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Yeah, yeah, California has one of the largest populations of native americans in the country, but the size of that population doesn't do them much good when it comes to health care and unemployment. In fact, native americans have a higher death rate and unemployment rate than the

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general population. Recently eyewitness news anchors, kate kelly and Donna Chavez found some answers. There are more native Americans in California than in any other state except Oklahoma. Like all ethnic minorities Indians were undercounted in the 1990 census, but they are estimated at more than 240,000. Many

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of those native Americans are recognized by the federal government, identified by tribe. But the new study of indian health looked at what happens to non federally recognized California indians and their families. One of the most striking findings was the extremely high rate of premature death and

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many deaths that seem to be have preventable causes. The numbers show that native Americans die young. In the general population of California, 13 of deaths occur before the age of 45 premature deaths are twice as common for native Americans. Tobacco and alcohol are big culprits among

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native American men, 37 of deaths are related to tobacco use. That's two times higher than the general population Among native American women, 42 of deaths are tobacco related, more than three times the general population of women, alcohol is even more deadly. 42 of Indian men die

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from alcohol-related disease. That is five times the mortality seen in the general population, And 34 of native American women die from the same causes. That's eight times higher than alcohol deaths in the general population. That picture in itself is a grim picture related to poverty and

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lack of employment and educational opportunities. Trude Bennett study found that an expansion of prenatal care and health education is vital to address the higher than normal rate of infant and child deaths. Her survey showed, the native americans seek out culturally sensitive programs for health care when

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they are available. More than 9000 native Americans live in Santa Clara County, and the American Indian Center is their community gathering place for all kinds of activities like drummers who practice daily family education programs, a residential alcohol treatment center. And while the funding holds out the

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largest american indian library in the Bay Area, you're starting to see more indians coming into indian centers across country. The largest program at this center is the employment program paid for by the Department of Labor. Under the Job Training and Partnership Act coordinator Jennifer Patel is

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of the europe tribe of northern California. Majority of our clients, and I'd say about 80% of them do not have any type of marketable skill. And we can see people unemployed for five years. Plus The Bureau of Indian Affairs estimates. There are two million native Americans.

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National unemployment figures show more than 50 of Indians able to work are jobless and 75 of those who have jobs earn less than $7,000 per year. When an Indian comes to see us, they don't have a goal. And so we have to learn to help them

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develop that going. And the only way to take care of these people is the ending way. And unfortunately uh we have to mix the two, the non ending way in the ending way when we're doing it. It's so different from the reservation life. The mix of

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indian ways and non indian ways is a source of some pain. For 18 year old, Sunny april white of the Southern Ute nation. She wants a full time job, but for now works part time for $6 an hour at the indian store. Within the center. She

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says she wants to learn more about indian arts and artists. People always ask me remember where I go. Are you american indian? Yeah. It makes me feel funny because I think, well, I'm thinking they, they think that since I'm in and I should know all this,

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my backgrounds and everything and it kind of makes me happy to tell me I am indian. And then I had to tell him that I don't know much, but we'll learn. Yeah. Though they come from 200 different tribes. Native Americans often regard each other as members

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of a large family and only within that context can some feel comfortable asking for what they need. Where I grew up with in the country, it's very, very small up there and in comparison to the city, it's a huge difference. Miles miles away, Not only in

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distance but in spirit for my people. And 31 year old Patricia Pinola is far from her promo Yuki reservation near point arena with the support of the program. She's studying to be a paralegal without my family and the friends that I've made here within this native

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american community, I would have probably been off track from school. I would have never had as much encouragement. Elders at the centre advised the young to keep loyal to the past while striving for success in the future. For me. I learned this from my grandfather. That

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what I am is birth and what I learned is second now in that piece, you heard native americans talking about what they owed to their heritage Frida. Kahlo to owed something to her heritage. And joining me now is Diane Roby, who is the publicist for the

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Mexican Museum. Tell me exactly what was Frida's ethnic heritage Frida. Kahlo was the daughter of a german, jewish photographer and misty some mother missed ISa being mixed european and indian heritage and her early life coincided with the Mexican revolution and she identified quite strongly with the

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ideals of the Mexican revolution, which looked to Mexico's traditional indigenous cultures for cultural and artistic inspiration. Do we see anything specific in her work that would show that heritage quite a bit in fact free to in her imagery in her work, she refers quite often to

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pre hispanic artworks and also she refers to traditional Mexican formats of painting such as devotional paintings we see in this painting here carries a banner of dedication which is very typical of Mexican emotional paintings. This is her with her husband. This is a painting of Freedom,

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a self portrait with her husband, Diego Rivera, which was painted here in san Francisco all of her paintings, it seems that I've seen here are self portraits. Did she paint anything other than herself? Well she did quite a bit. It's our own fascination with Frida's image

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actually. That makes us think of her as only a painter of self portraits. He painted quite a few paintings of other people as well as other subject matter. The freedom mania than is sort of a spin off from that sort of preoccupation with herself and her

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portraits. Because almost all the freedom mania items we see her image are based in self portraits. And I think also that what we have to remember with freedom mania is that the only reason it occurs is because of the integrity and Frida's work. If that weren't

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there, Freedom mania wouldn't have developed. Why do you think she's so popular right now? I think there are a lot of reasons. I think that uh one of them is that artists started to identify with her and find quite a bit of inspiration in her integrity,

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in her ability to paint. Despite the odd, she endured quite a bit of physical suffering and in spite of that was able to paint most of her life. It's really interesting. Thanks a lot Diane. Now if you would like to see the Frida Kahlo exhibit, it's

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running here through september 13th at the Mexican Museum and that address is building D Fort mason center san Francisco. The area code is 4154410404 For more information and its passion for Frida. It's running through September 13 now stay with us. The messengers of rapper coming up

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