The impact of historical trauma on American Indian health equity.

ISLAMABAD -- In this Special Feature, we draw from the work of experts on American Indian health inequities to highlight the unfair disparities this population faces as a result of historical trauma.

Trauma has profound implications for mental and physical health.

Historical trauma, as we explore in this article, can create health inequities centuries later.

2020 has been an eventful year that has revealed injustice throughout so many layers of society.

Events such as COVID-19 and the Black Lives Matter (BLM) movement have brutally exposed racial and socioeconomic injustice.

In their wake, it is becoming impossible to hold on to the same airbrushed narratives of the past.

Thanksgiving, for example, is a beloved celebration for many people in America, but it is also a controversial celebration riddled with historicalin accuracy.

For some people, memories of genocide, colonialism, and historical trauma replace connotations of peace, harmony, and understanding.

When it comes to health inequities, few groups are as underserved as...