-embrace-their-mixed-race-american-indian-identity/20802837/

“They’re one of a few… auctions that refuse to work in productive ways with Native nations about the items they have for sale,” said Shannon O’Loughlin, a citizen of the Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma and CEO of the Association on American Indian Affairs.

Source: https://www.denverpost.com/2023/03/18/bonhams-auction-native-american-tribes-dean-taylor-collection/

This recommendation proposes funding the existing Office of American Indian Health further to address the specific needs of American Indians in Minnesota.

Source: https://www.minnpost.com/race-health-equity/2023/03/how-the-walz-administration-hopes-to-address-health-equity-in-minnesota-through-proposed-budget/