{"id":122128,"date":"2025-02-26T00:00:08","date_gmt":"2025-02-26T06:00:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/?p=122128"},"modified":"2025-02-27T08:11:50","modified_gmt":"2025-02-27T14:11:50","slug":"native-america-calling-native-people-left-out-of-progress-on-overdose-deaths","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/2025\/02\/26\/native-america-calling-native-people-left-out-of-progress-on-overdose-deaths\/","title":{"rendered":"Native America Calling: Native people left out of progress on overdose deaths"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"card mb-2\">\r\n  <div class=\"row\">\r\n    <div class=\"col-md-4 align-self-center\">\r\n      <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/nativeamericacalling.jpg\" class=\"img-fluid\" alt=\"native america calling\"\/>\r\n    <\/div>\r\n    <div class=\"col-md-8\">\r\n      <div class=\"card-body\">\r\n        <div class=\"h5-responsive card-title\">Native America Calling<\/div>\r\n        <div>\r\n           Listen to Native America Calling every weekday at 1pm Eastern.\r\n        <\/div>\r\n        <div>\r\n          <!--[if lt IE 9]><script>document.createElement('audio');<\/script><![endif]-->\r\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-1859-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"http:\/\/playerservices.streamtheworld.com\/api\/livestream-redirect\/NV1.mp3\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/playerservices.streamtheworld.com\/api\/livestream-redirect\/NV1.mp3\">http:\/\/playerservices.streamtheworld.com\/api\/livestream-redirect\/NV1.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/div>\r\n\t\t\tAlternate Links: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nv1.org\/\">Native Voice One<\/a> |\r\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nativeamericacalling.com\/\">NAC<\/a>\r\n\t\t\r\n      <\/div>\r\n    <\/div>\r\n  <\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<div class=\"h3-responsive font-weight-bold\"><\/div>\r\n<div class=\"date\">Wednesday, February 26, 2025<\/div>\r\n<div class=\"source-links\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nativeamericacalling.com\/\"><i class=\"fas fa-link fa-xs\"><\/i> nativeamericacalling.com<\/a>\r\n&nbsp;<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/nativeamericacalling\/\"><i class=\"fab fa-instagram fa-xs\"><\/i> nativeamericacalling<\/a>\r\n&nbsp;<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/nativeamericacalling\"><i class=\"fab fa-facebook fa-xs\"><\/i> nativeamericacalling<\/a>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<p><\/p>\r\n<div class=\"h5-responsive sub\">Native Americans left out of progress on overdose deaths <\/div>\r\n The good news is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cdc.gov\/nchs\/products\/databriefs\/db522.htm\">overdose deaths<\/a> dropped significantly in the most recent report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.\r\n<p><\/p>\r\n The bad news is Native Americans and other <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cdc.gov\/nchs\/nvss\/vsrr\/drug-overdose-data.htm\">people of color are not enjoying the same statistical headway<\/a> against the persistent scourge of fentanyl, heroin, and other dangerous drugs. \r\n<p><\/p>\r\nJoin Native America Calling to look at the efforts that are showing promise in saving people\u2019s lives and explore ways to eliminate disparities for populations that are losing ground.\r\n <P><\/P>\r\n<div class=\"card border border-primary shadow-0\">\r\n<div class=\"card-body\">\r\n<h5 class=\"card-title\">Drug Overdose Deaths  <\/h5>\r\nIn   2022 and 2023, the age-adjusted rate of drug overdose deaths was highest among American Indians and Alaska Natives, according to the National Center for Health Statistics,  a unit of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Source: <a href=https:\/\/www.cdc.gov\/nchs\/products\/databriefs\/db522.htm>Drug Overdose Deaths in the United States, 2003\u20132023<\/a> (NCHS Data Brief No. 522, December 2024)\r\n<\/div><\/div>\r\n<P><\/P>\r\n<div class=\"h5-responsive sub\">Guests on Native America Calling<\/div>\r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/americanhealth.jhu.edu\/people\/philomena-kebec\">Philomena Kebec<\/a> (Bad River Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Indians), economic development coordinator for the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.badriver-nsn.gov\/\">Bad River Tribe<\/a>, headquartered in Wisconsin\r\n<P><\/P>\r\nAdam Fairbanks  (White Earth Nation), executive director of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.endaad.com\/\">Anishinaabe Endaad<\/a>, a Native housing housing organization in Minnesota\r\n<P><\/P>\r\nHarold Peralto (Navajo), certified peer support worker for <a href=\"https:\/\/yes.nm.gov\/nmhr\/s\/office-of-peer-recovery-and-engagement\">New Mexico Behavior Health Services Division\u2019s Office of Peer Recovery and Engagement<\/a>\r\n<P><\/P>\r\nGeorge Green (Winnebago Tribe of Nebraska), certified peer recovery specialist for the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.indianhealthboard.com\/\">Indian Health Board of Minneapolis<\/a> in Minnesota\r\n<P><\/P>\r\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" style=\"border-radius:12px\" src=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/embed\/show\/4RE6juPYr7cl2Zsmb2zjq7?utm_source=generator\" width=\"100%\" height=\"232\" frameBorder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"\" allow=\"autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; fullscreen; picture-in-picture\"><\/iframe>\r\n<figcaption class=\"figure-caption\">All Episodes on <a href=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/show\/4RE6juPYr7cl2Zsmb2zjq7?si=2a56e59533534bf9\">Spotify<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nativeamericacalling.com\/subscribe-to-podcast\/\">More Options<\/a>\r\n<\/figcaption>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Overdose deaths have dropped significantly &#8212; except among Native people and other people of color.","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":338,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_vp_format_video_url":"","_vp_image_focal_point":[],"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[19,1],"tags":[6071,433,373,6073,6072,696,243,381,133,167,434,47,134,6,408],"class_list":["post-122128","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-health","category-national","tag-adam-fairbanks","tag-bad-river","tag-cdc","tag-george-green","tag-harold-peralta","tag-housing","tag-media","tag-minnesota","tag-native-america-calling","tag-new-mexico","tag-philomena-kebec","tag-race","tag-radio","tag-urban-indians","tag-wisconsin","no-wpautop"],"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pcoJ7g-vLO","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/nativeamericacalling.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/122128","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=122128"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/122128\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":122478,"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/122128\/revisions\/122478"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/338"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=122128"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=122128"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=122128"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}