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Awareness of how to provide culturally appropriate and trauma informed services to the American Indian/Alaska Native (AI/AN) community is important for forensic examiners. This webinar discussed includes jurisdictional factors affecting examinations, pertinent laws to consider, and health care services that may be available to AI/AN populations.
This webinar was presented by the NIJ Forensic Technology Center of Excellence on February 27, 2020.
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In episode four of our 2023 Sexual Assault Awareness Month mini season, Just Science sat down with Mark Pooley, founder of Native Search Solutions, to discuss how the challenges faced by Indigenous communities impact sexual assault investigations. In the United States, many Indigenous communities are geographically isolated, which contributes to a lack of resources such as police staffing and training, healthcare, or even access to the Internet.
The National Missing and Unidentified Persons System (NamUs) is a national centralized repository and resource center for missing, unidentified, and unclaimed person cases across the United States. NamUs recognizes the need for additional support for tribal communities and has dedicated resources to address missing and unidentified Indigenous persons cases.
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This presentation will review substance use disorder treatment admissions and impacts on Native people residing in Minnesota. Special attention will be paid to geographic areas of the state impacted and specific illegal substances prominent with Native people in Minnesota using both treatment admission and overdose data.
This webinar was hosted by the NIJ Forensic Technology Center of Excellence on May 10, 2022.
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