Kris Rhodes

Boozhoo, I mean, thanks for having us today. I just want to also just give, Raven and I have been with MDH now for a little over six months. And we work hand in hand as the director of the Office of American Indian Health, myself, and Raven as MDH's tribal liaison. So good question. This comes up a lot, right? What is the terminology?

Boozhoo, I mean, thanks for having us today. I just want to also just give, Raven and I have been with MDH now for a little over six months. And we work hand in hand as the director of the Office of American Indian Health, myself, and Raven as MDH's tribal liaison. So good question. This comes up a lot, right? What is the terminology?

And it really comes down to asking the person or the population that you're talking to about what they want to be called, right? And so in our introductions, you shared that we are Anishinaabe, and then you listed our tribal affiliations. Those are how I would want to be referred to as Anishinaabe, as tribal.

And it really comes down to asking the person or the population that you're talking to about what they want to be called, right? And so in our introductions, you shared that we are Anishinaabe, and then you listed our tribal affiliations. Those are how I would want to be referred to as Anishinaabe, as tribal.

the tribal community where my people come from, Ojibwe, Chippewa are other terms for that. And then within that, we have a number of different, in fact, 574 different tribal groups in the United States, 11 in Minnesota. The term indigenous is definitely on one end of the continuum, and it refers to indigenous people of any land across the globe, right? There's indigenous people in every country.

the tribal community where my people come from, Ojibwe, Chippewa are other terms for that. And then within that, we have a number of different, in fact, 574 different tribal groups in the United States, 11 in Minnesota. The term indigenous is definitely on one end of the continuum, and it refers to indigenous people of any land across the globe, right? There's indigenous people in every country.

And so that really is that widest umbrella term. And American Indian has a special meaning because of the policy implications that is that treaty and how the US government identifies us and how we're identified within systems. Therefore, we have the Office of American Indian Health. And then of course we have Native American, some people prefer that term for a variety of reasons.

And so that really is that widest umbrella term. And American Indian has a special meaning because of the policy implications that is that treaty and how the US government identifies us and how we're identified within systems. Therefore, we have the Office of American Indian Health. And then of course we have Native American, some people prefer that term for a variety of reasons.

And I think that's in summary, Raven, if you wanna add anything more, otherwise we can move on to the next.

And I think that's in summary, Raven, if you wanna add anything more, otherwise we can move on to the next.

I would say it is on American Indian Health.

I would say it is on American Indian Health.

Yeah, what I can say there is a lot of times data is presented as black, white, and other. And a lot of times our data isn't even included. And that is an issue altogether. What it comes down to is how the demographics are asked within the surveys.

Yeah, what I can say there is a lot of times data is presented as black, white, and other. And a lot of times our data isn't even included. And that is an issue altogether. What it comes down to is how the demographics are asked within the surveys.

And there isn't this complication what you brought up in our very first conversation here is exactly what can be problematic across any survey is how the demographics are asked and how that data is reported. Yeah, again, yeah.

And there isn't this complication what you brought up in our very first conversation here is exactly what can be problematic across any survey is how the demographics are asked and how that data is reported. Yeah, again, yeah.

I'm going to ask Raven to go.

I'm going to ask Raven to go.

Thank you for that question. And I think just really expounding on the information that Raven just shared, it really comes down to... the historic losses experienced by American Indian people that isn't just from one period in history, going back to the federal policies that have harmed Native people that now result in what we see today as land acknowledgements, right?

Thank you for that question. And I think just really expounding on the information that Raven just shared, it really comes down to... the historic losses experienced by American Indian people that isn't just from one period in history, going back to the federal policies that have harmed Native people that now result in what we see today as land acknowledgements, right?