Real Stats
On average, how many years shorter is the lifespan of a Native American compared to the average American?
What is 14.4 years?
This federal policy effectively tried to dissolve tribal sovereignty and force assimilation during the mid-20th century.
What was the Termination Policy?
True or False: Native Americans suffered a higher death rate from COVID-19 because they are genetically more susceptible to the virus.
What is False?
What does AI/AN stand for?
What is American Indian and Alaska Native?
Which TV show exposed the underfunding and neglect of the IHS?
What is Reservation Dogs?
Native Americans are how many times more likely to use methamphetamine than the average American?
What is 3 time more likely?
A 1851 congressional act that created the reservation system, forcing tribes onto designated lands and disrupting their traditional ways of living.
What was the Indian Appropriations Act?
What are two environmental and lifestyle reasons why Native Americans are more likely to get Tuberculosis?
What are unhygienic conditions/pipe smoking/cigarette abuse?
What type of specialized medical/rehab facilities are proven to have much higher success rates for Indigenous patients?
What are facilities with native traditions and practices?
The main characters in Reservation Dogs never did what 2 things?
What is smoking and drinking?
What percentage of Native American young adults aged 18–25 meet the criteria for a substance use disorder?
What is 1 in 5?
An event in 1890 in South Dakota that involved the military massacre of Lakota men, women, and children.
What was the Wounded Knee Massacre?
True or False: Native Americans have the highest rates of alcohol, marijuana, and cocaine use disorders of any ethnic group.
What is true?
Training healthcare staff in which field has helped improve patient outcomes and increased the likelihood of them seeking treatment?
What are facilities that include native traditions and practices?
What is the youth-centered organization that provides financial assistance to help Indigenous students enter medical careers?
What is We R Native?
What fraction of Indigenous people actively avoid seeking healthcare out of a well-founded fear of experiencing discrimination?
What is 1/6th?
What are two of the factors that affect indigenous relations with doctors?
What is biological warfare/forced sterilizations/unethical research/ongoing discrimination?
What percentage of Native Americans report participating in binge drinking?
What is 25%?
What cultural practice doe reservations schools that have a decrease in student mental health disorders and suicide implement?
What is teaching native languages?
What is the one-on-one peer support initiative offered by We R Native?
What is the "Ask Your Relative" Program?
What percentage of Indigenous people reported personally experiencing racism over the past year?
What is 92%?
Which forced relocation of the Diné people in 1864 resulted in a brutal 300-mile march at gunpoint across the desert?
What is the Long Walk of the Navajo
What percentage of Native Americans are classified specifically as alcohol abusers?
What is an action that needs to be taken for AI/AN groups who are currently overlooked?
What is implementing targeted programs?
What do the sculptures in Codes We Carry blend? (hint: a traditional craft and a modern medical dataset)
What are indigenous bead patterns and DNA/RNA scanning grids?