The National Indian Council on Aging (NICOA) introduced a new toolkit dedicated to increasing awareness and knowledge of the needs of American Indian and Alaska Native (AI/AN) people living with disabilities. The toolkit contains information about disabilities, tribes and resources. Data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention found that 30 percent of AI/AN adults have a disability, the highest rate of disability among any other ethnicity.
The National Indian Council on Aging (NICOA) introduced a new toolkit dedicated to increasing awareness and knowledge of the needs of American Indian and Alaska Native (AI/AN) people living with disabilities.
Home › Native American Heritage Month Trivia Contest
Thank you for playing the trivia contest! We will be tallying up the answers and contact the winner in the next week or so.
Here are the answers. (We accidentally put one question in twice.)
Trivia Question #1 – Monday, Nov. 2
The word “okay” comes from which tribal language?
Choctaw
Trivia Question #2 – Tuesday, Nov. 3
What was the name of the Native celebrity who fled France by foot after the Nazi invasion, crossing the Pyrenees Mountains before ultimately returning to North America?
Molly Spotted Elk
Which two tribal colleges received federal funding under the Carl D. Perkins Act?