The Good Red Road: Tribal Collaborations in Health Research American Indians and Alaska Natives, too, have historical situations that have fostered mistrust –Thyroid (I 131 ) studies in Alaska in the 1950s –Barrow alcohol study, 1970s –Coerced sterilization of American Indian/Alaska Native women, 1970s –Early pre-approval use of Depo-Provera and Norplant, 1980s –Present situation involving Havasupai, 2004
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