The high prevalence of violence experienced by Native American women and femme-identifying individuals requires clinicians and staff to better understand social determinants of violence.

Over 100 million people in the pre-Columbian Americas were Indigenous. In the 2010 US Census, 5.2 million people in the US identified as Indigenous. By this and other accounts, American Indians' and Alaska Natives' well-being has been imperiled for over 500 years.

Tribal-university partnerships are fewer in education than in research, but just as important for expanding opportunity and improving health infrastructure.

“Race” is a product of European-American views of phenotypic and cultural differences and continues to influence Native health decision making.

American visual and narrative representations of Native experiences suggest an obligation to look on 19th-century White American artists’ romanticizations of those experiences with humility.

Most clinicians receive little training in integrating Native healing into allopathic practice, which undermines patients’ autonomy and cultural values.

Researchers and scholars should co-develop research with Indigenous peoples to ensure respect for culture, language, and ways of knowing.

Artist and physician unite in a joint vision that reflects the magnitude of the pandemic and the fight for survival.

A just culture perspective suggests that punitive responses to those who err should be reserved for those who have willfully and irremediably caused harm.

Behind the immediate pathophysiology of a medical condition often lies the emotional turmoil of an uncertain patient.