September 26, 2024
Key Points:
To ensure that American Indians in Michigan were given the support and services they needed to prevent cancer and find it early, the Inter-Tribal Council of Michigan started the Three Fires Cancer Consortium in 2017 with funding from CDC’s National Comprehensive Cancer Control Program.
Overview:
American Indian and Alaska Native people have much higher rates of several cancers, compared to non-Hispanic White people in the United States.
Michigan is home to more than 130,000 American Indian people. The Inter-Tribal Council of Michigan wanted to make sure that American Indians in the state were given the support and services they needed to prevent cancer and find it early. So they started the Three Fires Cancer Consortium in 2017 with funding from CDC’s National Comprehensive Cancer Control Program.
The Three Fires Cancer Consortium serves the Bay Mills Indian Community, the Hannahville Indian Community, the Keweenaw Bay Indian Community, the Little Traverse Bay Bands of Odawa Indians, and the Sault Ste. Marie Tribe of Chippewa Indians. READ MORE