Testimony Beverly Russell Disparities Hearing 2004
Authors: Beverly Russell
Publication Year: 2004
Last Updated: 2012-06-05
Journal: NCUIH
Keywords: NCUIH, National Council of Urban Indian Health, Testimony, Beverly Russell, 2004
Abstract: Testimony, NCUIH Beverly Russell, Executive Director
Special Hearing on Eliminating Health Disparities
There are 2.4 Million American Indians in the United States. Of this Number 1.4 million or 57%, live in urban areas. The large urban Indian population is the creation of many forces, most of which have been negative. In its early years the Federal Government waged war on the Indian Tribes, decimating Indian populations, uprooting Indian Communities and destroying Indian economies that were based on a close relationship with the natural world.
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