Fact sheet: Trauma among American Indians and Alaska Natives

2016

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Fact Sheet/Issue Brief
National Native Children’s Trauma Center, the National Center for Child Traumatic Stress and the University of Montana
National Native Children’s Trauma Center

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Trauma among American Indians and Alaska Natives

This fact sheet discusses types and extent of trauma among American Indians and Alaska Natives (AI/AN) including data from studies examining adverse childhood experiences focusing on AI/AN children and those examining historical trauma. These studies suggest that AI/AN populations experience trauma at a rate that exceeds, and is different from, that of the general population.