Pre-contact Indigenous North America -- Post-contact, sovereignty, and health -- The roots of American Indian 'nursing' -- The Indian health system and nursing -- Beyond the IHS: Indigenous knowledge and traditional approaches to health and healing -- AI/AN elders : mapping cultural areas and regional variances in health -- Northeast woodlands -- Southeast woodlands -- Southwest -- Great Basin -- California Indians -- Pacific Northwest/Plateau -- Alaska -- Northern Great Plains -- Urban American Indians -- Indian health funding : time for change -- The future of nursing report and American Indian nursing education