Indigenous communities are practicing de facto sovereignty to resolve public health issues that are a consequence of settler colonialism. This work delves into health and justice through a range of topics and examples and demonstrates the resilience of Indigenous communities.

Karen Jarratt-Snider (Chocktaw descent) is a professor in the Department of Applied Indigenous Studies at Northern Arizona University.

Marianne O. Nielsen is a professor emerita in the Department of Criminology and Criminal Justice at Northern Arizona University.

“To stay alive in modern America, most Indigenous people depend on Western medicine. This book reveals the truth and describes the survivance of Native people during the Covid years while telling us about the early problematic history of government Indian health care.”—Donald L. Fixico, author of The Urban Indian Experience in America

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