The “Elephants in the Room” in U.S. global health: Indigenous nations and white settler colonialism

Anpotowin Jensen; Victor A. Lopez-Carmen

doi:10.1371/journal.pgph.0000719

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The “Elephants in the Room” in U.S. global health: Indigenous nations and white settler colonialism

Anpotowin Jensen,

Affiliations Oglala Lakota Nation, Oceti Sakowin Land, United States of America, School of Engineering, Stanford University, Stanford, California, United States of America
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Victor A. Lopez-Carmen

* E-mail: Victor_Lopez-Carmen@hms.harvard.edu

Affiliations Hunkpati Dakota Nation, Oceti Sakowin Land, United States of America, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3864-6486

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The “Elephants in the Room” in U.S. global health: Indigenous nations and white settler colonialism

Anpotowin Jensen,
Victor A. Lopez-Carmen

Published: July 5, 2022
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pgph.0000719

About the Authors

Anpotowin Jensen

Affiliations Oglala Lakota Nation, Oceti Sakowin Land, United States of America, School of Engineering, Stanford University, Stanford, California, United States of America

Victor A. Lopez-Carmen

* E-mail: Victor_Lopez-Carmen@hms.harvard.edu

Affiliations Hunkpati Dakota Nation, Oceti Sakowin Land, United States of America, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3864-6486

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

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