Overview of Native American Initiatives

NCI supports several projects among Native American populations, largely in collaboration with its Network for Cancer Control Research Among American Indian/Alaska Natives Populations. This collaborative group of Native and non-Native researchers and educators provides a forum to exchange information on cancer control research and to improve community links to NCI's researchers, the NCI's Cancer Information Service, and the American Cancer Society.

The Native American Network strives to:

• increase the number of Native American researchers, scientists, and medical students involved in cancer control activities in Native American communities;
• develop curricula and mentor students in the Native Researchers' Cancer Control Training Program; and
• convene national conferences on "Cancer in Indian Country."