Nation’s First Inhabitants Continue to Struggle

November 21, 2021 – Native Americans lead the nation among ethnic groups in COVID outbreaks and death, while also ranking first in methamphetamine drug abuse.

“There are decades of Native people not being heard,” said Kerry Hawk Lessard, executive director of Native American LifeLines, a Baltimore health center. “The identities of Native American people are so often asserted through stereotypes.”