1000 live births, compared to 4.1 per 1000 non-Hispanic white live births. Additionally, 15.2% of infants born to American Indian and Alaska Native women are born prematurely compared to just 10.7% of infants born to non-Hispanic white women. Environmental Racism Native American tribes in 2012 occupied 95 million acres of various ecosystems across the United States. Climate change affects the wildlife and resources that many tribes rely on, and activities such as fracking threaten their access to clean water. Alaskan Native Americans use surrounding resources for approximately 80% of their diets and have faced coastal flooding as a result of climate change, so they are an especially vulnerable group. The tribes will sometimes be willing to stay on the same land they have occupied for many years, even if the environment becomes threatening, which leads to health problems such as consuming contaminated water. One of the most recent examples of environmental effects on American Indian and Alaska Native people is the Keystone XL Pipeline affair, which involves a 1,200-mile pipeline crossing through the territory of the Fort Belknap Indian Community of Montana and the Rosebud Sioux Tribe of South Dakota. While then-President Barack Obama halted construction in 2015 following protests citing fears of water contamination and the lack of research on the impact for Native communities, President Donald Trump approved construction shortly upon entering office. In 2018, Native groups put forward a lawsuit against the 2017 permit citing a failure to respect historically established borders and to conduct a risk assessment. In October 2019, over 380,000 gallons of crude oil were spilled by the Keystone Pipeline in North Dakota, affecting nearby wetlands. Asian Americans History Asian Americans have been a prominent group in the United States for the past 200 years. According to the U.S. Census Bureau, there were estimated to be more than 22 million Asian Americans in the United States as of 2018. The five most prominent subgroups amongst Asian Americans are: Chinese Americans, Indian Americans, Filipino Americans, Vietnamese Americans and Korean Americans. Asian immigration in large numbers began in the 19th century with significant populations of Chinese Americans, Korean Americans and Japanese Americans entering the United States. However, in the 20th century, other groups such as Indian Americans began to immigrate in larger numbers due to more specialized jobs available in the United States. Asian Americans have often been subject to racism like other minority groups within