Social Work Resources: Native Americans & Social Work

SERVICE GUIDES

Increasing Culturally Responsive Care and  Mental Health Equity With Indigenous Community Mental Health Workers
"American Indian (AI)/Alaska Native (AN) communities represent strength and resilience within a history of attempted genocide, cultural assault, and ongoing systemic oppression. A myriad of factors including historical trauma, continuing discrimination, barriers to services (including culturally effective services), and the failure of the federal government to uphold its trust responsibility to AI/AN communities contribute to persistent substantial mental health and substance use disparities for Native communities (statement from this site)."

NASW.  Indigenous Rights
"This 2021 CSWE publication acknowledges that the social work profession and social work education are steeped in colonial influences and that social work practices have supported government priorities, including eradicating and assimilating Indigenous and Tribal Peoples.

The actions of individual social workers and our profession have caused harm in multiple ways, through actions and inactions. Recommendations in this statement of reconciliation call for change and healing (statement from this site)."

National Indian Health Board.  Behavioral Health Resources and Links (National & Tribal)
"The National Indian Health Board is working to increase awareness of the Behavioral Health needs in Indian Country. We aim to identify challenges and highlight successful strategies so that our communities have the information they need to promote and protect the health of all American Indian and Alaska Native people. In working towards this goal, we are joined by many partners, supporters and friends, including Tribal Leaders, National Tribal Advisory Committees, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS), private foundations, elected civic leaders, and tribal health consortiums.(statement from this site)."

National Indian Health Board. Behavioral Health Alerts 
"Brenda Hill of the National Indigenous Women's Resource Center and Lori Jump of StrongHearts Native Helpline discuss the impact of colonialism in creating frameworks and sytems of power that have encouraged domestic violence against women in Tribal communities. They focus on reconnecting to authentic cultural traditions—in both thinking and practice—that serve as key protective factors and primary prevention of domestic violence in Tribal communities (statement from this site)."

National Indian Health Board. Information Hub: Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) in Indian Country
"Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) are common. Many Tribal individuals, families, and communities have been impacted by childhood experiences causing physical and mental health adversities throughout the lifespan. This Information Hub includes brief education and resources to increase awareness and knowledge of ACEs and will increase Indian Country's capacity to address these adversities(statement from this site)."

Online MSW Programs.  55 Mental Health Resources for People of Color
"Mental illness does not discriminate: Nearly 20% of U.S. adults experience a mental illness each year,External link:open_in_new regardless of race or ethnicity. And while it’s clear that mental health is a crosscutting issue that affects all communities, providing effective services for people of color requires acknowledging and understanding their different lived realities (statement from this site)."

Urban Indian Health Institute.  Addressing Depression Among American Indians and Alaska Natives: A Literature Review
"The purpose of this report is to highlight and review literature, programs and activities focused on depression and other common mental health conditions in American Indian and Alaska Native (AI/AN) communities in the United States.(statement from this site)."

TREATMENT GUIDES

Culturally Responsive Social Work Methods for use with Indigenous Peoples
"The legacy of social work with Indigenous people in the land currently called America mirrors that of the greater colonial project - violence, coercion, and cultural erasure. The profession of social work in America has a long history of participation in the greater project of settler colonialism - non-Indigenous social workers and policy makers attempted to apply middle class European values to Indigenous communities and people, on a background of total ignorance about the colonial forces and historical traumas that have shaped modern Indigenous worlds. This lack of cultural understanding was and is devastating to the Indigenous people and cultures impacted, allowing significant harm to be done to Indigenous people by social workers ostensibly trying to improve lives (statement from this site)."

Mental Health America.  Native and Indigenous Communities and Mental Health
" Mental Health America works nationally and locally to raise awareness about mental health and ensures that those at-risk for mental illnesses and related disorders receive proper, timely and effective treatment. MHA incorporates culturally competent strategies to ensure that it is effectively addressing the treatment and psychosocial needs of consumers and families with diverse values, beliefs, sexual orientations, and backgrounds that vary by race, ethnicity and/or language.(statement from this site)."

National Indian Health Board. Tribal Opioid Response Resource Toolkit
"This Tribal Opioid Response Resource Toolkit provides an array of materials, tools, resources and links to support Tribes as they are working to combat the epidemic within their communities (statement from this site)."

National Indian Health Board. Public & Behavioral Health Toolkits
"The National Indian Health Board has prepared several toolkits to assist program staff. Please click on the links below for more information about each individual toolkit (statement from this site)."

SAMHSA Tribal Training and Technical Assistance Center.  Suicide Prevention Resources
"The Tribal Training and Technical Assistance (TTA) Center provides American Indian and Alaska Native (AI/AN) communities with tools for preventing mental and substance use disorders and suicide and promoting mental health (statement from this site)."

Social Work Practice With Native American Tribal Communities
"The goal of this research project is to inform social work practice with Native American populations in order to increase the effectiveness and cultural efficacy of social work.(statement from this site)."

Online MSW Programs.  55 Mental Health Resources for People of Color
Mental illness does not discriminate: Nearly 20% of U.S. adults experience a mental illness each year,  Regardless of race or ethnicity. And while it’s clear that mental health is a cross-cutting issue that affects all communities, providing effective services for people of color requires acknowledging and understanding their different lived realities (statement from this site)."

BIA.  Social Services
The Social Services program supports Bureau agency staff and over 900 tribal staff that have been hired by contracting tribes to run their programs. These staff provide counseling services to local on-reservation eligible Indians as well as coordinate all Human Services activities at the Tribe and Agency level (statement from this site)."

CSWE  Indigenous and Tribal Content
The Council on Social Work Education (CSWE) is committed to achieving social justice and equity for Indigenous Peoples in ways that respect their ancient cultures and sovereign rights and that address a legacy of colonization and oppression. Social work education strives to prepare tomorrow’s practitioners to effect social change for all people. With humility, we recognize and respect all Indigenous Peoples and their ties to the land (statement from this site)."

Family Voices of Washington. Native and Indigenous Health Resources
Family Voices of Washington is a program at PAVE. This website was developed with funding from the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), Maternal and Child Health Bureau (MCHB) Division of Services for Children with Special Health Needs (statement from this site)." 

National Association on Mental Illness.  Indigenous
Mental health and emotional well-being among Indigenous/Native people are often closely tied to cultural traditions of prayer and ceremony. More recently, these supportive cultural traditions have been endangered by forced assimilation. The process of forced assimilation included children being forcefully separated from their communities to be educated in boarding schools, where their Native culture and languages were discouraged through extreme discipline and violence, which often resulted in death (statement from this site)."

National Indian Health Board.  Behavioral Health Resources and Links (National & Tribal)
The National Indian Health Board is working to increase awareness of the Behavioral Health needs in Indian Country. We aim to identify challenges and highlight successful strategies so that our communities have the information they need to promote and protect the health of all American Indian and Alaska Native people (statement from this site)."

Rural Health Information Hub--Rural Tribal Health – Organizations
Resources in this guide provide specific information on tribal health, including disparities, healthcare, services, wellness, and workforce needs, as well as funding sources and tools that can be used to help improve healthcare for AI/AN people (statement from this site)."

National Indian Health Board.
"This Information Hub is the result of a partnership between the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the National Indian Health Board (NIHB). This Hub includes a "resource basket" designed for AI/AN individuals, families, communities, professionals, and leaders to rummage through, harvesting resources. This Hub can assist Tribes to learn more about ACEs, research, tools, and interventions. Additionally, NIHB plans to continue weaving into the basket, adding more resources and building on this resource in the future (stated in the site)."

National Training Center for Indian Social Services
"The Social Services Center for Excellence was built to serve the needs of Social Services staff at both the Bureau of Indian Affairs and Tribes. As a training and information hub, the Center for Excellence offers on-demand access to resources and training from the BIA, Tribes, and various local, state and regional agencies. This centralized collection of training materials and events will help to streamline the work of Social Services staff by providing access to critical information where and when it’s needed (stated in the site).

Individually

Native Wellness Assessment (NWA)
The NWA™ tool is the first of its kind to measure how cultural interventions affect a person’s wellness from a
whole whole-person strengths-based view.  Our research has shown the NWA™ to be a reliable way to measure
changes in wellness over time across all genders, age groups, and cultures.  Full use of the NWA™ can be made
available to any organization that provides Indigenous culturally based programs and services.  

Improving Cultural Competence. 
Treatment Improvement Protocol (TIP) Series, No. 59.Center for Substance Abuse Treatment.,  Appendix D  Screening and Assessment Instruments
These tables only represent a sample of instruments. In reviewing the tables, do not assume that the instruments have normative data across race and ethnicities. The citations and information listed in this appendix serve only as a starting point for investigating the appropriateness of available instruments within specific populations. Citations reflect information about the effectiveness of the testing measurements as well as research that suggests modifications or reports testing discrepancies among racial and ethnic populations (statement from this site)."

Developing An Indigenous Measure Of Overall Health And Well-Being: The Wicozani Instrument
“A native community developed the Wicozani Instrument, a 9-item self-report measure, to assess overall health and well-being from an Indigenous epistemology. The Wicozani Instrument measures mental, physical, and spiritual health and their importance to an individual’s quality of life (statement from this site)."

Testing And Assessment With Persons & Communities Of Color
Refer to Chapter 3; “Psychological Assessment Considerations for American Indians, Alaska Natives, and Native Hawaiians .”

Community

Native American Center for Excellence.  Substance Abuse Prevention.  Steps for Conducting Research and Evaluation in Native Communities
“This paper briefly explores the lessons and challenges of research and evaluation in Native communities, as well as the type of evaluations required by Federal funding sources to determine program effectiveness. It further identifies steps in conducting research and evaluation in these communities and concludes with personal stories of successful evaluation experiences (statement from this site)."

Indian Health Services  Community Health Assessment
“The IHS Health Promotion/Disease Prevention program and the Stanford University HP/DP Resource Center developed a Restoring Balance: Community-Owned Wellness manual that focuses on community wellness and various approaches to improve the health of American Indians and Alaska Natives. This resource along with other Community Assessment tools could assist communities to direct their own services and to play a key role in the health of the community. Community assessments can occur in multiple ways, and require a considerable commitment of time, leadership, and financial resources by individuals and lead organizations/agencies (statement from this site)."

Institute of Education Sciences.  Guide to Conducting a Needs Assessment for American Indian Students
This guide was designed to help state and local education agencies conduct needs assessments to better understand the strengths, challenges, and needs unique to schools serving American Indian students. It includes surveys developed collaboratively with communities that serve American Indian students to reflect the most relevant topics. Using results from these surveys, the guide provides examples of how to target and monitor improvement efforts that reduce gaps in outcomes between American Indian students and other students (statement from this site)."

Assessment of Risk and Protection in Native American Youth: Steps Toward Conducting Culturally Relevant, Sustainable Prevention in Indian Country
This study constitutes a building block in the cultural adaptation of Communities That Care (CTC), a community-based prevention system that has been found to be effective in reducing youth problem behaviors (statement from this site)."

Education

National Center for Education Statistics (NCES)
“The National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) is the primary statistical agency of the U.S. Department of Education. It is one of thirteen principal federal statistical agencies¹ whose activities are predominantly focused on the collection, compilation, processing, or analysis of information for statistical purposes (stated in this source)."

Children and Families

Diversity Data Kids
“Explore hundreds of measures of child wellbeing and policy analysis from a unique information source that documents diversity, opportunity, and equity among US children (stated in this source)."

Child and Family Data Archive
Offers datasets suitable for further analysis and data-related publications.

National Data Archive on Child Abuse and Neglect (NDACAN)
“Distributes the data for each study listed below. All datasets are distributed free of charge. Dataset ordering requirements vary: click on a dataset name to read its details and to access its ordering instructions (stated in this source)."

Children's Bureau - Data & Research
Department of Health and Human Services’ “Division of Performance Measurement and Improvement (DPMI) houses the Data Analytics and Reporting Team (DART). DART is responsible for collecting,processing, analyzing, and disseminating program data including AFCARS, NYTD, Family First Prevention Data, and NCANDS (stated in this source)."

Child Welfare Information Gateway - Statistics
Department of Health and Human Services’ “analysis of data and statistics can help identify trends, make comparisons, and provide empirical evidence to support the implementation of child welfare practices.  Find reports, databases, and other sources of statistical data on child abuse and neglect, foster care, adoption, and well-being (stated in this source)."

Data Resource Center for Child & Adolescent Health
“The National Survey of Children’s Health (NSCH) provides rich data on multiple, intersecting aspects of children’s lives—including physical and mental health, access to and quality of health care, and the child’s family, neighborhood, school, and social context. The National Survey of Children's Health is funded and directed by the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) Maternal and Child Health Bureau (MCHB) (stated in this source)."

Federal Interagency Forum on Child and Family Statistics
“The Federal Interagency Forum on Child and Family Statistics (Forum) is a collection of 23 Federal government agencies involved in research and activities related to children and families. The Forum was founded in 1994 and formally established in April 1997 under Executive Order No. 13045. The mission of the Forum is to foster coordination and collaboration and to enhance and improve consistency in the collection and reporting of Federal data on children and families (stated in this source)."

KIDS COUNT Data Center
“The Annie E. Casey Foundation funds a nationwide network of state-level KIDS COUNT® (LA INFANCIA CUENTA™) grantees to track the well-being of children in the United States. By providing high-quality data and trend analysis through its KIDS COUNT Data Center, the Foundation seeks to enrich local, state and national discussions concerning ways to secure better futures for all children (stated in this source)."

National Data Archive on Child Abuse and Neglect
“A resource since 1988, the National Data Archive on Child Abuse and Neglect (NDACAN) promotes scholarly exchange among researchers in the child maltreatment field. NDACAN acquires microdata from leading researchers and national data collection efforts and makes these datasets available to the research community for secondary analysis (stated in this source)."

Summer Food Service Participation, Meals, and Costs Data
“National and state level data. “Information on Summer Food Service participation, meals served and cash payments provided (stated in this source)."

Aging

AARP Public Policy Institute
“Promotes the development of sound, creative policies to address our common need for economic security, health care, and quality of life. Learn more about our health and other issue areas below (stated in this source)."

AGing, Independence, and Disability (AGID) Program Data Portal
“The AGing, Independence, and Disability (AGID) Program Data Portal is transitioning to a new platform to access data and digital content from the Administration for Community Living and select data files from the U.S. Census Bureau (stated in this source)."

Data.Medicare.Gov
"Contains health outcome measures for disease prevalence, costs, and hospitalization for 60 specific chronic conditions, emergency department utilization, readmissions rates, mortality and preventable hospitalizations  (stated in this source)."Has county level data. Download button on the left (stated in this source)."

Federal Interagency Forum on Aging-Related Statistics
“The Federal Interagency Forum on Aging-Related Statistics (Forum) was initially established in 1986, with the goal of bringing together Federal agencies that share a common interest in improving aging-related data. The Forum has played a key role by critically evaluating existing data resources and limitations, stimulating new database development, encouraging cooperation and data sharing among Federal agencies, and preparing collaborative statistical reports (stated in this source)."

Health and Retirement Study
“Through its unique and in-depth interviews, the HRS provides an invaluable and growing body of multidisciplinary data that researchers can use to address important questions about the challenges and opportunities of aging (stated in this source)."


National Survey of Older Americans Act Survey of Participants
“Helps States and Area Agencies on Aging assess their own program performance...provide a portrait of who receives these services and how they assess the quality of the services received  (stated in this source)."

Office of Research, Evaluation, and Statistics
“Conducting policy relevant research and evaluation and sponsoring the Retirement and Disability Research Consortium and other extramural research (stated in this source)."

Health, Mental Health, and Disabilities

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) - Data and Statistics

Office of Research, Evaluation, and Statistics
“Conducting policy relevant research and evaluation and sponsoring the Retirement and Disability Research Consortium and other extramural research (stated in this source)."

Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) - Data
“The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) is the agency within the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services that leads public health efforts to advance the behavioral health of the nation (stated in this source)."

Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality - Data & Analytics
Health and Human Services data

County Health Rankings & Roadmaps
“Civic health is connected to how long and how well we live. The 2023 County Health Rankings National Findings Report examines how well-resourced civic infrastructure gives us the space and opportunity to work together and how civic participation helps us build power to improve health (stated in this source)."

Disability Statistics
Compilation form Cornell University

National Institute of Mental Health - Statistics
“The National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) is the lead federal agency for research on mental disorders. NIMH is one of the 27 Institutes and Centers that make up the National Institutes of Health (NIH), the largest biomedical research agency in the world. NIH is part of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) (stated in this source)."

Center for Disease Control. 
Includes: FastStats Health of American Indian and Alaska Native Population

National Addiction & HIV Data Archive Program
Data funded by NIDA (National Institute on Drug Abuse) research grants.

Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA)  
“State-level data about school-aged children with disabilities (ages 3-21), served under the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) (stated in this source)."

Social Well Being

Current Population Survey NBER Site for Supplements
Child support, computers, food insecurity, tobacco, volunteering, voting, work, etc.

Socioeconomic Data and Applications Center
A Data Center in NASA's Earth Observing System Data and Information System (EOSDIS) — Hosted by CIESIN at Columbia University (stated in this source)."

GSS General Social Survey
“Standard 'core' of demographic, behavioral, and attitudinal questions, plus topics of special interest...takes the pulse of America...tracked the opinions of Americans over the last four decade (stated in this source)."

Pew Social and Demographic Trends
Free to download, but must register.
 

Food

Food Access Research Atlas
”Data on food-desert census tracts that can be downloaded for community planning or research purposes (stated in this source)."

Food Environment Atlas
"Access and proximity to a grocery store; number of foodstores and restaurants; expenditures on fast foods; food and nutrition assistance program participation; quantities of foods eaten; food prices; food taxes; and availability of local foods...food insecurity; diabetes and obesity rates; and physical activity levels...demographic...metro-nonmetro status; natural amenities; and recreation and fitness centers (stated in this source)."

Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP)
State and county data.

Commerce and Labor

U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis 
“BEA's economists produce some of the world's most closely watched statistics, including U.S. gross domestic product, better known as GDP. We do state and local numbers, too, plus foreign trade and investment stats and industry data (stated in this source)."

U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
“Measures labor market activity, working conditions, and price changes in the U.S. economy (stated in this source)."

Community Reinvestment Act (CRA) Aggregate Data
“By the Federal Financial Institutions Examination Council (FFIEC). "...data on small business, small farm, and community development lending reported by certain commercial banks and savings institutions, pursuant to the Community Reinvestment Act (CRA) (stated in this source)."

Job Patterns For Minorities And Women In Private Industry
“Indicate[s] the composition of their work forces by sex and by race/ethnic category. Key among these reports is the EEO-1, which is collected annually from Private employers with 100 or more employees or federal contractors with 50 more employees (stated in this source)."
Racial Wealth Snapshot: Native Americans

“This report pulls together the best and most current information we could find. However, it is still incomplete. Native Americans continue to be disenfranchised through a racial wealth divide like Latinos and African Americans. Yet despite this ongoing inequality, it is also true that Native Americans have made socioeconomic progress (stated in this source)."

Federal Reserve  Data Download Program
“Download data related to selected Federal Reserve Board statistical releases (stated in this source)."

Federal Reserve Economic Data (FRED)

Housing

Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Datasets
“Low income housing; subsidized households; neighborhood stabilization; housing vacancies; mortgages; loans; homelessness; multifamily; rents; etc. (stated in this source)."

Criminal Justice

Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS)

Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) - Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program
“The Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program generates reliable statistics for use in law enforcement. It also provides information for students of criminal justice, researchers, the media, and the public. The program has been providing crime statistics since 1930 (stated in this source)."

Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP) - Statistics
“Through its divisions, OJJDP sponsors research, program, and training initiatives; develops priorities and goals and sets policies to guide federal juvenile justice issues; disseminates information about juvenile justice issues; and awards funds to states to support local programming (stated in this source)."

Tribal Crime and Justice
“Under the Tribal Law and Order Act of 2010 the Bureau of Justice Statistics maintains a tribal crime data-collection system, and supports tribal participation in national records and information systems. "The Act specifies data collection and analysis of crimes committed on federally recognized reservations, in tribal communities, and on identified trust lands which in combination are commonly referred to as Indian country."  (From the source)

Census of Juveniles in Residential Placement
"Information on a juvenile in a residential facility on the reference date, including information on placement... the judicial process (e.g. court adjudication status), and demographics... also includes information about institutional characteristics (e.g. facility type, use of locked doors or gates), treatment services, and population of the facility in which the juvenile was held. Therefore, CJRP data can be analyzed at the individual or facility level (stated in this source)."

 National Archive of Criminal Justice Data (NACJD) Datasets
“Established in 1978, the National Archive of Criminal Justice Data (NACJD) archives and disseminates data on crime and justice for secondary analysis. The archive contains data from over 3,100 curated studies or statistical data series (stated in this source)."

Native American Disability Law Center
A private nonprofit organization that advocates for the legal rights of Native Americans with disabilities. Through advocacy and education, it seeks to empower Native people with disabilities to lead independent lives in their own communities (statement from this site).

People With Disabilities on Tribal Lands: Education, Health Care, Vocational Rehabilitation, and Independent Living

The National Council on Disability (NCD)  submitted this special report in 2003.  It was based on a conference with American Indian and Alaska Native (AI/AN) representatives of people with disabilities, their families, and tribal community leaders (statement from this site).

Searching OA Journal Articles:

• Google Scholar 
• oaDOI  If you have the DOI (Digital Object Identifier) of an article, oaDOI will search for an open-accession of the article.
• OAIster (pronounced Oy-ster)is a union catalog of open open-access sources worldwide.
• OAJSE is an e-journal search portal  

Open Access Social Work & Related Databases

• Directory of Open Access Journals
• ERIC
• National Academies Press
• OpenDOAR - Directory of Open Access Repositories
• PsycArXiv 
• ROAD - Directory of Open Access Scholarly Resources
• SocArXiv
• Social Science Research Network (SSRN)
• Taylor & Francis - Health & Social Care Open Access Research

Selective list of OA Social Work Journals

• Advances in Social Work

• Behavior and Social Issues

• Columbia Social Work Review

• Critical Social Work

• Currents: Scholarship in the Human Services

• International Journal of Conflict and Violence

• Intersectionalities: A Global Journal of Social Work Analysis, Research, Policy and Practice

• Journal of Comparative Social Work

• Journal of Family Strengths

• Journal of Social Inclusion
• Journal of the Social Sciences
• Journal of Social Work Values & Ethics; not peer-reviewed
• Journal of the Society for Social Work and Research; Open access 2010-2019 (V.1 - V.10)
• PLoS ONE

• The Qualitative Report

• Social Work and Society

OER Social Work Textbooks

A primer on social work practice evaluation:	Social Problems: Continuity and Change	Beyond Race: Cultural Influences on Human Social Life	Intercultural Communication	Wellbeing, freedom, and social justice	Immigrant and Refugee Families:	Child, Family, and Community	Interrogating Motherhood
Trauma Informed Behaviour Support	Trauma-Informed Care in Behavioral Health Services	Making Sense of a Global Pandemic	Trauma and Resilience Among Displaced Populations: A Sociocultural Exploration	Treatment of Addictions, Individual and Group Alternative Training	Drugs, Health & Behavior	Foundations of Addiction Studies	Treatment of Addictions, Individual and Group
Supporting Individuals with Intellectual Disabilities & Mental Illness	Narrowed Lives:	Social Work, Sociometry, and Psychodrama:	The American LGBTQ Rights Movement: An Introduction	Opening Eyes onto Inclusion and Diversity	Foundations of Social Work Research	Graduate research methods in social work	Scientific Inquiry in Social Work
Social science research	Doing Human Service Ethnography	A Quick Guide to Quantitative Research in the Social Sciences	Practicing and Presenting Social Research

Social Work

NASW Research Library
NASW provides members with access to the Research Library, where they can find the resources they need to support their social work practice.  Create a free non-member account.

Council on Social Work Education (CSWE) 
"CSWE conducts research through surveys, the annual census of social work programs, and quality assurance measures for the Board on Accreditation. Descriptions of the ongoing research efforts and reports on the results are available in this section. Contact the Institutional Research staff for more information about projects and data (stated in this source)."
 

Population & Demographics
United States Census Bureau 
“The Bureau is the nation’s leading provider of quality data about the American people and economy by providing the optimal mix of timeliness, relevancy, quality, and cost for the data collected and services provided (from the source).
            Consider terms: AIAN (American Indian or Alaskan Native)
                                    NHOPI (Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander) (only)

Decennial Census of Population and Housing
The U.S. Census counts every resident in the United States as mandated by the Constitution and takes place every 10 years on April 1.

Current Native American Demographic Data Sources

American Community Survey (ACS)
The American Community Survey contains over 3300 demographic tables, summarizing more specialized tabulations.  ACS "releases new data every year, in the form of estimates, in a variety of tables, tools, and analytical reports.  [This] helps local officials, community leaders, and businesses understand the changes taking place in their communities. It is the premier source for detailed population and housing information about our nation (stated in this source)."

Understanding and Using American Community Survey Data
Understanding and using American community survey data: what users of data for American Indians and Alaska natives need to know (stated in this source)."

My Tribal Area
Access selected statistics collected for the American Indian and Alaska Native (AIAN) population from the American Community Survey (ACS) (stated in this source)."

Detailed Data for Hundreds of American Indian and Alaska Native Tribes
The 2020 Census collected data for a diverse range of American Indian and Alaska Native (AIAN) responses, including federally and state-recognized tribes and villages as well as those that did not represent a specific recognized tribe (stated in this source)."

American Indian and Alaska Native (AIAN) Data Tools
Interactive applications, created by the Census Bureau, to help you find, customize, and even visualize, statistics and information from multiple censuses, surveys, and programs (stated in this source)."

American Indian and Alaska Native (AIAN) Datasets
Data files, for public use, with all personally identifiable information removed to ensure confidentiality. Users analyze, extract, customize and publish stats (stated in this source)."

American Indian and Alaska Native (AIAN) Tables
Stats displayed in columns and rows with title, ID, notes, sources and release date. Many tables are in downloadable XLS, CVS and PDF file formats (stated in this source)."

2020 Census Tribal Consultations with Federally Recognized Tribes
“The Census Bureau strives to build partnerships with tribal nations and engage with tribes individually to ensure accurate counts of tribal citizens. In October 2019, the Census Bureau conducted tribal consultations with member tribes of the Alaska Federation of Natives (AFN) and the National Congress of American Indians (NCAI) in conjunction with each organization’s annual conference….This report summarizes, by topic, the input tribal leaders provided on these topics, as well as other topics that emerged during the dialogue (stated in this source)."

National Congress of American Indians: Tribal Nations and the United States: An Introduction
“The purpose of the guide is to ensure that policy decision makers at the local, state, and federal level understand their relationship to tribal governments as part of the American family of governments. Additionally, this guide provides the information necessary for members of the public at large to understand and engage effectively with contemporary Indian Nations (stated in this source)."

TIGERweb (Topologically Integrated Geographic Encoding and Referencing database)Representational State Transfer (REST) technology
“TIGERweb is a web-based system that allows users to visualize our TIGER (Topologically Integrated Geographic Encoding and Referencing database) data in several ways.  Includes American Indian, Alaska Native, and Native Hawaiian Areas (stated in this source)."

American Indian and Alaska Native Data Links
“The CIC program was established in 1988, when the U.S. Census Bureau and the National Urban League entered into a joint agreement to create a pilot project to make Census data and information available to minority communities (stated in this source)."

Bureau of Indian Affairs Programs and Services
“The BIA collaborates with tribes in 21 areas.  The reports on these may include statistical data (stated in this source)."

• Historical Census Data
• Censuses of American Indians - History
• Despite being the original inhabitants of the land that is today the United States, American Indians and Alaska Natives have not always found themselves represented in the decennial census. Article 1 Section 2 of the U.S. Constitution originally excluded “Indians not taxed” from enumeration in the census. Accordingly, in the first census of 1790, most Indians fell under the status of “Indian not taxed” and were not counted by the census—the reason being that they lived apart from European and African inhabitants, usually under some sort of separate sovereignty recognized by a treaty, and did not vote or perform other duties related to citizenship.
• Census Bureau Sources for American Indian and Alaska Native Research
• Census Bureau records are a valuable resource for those interested in researching American Indian and Alaska Native history and genealogy. In this webinar, we explore the information available from the decennial censuses and the censuses of American Indians conducted by the Census Bureau.
• American Indians in the Federal Decennial Census, 1790-1930
  Prior to 1900 few Indians are included in the decennial Federal census. Indians are not identified in the 1790-1840 censuses. In 1860, Indians living in the general population are identified for the first time. Nearly all of the 1890 census schedules were destroyed as the result of the fire at the Department of Commerce in 1921.
• Indian Census Rolls, 1885-1940
• The Indian Census Rolls, 1885-1940 ( M595, 692 rolls) contains census rolls that were usually submitted each year by agents or superintendents in charge of Indian reservations, to the Commissioner of Indian Affairs, as required by an act of July 4, 1884 (23 Stat. 98). The data on the rolls vary, but usually given are the English and/or Indian name of the person, roll number, age or date of birth, sex, and relationship to head of family.

CDC’s Tribal Health Website. 
This website highlights the rich history of American Indian and Native Alaska (AI/AN) tribal nations, tribal contributions to public health, and organizations working to improve tribal public health.

Medline Plus, American Indian and Alaska Native Health.
"A service of the National Library of Medicine (NLM), the world's largest medical library, The Institute seeks to provide 
present high-quality, relevant health and wellness information that is trusted, easy to understand, and free of advertising, in both English and Spanish" (from the site).

National Council of Urban Indian Health (NCUIH)

"NCUIH  serves as a resource center for individuals and organizations dedicated to improving the health of American Indians and Alaska Natives living in urban areas. NCUIH provides advocacy, education, technical assistance, training, leadership, and connections to Urban Indian Organizations and others who share our important mission (From the site)."

National Indian Health Board
NIHB represents tribal governments—both those that operate their own healthcare delivery systems through contracting and compacting, and those receiving health care directly from the Indian Health Service (From the site).

National Library of Medicine.  Native Voices: Native People's Concepts of Health and Illness
An exhibition exploring relationships of wellness, illness, and cultural life for Native Americans, Alaska Natives, and Native Hawaiians through exploring how Native concepts of health and illness are closely tied to the concepts of community, spirit, and the land.

Office of Minority Health (OMH)  American Indian/Alaska Native Health 

OMH's goal is the success, sustainability, and spread of health equity by promoting policies, programs, and practices. OMH's primary function of promoting policy program and practice adoption is supported by additional functions including convening partners, collecting, analyzing, and reporting data, disseminating information, and conducting demonstrations and evaluations (from the site).

Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA).  American Indian and Alaska Native (AI/AN)
The Office of Tribal Affairs and Policy (OTAP) is an office within SAMHSA, serves as the primary point of contact for tribal governments, tribal organizations, federal departments and agencies, and other governments and agencies on behavioral health issues facing American Indians and Alaska Natives (AI/AN)(From the site). 
 

RedRoad
"The Red Road exists to empower and minister hope to Native communities. We challenge each other on a daily basis to live by traditional values, thus honoring our culture and those who have died to protect these principles. We also strive to raise awareness and educate the public about the extensive history and current condition of Indigenous culture, reshaping perceptions of our often misunderstood people (From the Site)"

Urban Indian Health Institute (UIHI)
As a leader in research and data for urban American Indian and Alaska Native communities, UIHI, is one of twelve Tribal Epidemiology Centers in the country—and the only one that conducts research, analyzes data, and provides disease surveillance to strengthen the health of urban American Indian and Alaska Natives (from the site).

Administration for Children and Families (ACF)
"ACF is committed to working with tribal nations and Indigenous communities across the United States to improve the economic and social well-being of children and families.  ACF oversees more than 60 programs that empower families and communities, improve access to an array of services, and build strong and healthy communities. ACF’s discretionary and mandatory programs award more than $1 Billion each year to tribes, tribal organizations, and Native American organizations (from the site)."

Administration for Community Living Services for Native Americans
"ACL funds programs that support American Indians, Alaska Natives and Native Hawaiians in the areas of nutrition, supportive services for older adults, and caregiver services. The nutrition and supportive services grants include congregate and home-delivered meals, information and referral, transportation, personal care, chores, health promotion and disease prevention, and other supportive services(from the site)."

Advanced Indian Child Welfare Act Curriculum: Active Efforts - Trainer's Guide -
“This curriculum is designed to be conducted by an ICWA expert and an attorney who have experience in this area.  As such, it is expected that each trainer will add examples from the trainer's professional and personal experiences to help illustrate the points and clarify the material. Prior to the training the trainer should read and be familiar with the following documents that can be located on the Tribal Project Unit website  (statement from this site).”

Welcome to the online edition of "A Practical Guide to the Indian Child Welfare Act"

“The Guide is intended to answer questions and provide a comprehensive resource of information on the Indian Child Welfare Act (ICWA). Those unfamiliar with ICWA are encouraged to first read the introduction to the Guide (statement from this site).”

Center for Native American Youth

"The Center for Native American Youth believes all Native American youth should lead full and healthy lives, have equal access to opportunity, and draw strength from their culture and one another. As a policy program of the Aspen Institute founded by former US Senator Byron Dorgan (ret.), we work to improve the health, safety, and overall well-being of Native American youth. We do this through youth recognition, inspiration and leadership; research, advocacy, and policy change; serving as a national resource exchange; and by building a Native-youth driven narrative (from the site)."

Child Welfare Information Gateway Engaging American Indian Families: Supporting Mental Health

"In this section, find information on engaging American Indian and Alaska Native children and families and resources on supporting and strengthening their mental health (from the site)."

National Indian Child Welfare Association (NICWA)
NICWA works to support the safety, health, and spiritual strength of American Indian and Alaska Native children along the broad continuum of their lives. We support tribes in building the capacity to prevent child abuse and neglect through positive systems change at the state, federal, and tribal levels. We are the most comprehensive source of information on American Indian and Alaska Native child welfare (from the site)."

National Indian Council On Aging, Inc. (NICOA)
A nonprofit organization was founded in 1976 by members of the National Tribal Chairmen’s Association that called for a national organization focused on aging American Indian and Alaska Native elders(from the site)."

National Resource Center on Native American Aging
The National Resource Center on Native American Aging is supported by a cooperative agreement with the Administration for Community Living (ACL) of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS)

The National Native Children's Trauma Center
“As a Category II Treatment and Service Adaptation Center within the National Child Traumatic Stress Network, our focus is on increasing service providers' ability to respond to the trauma-related needs of American Indian/Alaska Native (AI/AN) children and youth in culturally appropriate ways. (statement from this site).”

Office for American Indian, Alaskan Native, and Native Hawaiian Programs
"The  office oversees Title VI funding to programs for the provision of nutrition, supportive services, and caregiver support services for American Indians, Alaskan Natives, and Native Hawaiians. The Older Indians website is dedicated to delivering technical assistance resources to Title VI directors and serves as a forum for increased communication between Title VI programs (from the site)."

 Through the Eyes of the Child Initiative, The Court Improvement Project

“Under the leadership of Nebraska Chief Justice [Michael] Heavican, the Through the Eyes of the Child Initiative is a multidisciplinary network of local teams that work to improve systems processes. It creates a forum for local child welfare and juvenile justice stakeholders to collaborate with each other in their efforts to improve issues in their communities' juvenile court systems as well as communicate with other teams and stakeholders across the state to identify systemic barriers and work on solutions (statement from this site).”

National Congress of American Indians (NCAI)
“Advocates on behalf of Tribal Nations and American Indian and Alaska Native individuals and communities on a broad range of policy issues. All of NCAI’s policy advocacy is directed by consensus-based resolutions that are adopted by NCAI’s membership (statement from this site)."
 

Working With American Indian Children and Families in Adoption
“The Indian Child Welfare Act of 1978 (ICWA) set Federal requirements for children in the child welfare system who are members of or eligible for membership in a federally recognized American Indian Tribe. Caseworkers must comply with the ICWA provisions related to foster and adoptive placements  (statement from this site).”

Roadmap for Collaborative and Effective Evaluation in Tribal Communities

“This guide identifies values and priorities that can foster trust and build the knowledge and skills of Tribes, their evaluation partners, and other stakeholders to conduct more useful and meaningful evaluations of child welfare programs (statement from this site).”