Imagine one, dwindling culture that has a 152% higher chance at winning the lottery compared to another population. Except the reward they win is not wealth, it is the rate of injury. For the Native American people, this statistic is true when juxtaposed to other Americans (Demographics). Similar to this, many unbalanced problems where Native Americans are on the inferior side of the scale compared to Americans with an alarmingly superior side, have appeared in native culture. The roots of these issues can be found starting in 1860, when the United States government established American Indian boarding schools to help bring education to the “lacking” Indians.…
The studies are primarily focused on only the perspective of social problems, including drug abuse, within the Native life and do not concern any other aspects of their lifestyle. Other aspects include, how economic changes have led to less employment opportunities for the native youth. Also, the Native community is considered a young demographic; however, studies on the youth focus on broad questions and observations that apply to a larger age…
In fact, “suicide is the 2nd leading cause of death among [Natives] ages 15-24, and the 3rd among ages 5-14 and 25-44” (En.wikipedia.org, 2018) Native Americans have gone to court numerous times to try to get support, but the U.S. Supreme Court “justifies” land being taken by claiming, “The United States has unequivocally agreed… that discovery gave an exclusive right to extinguish the Indian title of occupancy.” This statement in itself is complete and utter flim-flam. The Native Americans discovered and occupied the Americas thousands of years before Columbus “discovered” it. Hence the name…
Did They, Didn’t They?: A Question of Suicide in the 1800’s Evansville, Indiana has changed drastically over the past 130 years, and as the city, along with the rest of the world, changes, so do the structures of many occupations. One such occupation that has changed would be that of the coroner, which is now primarily called a medical examiner. While the office of the coroner has always been an elected position, the requirements to fulfill the position have changed radically since then, thanks to the introduction of forensic medicine. They have become more restricted and refined in the way that decisions are made.…
Introduction This essay will examine interventions to improve the prevention and awareness of Native American youth suicide. Interventions include the work from Le and Gobert exploring the ideations mindfulness-based suicide prevention, and work from Robinson, Hetrick, Cox, Bendall, Yuen, Yung & Pirkis exploring the idea that suicide rates can be reduced from internet based interventions. Both interventions that were explored showed promising results, and allow plenty of room for further growth regarding each intervention. Promoting resilience and reducing factors that increase risk is the goal of suicide prevention. Both of these interventions have been the most successful programs thus far in the fight to reduce suicide rates in the Native…
Native Americans, which include the Navajo Tribe, have a very long standing in the history of the United States. They have also been removed from their homelands thought out the ages. Many of these tribes have been forced to reside on reservations. According to the Journal of Health Education, Native Americans out of the total population are the unhealthiest population. This is proven by a shorter life expectancy and higher mortality rates for communicable diseases.…
Unfortunately, the fact that survivors of residential schools continue to endure the effects of abuse, such as depression, is a heartbreaking reality. While statistics are not defining of all Indigenous survivors of residential schools, it is important to assess the current rates of depression, alcoholism, and suicide in Indigenous communities to have a greater sense of the size of the affected…
Question 3: Boarding schools have affected Native Americans in many ways. Boarding schools have given a lot of Native Americans depression. Depression has made many students in the boarding schools suicide or has suicide attempts. This is shown in the book Lakota Woman " I know an eleven-year-old who hanged herself and in our school"( Crow Dog, 29). She hanged herself because of the boarding school that was an unbearable situation.…
The suicide rate in indigenous communities is 1.5 higher compared to the entire USA population. Statistics show native males take their own life more than non-indigenous males of 19 years two to eighteen times greater (ibid). Two-spirit aboriginals have a greater risk of taking their own life than non-native, non-heterosexual individuals. Alcohol and illicit drug use, addiction and death is most prevalent amongst indigenous people as well, along with HIV and other sexually transmitted diseases (Fieland et al., p.275-277). All evidence indicates that aboriginal men and women, regardless whether their LGBTQ or two-spirit undergo more mental and physical health complications than any other ethnicity (Fieland et al.,2007).…
Native American genocide has been going on since 1490, and acts of discrimination and violence are still going against them to this day. Around 12,000 years ago, some nomadic Asians traveled across a land bridge connecting Alaska to Asia. These 50 million people would soon become known as the Native Americans. Christopher Columbus proposed an idea to King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella. He wanted money and boats to go on a voyage to Asia on the West instead of the East.…
Research has found many repercussions of the Native American boarding school experience. Some former students state that being at boarding school was a form of childhood trauma that they may never be able to get over (Yuan et al., 2014). Evans-Campbell, Walters, Pearson, and Campbell (2012) found that former boarding school students had higher rates of drug and alcohol use and were more likely to have attempted suicide. Additionally, this study also found that students were more likely to have general anxiety disorder and posttraumatic stress disorder. A similar study conducted by Manson, Beals, Dick, and Duclos (1989) found that students who attended Native American boarding schools were more suicidal than their counterparts.…
The best part of living in the United States of America is the many different ethnic groups that call it home. It gives this country a unique blend of people whose ancestors originated from all over the world and of people that have recently migrated to it shores an opportunity to add a little of their culture to the mix. Of the different ethnic groups that are present in the U.S., I choose to focus on two groups that I feel have made significant contributions, along with so many others, to the fabric of America, Native Americans and African-Americans. In a lot of ways these two groups have faced overwhelming obstacles to be recognized as full American citizens and valued for their contributions. However, as time has passed, these two groups…
In fact, according to samhsa.gov, “At 16.93, the suicide rate for American Indians/Alaska Natives of all ages was much higher than the overall U.S. rate of 12.08.” Also according to the National Violent Death Reporting System 2003–2009, “of AI/AN suicide decedents tested for alcohol, 36% were legally intoxicated at the time of death. There were proportionally more positive test results for alcohol among AI/AN decedents than there were for any other racial or ethnic group.” These social ills exist in indigenous communities indirectly through the ideas of globalization. Without any Western influences most likely none of these social ills would have exited among the indigenous people.…
Suicide in Native Americans Suicide is a tragedy that runs rampant through our society. When a tragic event like this occurs, we are often left with what can we do to prevent such ideas. Native Americans are no stranger to this concept. Many kids in their community are seen to have higher rates of suicide compared to other Americans. While researching this topic I found it interesting how different sources approached and addressed this issue.…
Social Structure: The major components of social structure are culture, social class, social status, roles, groups and social institutions. Use each of these social structure variables to explain why Native Americans have such a low rate of college graduation. (See Table 9.3 on page 234 in your Henslin textbook). Minority groups must endure a great deal of inequality to gain success in the United States.…