Great Plains Studies, Center for
Date of this Version
Fall 2002
Abstract
Notwithstanding the title, this short book focuses largely on health issues arising from alcoholism in the indigenous population of North America. The evidence overwhelmingly points to this particular substance abuse as the number-one killer among Native Americans, accounting for the four leading causes of death: accidents, cirrhosis of the liver, suicide, and homicide. Fetal alcohol syndrome (FAS), which plagues infants with physical and psychological problems, is another effect of Indian alcoholism.
Comments
Published in Great Plains Research 12:2 (Fall 2002). Copyright © 2002 Center for Great Plains Studies.