Observing Orange Shirt Day
September 30 is the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation – colloquially known as Orange Shirt Day. It began in Canada but now we observe it in the U.S. too: a day to recognize the atrocities of the residential school system that devastated so many Indigenous communities. The U.S. government ran their boarding school program […]
Improving Data Quality in Native Communities
Brookings Institution just released a report called “Good Data, Stronger Tribes” on the need for better data collection and utilization for Native American communities. You might recall that we issued our own report on flawed data and Indigenous health a few years ago – so we were intrigued to read their findings. In case you didn’t […]
The Future of Indigenous Health: Meet Alyson Shirley
Alyson Shirley is a former Miss Navajo Nation who is a rising star in Indigenous health. She recently earned a master’s degree in global health from Arizona State University’s School of Human Evolution and Social Change. Today she works as an HIV Program Specialist for CAN Community Health, a non-profit that empowers patients affected by infectious […]
