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  Statement of Support for Those Resisting the Dakota Access Pipeline We, the American Indian Health Research and Education Alliance, Inc. (AIHREA), stand in solidarity with the protesters rallying against the construction of the Dakota Access Pipeline. Despite large amounts of resistance from American Indian and non-Native communities, farmers, and […]

Statement of Support

This Friday, August 5th the eyes of the world will be turned to the Olympics as they begin in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.  Among the American and Canadian delegations will be three First Nations athletes to be watching as the Olympic Games get underway. The youngest of the three Native […]

Native Olympians to Watch

A little over a year ago, Pernell-Thomas Begay made a New Year’s resolution to stop smoking cigarettes. “I was 29 at the time and I thought, ‘Wow, I’m going to be 30,’ so definitely it was kind of an age factor and knowing full well that [smoking] was bad for you,” he remembers.

Smoking Motivations