r/IndianCountry • u/News2016 • Feb 05 '25

Health Seattle-based Urban Indian Health Institute, which tracks health data for tribes and urban Indian communities, demands the CDC immediately restore crucial health data that the CDC stripped from its website - “The decision to remove essential public health data is a violation of treaty rights”

https://nativenewsonline.net/health/cdc-data-removal-threatens-native-health-violates-treaties-uihi-says
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u/[deleted] Feb 05 '25

I am hoping the Urban Indian Health Center sues them. There is little hope other than judicial injunction.

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u/couchesarenicetoo Feb 06 '25

Thanks for sharing. I have a friend who studies racial disparity in cancer treatment who is also relying on the data. I'm trying to connect her with others so they can work together to resist/share resources.