Treaties for Treatment: How Urban American Indians Navigate the Federal Healthcare Promise

Dinner on Us (DOU) is administered by the Native American House (NAH) and is part of the Lunch on Us Series within Student Success, Inclusion & Belonging. DOU is a one-hour program that features scholar- and practitioner-led workshops paired with a shared meal.

Held twice monthly from September through November and February through April, DOU explores a wide range of Native and Indigenous-focused topics while offering participants meaningful opportunities to connect with peers and experts in a relaxed, conversational setting.

This DOU workshop features: Kiana Wilkins (Confederated Tribes of Warm Springs), Ph.D. Assistant Professor in the Department of Sociology at University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign Description: Research regarding Urban Indian (American Indians living in cities or major metropolitan areas) healthcare access and experiences remains largely unexplored.

This project takes an examines healthcare experiences such as accessing care (IHS and non-HIS care alike) to experiences with delivery of care itself in a sample with 38 Urban Indians This program is open to all eligible persons regardless of race, color, or national origin.

Reasonable accommodations are available upon request. Please contact the Native American House at nah@illinois.edu.