TY - JOUR T1 - Then &amp; now: 20 years later, has American Indian and Alaska Native health improved? – On 50th anniversary of <em>The Nation’s Health</em>, former APHA President Michael E. Bird looks forward and back JF - The Nation's Health JO - Nations Health SP - 8 LP - 8 VL - 51 IS - 1 AU - Michael E. Bird Y1 - 2021/02/01 UR - http://www.thenationshealth.org/content/51/1/8.abstract N2 - The Nation’s Health invited former APHA President Michael E. Bird, MSW, MPH, to revisit a column he authored almost 20 years ago for the publication — which is celebrating five decades as APHA’s official newspaper. The ongoing COVID-19 pandemic has had an unequal impact on American Indian and Alaska Native communities, spotlighting health inequities that have gone unresolved for far too long. ER -