Indian Arts in North America

Admixture in North America

The history of North America has been marked by the encounter of populations from different continents. The discovery of the New World began a period defined by human migrations at a much larger scale than in previous history. This movement of people, voluntary or forced, changed profoundly the human landscape. As populations came into contact, admixture followed in varying degrees depending on...

Medicine in North America

Travel in North America

Hepatitis C Virus in American Indian/Alaskan Native and Aboriginal Peoples of North America

Liver diseases, such as hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection, are "broken spirit" diseases. The prevalence of HCV infection for American Indian/Alaskan Native (AI/AN) in the United States and Canadian Aboriginals varies; nonetheless, incidence rates of newly diagnosed HCV infection are typically higher relative to non-indigenous people. For AI/AN and Aboriginal peoples risk factors for the diagnos...

Phytophthora ramorum in North America

Two apparently unlinked events marked the beginning of one of the most devastating forest diseases known to man in recent times: Sudden Oak Death (SOD). In the mid 1990s, while a novel species of Phytophthora was being isolated from mildly diseased Rhododendron and Viburnum plants in German and Belgian nurseries, the first reports of inexplicable death of tanoaks (Notholithocarpus densiflorus) ...