2013-09-192013-09-192000http://hdl.handle.net/11212/223http://tatis.muskie.usm.maine.edu/pubs/pubdetailWtemp.asp?PUB_ID=B060040Current national statistics on the abuse and neglect of American Indian children suggest that rates are higher than among the general population. This study, a 10% sample of American Indian tribes and the states in which they are located, identified an under-reporting of data regarding the abuse and neglect of tribal children. At best, only 61% of the data on child abuse and/or neglect (CA/N) of American Indian and Alaska Native children are reported. The primary investigators of CA/N at the tribal level are the tribes themselves (65%), followed by the states (42%), the counties (21%), the Bureau of Indian Affairs (19%), and a consortium of area tribes (9%). There is some overlap in investigations, with tribes solely involved in only 23% of investigations. A lack of technical resources at the tribal level forces most tribes to rely on state and county reporting mechanisms for the conveyance of tribal data.pdfAdvocacyChild abuseInvestigation - child abuseMandated reportingNative AmericanReportingText