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Five Native Americans have been selected by the Bush Foundation for its prestigious Bush Fellows program for 2025, each with ...
American Indian and Alaska Native communities in Colorado continue to face significant gaps in health care access, quality and outcomes, according to a new analysis of the Colorado All Payer Claims ...
Dził Nat’oh is a form of tobacco used in traditional Navajo healing ceremonies. Grown and collected in its natural ...
Facing darkness head-on is the guiding principle of a new semester-long class at two schools on the Blackfeet Reservation.
Genetic ancestry, then, can be an important factor in your overall health picture – what your “normal” is, which illnesses ...
Three inmates of Native American ancestry are suing Rhode Island’s prison system, claiming their religious rights are being ...
Three Native American inmates at the ACI have filed a lawsuit alleging their religious practices are being denied. The ACLU is representing the inmates, claiming the ACI lacks policies ...
A Native American Church affiliate in California says the San Bernardino Sheriff’s Department violated their religious rights by destroying sacred plants.
About 30% of Native American and Alaska Native people younger than 65 are enrolled in Medicaid, and the program helps keep Indian Health Service and other tribal health facilities afloat.
Native Americans who receive care from the Indian Health Service aren’t covered by the federal law that bans discrimination based on genetic makeup, which could perpetuate health disparities.
Q&A: A daughter tells her Native mother’s story — and a larger American one In ‘Medicine River,’ journalist Mary Annette Pember confronts the legacy of boarding schools and the trauma ...