Abigail Echo-Hawk refuses to let our Indigenous peoples be overlooked. Her journey, from Seattle Indian Health Board patient to its executive vice president, is inspiring. And her record—including getting 98% of American Indians and Alaska Natives in King County vaccinated for COVID-19—is impressive.

By Patty Murray
October 2, 2024

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Key points:

• In 2022, 1,543 non-Hispanic American Indian and Alaskan Native people died by overdose, which was the highest rate of any racial or ethnic group.
• CDC’s Division of Injury Prevention appropriated $18 million in tribal overdose funding in fiscal year 2023.
• The CDC Injury Center is committed to comprehensive efforts to address the opioid crisis in tribal and urban Indian communities.

CDC Injury Center
September 6, 2024

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It’s not easy to make public health decisions without access to good data. And epidemiologists and public health workers for Native American communities say they’re often in the dark because state and federal agencies restrict their access to the latest numbers.

Jazmin Orozco Rodriguez
September 2, 2024

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The state’s two largest urban health departments have dedicated public health infrastructure funding to building stronger relationships with area tribal nations.

Elizabeth Green
June 6, 2024

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The public health researcher Abigail Echo-Hawk is a leading voice in a movement to empower Indigenous people, wielding data as a tool for racial equity.

By Susan Shain
December 12, 2023

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