ABSTRACT
The literature search for information about Native American and Alaskan Aleut infants and their families uncovered only 24 articles about the Native American population. Currently, the U.S. government recognizes that Native Americans have a disproportionately low socioeconomic status and has a long history of funded programs designed to enhance education and health. However, the history between the U.S. government and Native Americans is fraught with tension. The “Indian Unit” as taught in schools illustrates a continuing misrepresentation and apathy toward Native Americans. The taking of land, forced relocation, an institutionally racist educational system, removal of Indian children from their homes, U.S. paternalism, breaking of multiple treaties, obstacles to self-governance, and stripping of tribal recognition and denial of religious freedom are all remembered in the lives of the Native Americans. Overall, the Native Nation believes that federal policy is equal to Native American genocide.
