American Indians are the poorest group of people in the United States. The 300 Indian reservations located in the lower 48 states suffer from very high rates of poverty, unemployment, and substandard housing. This Article examines why this is so. The economic history of American Indians...

The standard of living of First Nations is on average much lower than that of other Canadians, but some First Nations have achieved higher well-being than others.This paper is an investigation into the factors that promote prosperity for First Nations. We use the Community Well-being Index...

Non-Hispanic whites who do not have a college degree have experienced an increase in "deaths of despair" - deaths caused by suicide, drug use, and alcohol use. Yet, deaths of despair are proportionally largest among Native Americans and the rate of increase of these deaths matches that of...