Hidden in the Data: Breast Cancer Patterns, Gaps, and Challenges for Native American Women

The United States (US) Census Bureau defines American Indian and Alaska Natives (AI/ANs) as persons with origins from the Indigenous peoples of the Americas who maintain tribal affiliation and/or community attachment. Common terms for AI/ANs today include Native, Native American, Indigenous, First Nations, Native Hawaiian, Pacific Islander, among others. The most appropriate phrasing would be to use the specific tribe's self-designated name in that tribe's native language when possible. However, for simplicity and the purposes of this manuscript, we will use the term AI/AN.