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Final agreement reached to resolve Percival class action

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Wednesday, July 5, 2023
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OTTAWA, ON, July 4, 2023 /CNW/ - Today, the Honourable Marc Miller, Minister of Crown-Indigenous Relations, and court-appointed representative plaintiffs Reginald Percival and Kenneth Weistche announced that a proposed settlement agreement has been reached in the Federal Indian Boarding Homes (Percival) class action.

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  • OTTAWA, ON, July 4, 2023 /CNW/ - Today, the Honourable Marc Miller, Minister of Crown-Indigenous Relations, and court-appointed representative plaintiffs Reginald Percival and Kenneth Weistche announced that a proposed settlement agreement has been reached in the Federal Indian Boarding Homes (Percival) class action.
  • a proposed settlement agreement has been reached in the Federal Indian Boarding Homes (Percival) class action.
  • The Court will consider whether the settlement is fair, reasonable, and in the best interest of the class.
  • I am really pleased that we reached this agreement."

White Paper Reveals Striking Data on Health Disparities in American Indian and Alaska Native Communities

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Monday, March 20, 2023
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Today, CareQuest Institute for Oral Health ®, the Society of American Indian Dentists (SAID), and the National Indian Health Board’s (NIHB) Tribal Oral Health Initiative released a white paper on oral health disparities in American Indian and Alaska Native (AI/AN) communities.

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  • Today, CareQuest Institute for Oral Health ®, the Society of American Indian Dentists (SAID), and the National Indian Health Board’s (NIHB) Tribal Oral Health Initiative released a white paper on oral health disparities in American Indian and Alaska Native (AI/AN) communities.
  • View the full release here: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20230320005530/en/
    The white paper, “American Indian and Alaska Native Communities Face a ‘Disproportionate Burden of Oral Disease’: Reversing Inequities Involves Challenges and Opportunities,” includes striking new data from CareQuest Institute’s State of Oral Health Equity in America survey and offers strategic recommendations on how to address disparities and inequities facing AI/AN communities.
  • “The data and research in this white paper affirm the serious health disparities that AI/AN communities have faced for generations due to structural racism and historical trauma,” said CareQuest Institute CEO and President Myechia Minter-Jordan, MD, MBA.
  • Our hope is that the data and recommendations in this white paper help address the deep health inequities facing this population.