http://www.epi.org/publication/bp370-native-americans-jobs
-Mental health is a much less considered viewpoint of public health. Socioeconomic status (poor at that) is a large determinant of overall wellbeing. In looking at the Native American populations, we can deduce that lesser education is a main cause for poverty (and the wage gap among other things). Interesting thing about the wage gap, many blame race and gender for the wage gap. You hear little about the discrimination of Native Americans in terms of employment, and I had a difficult time locating any information of the sort that didn’t predate 1900.
http://www.mlive.com/news/flint/index.ssf/2015/10/how_the_flint_water_crisis_eme.html#30
This article is from a publication that operates downtown where I live. It is a good step-by-step breakdown of the Flint water crisis and how it came to be. The interesting thing is that the events leading up to it seemed like a good idea. The switch to the new pipeline could save the struggling city of Flint “up to 19 million dollars over 8 years. Detroit hears of the plan to switch from their water and cuts Flint off, forcing Flint to use their old pipes until the new pipe is finished in 3 years.