Health Equity, Environmental Justice, and American Indian and Alaska Native Communities: A Short Report

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Environmental public health hazards present unique challenges for American Indian and Alaska Native (AI/AN) communities due to their close cultural, physical, and spiritual associations with the environment. To raise visibility of these challenges among environmental public health professionals, this report summarizes findings from studies, news articles, and case studies. We categorized five major environmental public health challenges that affect AI/AN communities: climate change, environmental health hazards, air quality, water quality, and environmental prenatal exposures. A general explanation of each environmental health issue is articulated with contextual history, statistics, and reports. Discussion of these categories is followed by case studies of AI/AN communities affected by these environmental health challenges. Lastly, we point to efforts by Indigenous communities and allies who are working to improve AI/AN environmental public health within the U.S.

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