American Indian
noun
plural American Indians
: a member of any of the Indigenous peoples of the western hemisphere except often certain peoples (such as the Yupik and Inuit) who live in arctic regions
especially
: an American Indian of North America and especially the U.S. compare native american
American Indian
adjective
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The others race and ethnicity categories are American Indian or Alaska Native, Asian, Black or African American, Middle Eastern or North African, Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander, and White.
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Suzanne Gamboa, NBC News, 28 Mar. 2024
The bad actors were disproportionately targeting Indigenous people enrolled in a small Medicaid program called the American Indian Health Program, investigators have said.
—Stephanie Innes, The Arizona Republic, 26 Mar. 2024
Sacramento State, for example, currently has 17 faculty members who identify as American Indian according to the university’s employee demographics.
—Emma Hall, Sacramento Bee, 8 Mar. 2024
As in 2021, the overdose death rate was highest among American Indian and Alaska Native people, jumping 15% in 2022, according to the latest CDC data.
—Deidre McPhillips, CNN, 21 Mar. 2024
Racially, the search yielded one Hispanic, one American Indian, five Asian, two Black and 25 white applicants of the 34 who participated in the survey.
—Kelly Meyerhofer, Journal Sentinel, 13 Mar. 2024
Sacramento State currently has 201 students who identify as American Indian said Rena Horse, the Native Success Program coordinator for the Esak’timá Center, the university’s Native student center which opened Friday.
—Emma Hall, Sacramento Bee, 8 Mar. 2024
Over the next three years, according to a federal affidavit in court, 1 Family Clinic submitted claims for reimbursement to AHCCCS totaling more than $12.5 million for bogus services to about 185 individuals, including 163 who were insured through the American Indian Health Program.
—Maritza Dominguez, The Arizona Republic, 4 Mar. 2024
Instead, the facilities hid a more sinister plan: to defraud hundreds of millions of dollars from the state by charging the American Indian Health Program, a Medicaid health plan that allows providers to bill directly for reimbursement of services rendered to Native Americans and Alaska Natives.
—The Arizona Republic, 1 Mar. 2024
Suzanne Gamboa, NBC News, 28 Mar. 2024
The bad actors were disproportionately targeting Indigenous people enrolled in a small Medicaid program called the American Indian Health Program, investigators have said.
—Stephanie Innes, The Arizona Republic, 26 Mar. 2024
Sacramento State, for example, currently has 17 faculty members who identify as American Indian according to the university’s employee demographics.
—Emma Hall, Sacramento Bee, 8 Mar. 2024
As in 2021, the overdose death rate was highest among American Indian and Alaska Native people, jumping 15% in 2022, according to the latest CDC data.
—Deidre McPhillips, CNN, 21 Mar. 2024
Racially, the search yielded one Hispanic, one American Indian, five Asian, two Black and 25 white applicants of the 34 who participated in the survey.
—Kelly Meyerhofer, Journal Sentinel, 13 Mar. 2024
Sacramento State currently has 201 students who identify as American Indian said Rena Horse, the Native Success Program coordinator for the Esak’timá Center, the university’s Native student center which opened Friday.
—Emma Hall, Sacramento Bee, 8 Mar. 2024
Over the next three years, according to a federal affidavit in court, 1 Family Clinic submitted claims for reimbursement to AHCCCS totaling more than $12.5 million for bogus services to about 185 individuals, including 163 who were insured through the American Indian Health Program.
—Maritza Dominguez, The Arizona Republic, 4 Mar. 2024
Instead, the facilities hid a more sinister plan: to defraud hundreds of millions of dollars from the state by charging the American Indian Health Program, a Medicaid health plan that allows providers to bill directly for reimbursement of services rendered to Native Americans and Alaska Natives.
—The Arizona Republic, 1 Mar. 2024
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