Colored coded map of total population of country from the 2010 U.S. Census data.

From the rural campus of the Northwest Indian College in Bellingham, Washington to the hustle of the University of Washington in Seattle, "Bridging Worlds" takes a look at the varying roles of American Indian post-secondary students. Reflecting on their own life journeys, three students discuss how their desire to participate in making decisions that affect their communities has inspired them to engage in community-based research.
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This flexible toolkit highlights steps, tools, and methods that can be used to complete an accurate homeless count on AIANHH lands. The toolkit is based upon past research as well as interviews with key stakeholders in the field. Two case studies are included to provide in-depth pictures of how two tribal communities, the Fond du Lac band of Lake Superior Chippewa in Minnesota and the Turtle Mountain band of Chippewa in North Dakota, approached a housing and homeless needs assessment on their reservations.

The purpose of this 2007 study is to provide information that will help to understand the high rates of obesity among the AI/ANs, the nature of a variety of preventive interventions and their efficacy, and directions for future research that may involve research collaborations among government agencies and other organizations.

Database of Best (i.e., Evidence-Based) Practice, Promising Practice, Local Effort (BP/PP/LE), Resources, and Policies occurring among American Indian/Alaska Native (AI/AN) communities, schools, work sites, health centers/clinics, and hospitals.

Native language program using images, sound and video.

Report of the 2010 Rural Health Care Services Outreach Grant Program. The program encourages the development of new and innovative health care delivery systems in rural communities that lack essential health care services.

Set in the beautiful Northwest Territories, "The Partnership" explores how Aboriginal communities are working with health researchers for the community's benefit. Told through the eyes of Tlicho community-based researchers, "The Partnership" demonstrates that no matter what the issue, the solutions always lie within the community.
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This 2011 article examines the prevalence of some of the leading risks to health among nationally representative samples of American Indian/Alaska Native (AI/AN) high school students and compared rates across racial/ethnic groups.

Overview of the Treatment of Native Americans specifically related to the history of disease.

This paper discusses current practice of research with and by American Indian tribal governments in the United States. The paper analyzes current challenges and offers concepts for continuing to improve the effectiveness of Tribally-Driven Participatory Research.

Increasingly, tribal leaders acknowledge that research is a key tool of tribal sovereignty in providing data and information to guide community planning, cross-community coordination, and program and policy development. Efforts to address longstanding issues, such as health disparities for American Indians and Alaska Natives (AI/AN), have increasingly used partnership research approaches. This document seeks to strengthen these partnerships by providing insight about how culture, sovereignty, and experience matter in research with Native communities. This publication was produced with insights from those involved with tribal research inMontana and elsewhere. It was developed collaboratively by the National Congress of American Indians Policy Research Center and Montana State University's Center for Native Health Partnerships.