In 2024, the most recent year for which data for the population is available, Native American and Alaska Native people had the highest pregnancy-related mortality ration among major demographic groups ...
A demonstrator stands outside the Wisconsin State Capitol in Madison, Wisc., in 2022 to commemorate missing and murdered Indigenous women and girls. Researchers have launched a new survey to determine ...
When Susan Masten was growing up in Northern California, her familial traditions were lost in a confusion of cultures. Native American communities pass down traditions through the matrilineal line, ...
Between 1907 and 2018, the forced or coerced sterilization of Indigenous women and other women of color in New Mexico often ...
MOLINE, Ill. — November is Native American Heritage Month. It's a chance to celebrate and recognize the history, culture, languages and achievements of Native Americans and Alaskan Natives. Locally, ...
Allison Haro, pictured Nov. 21, achieved sobriety and now works to provide services for relatives and community members at the Minnesota Indian Women's Resource Center. Allison Haro, pictured Nov. 21, ...
The bill was derailed in the House by now-retired Rep. Bob Goodlatte. Two senators reintroduced a bill Monday that aims to strengthen protections for Native American women, who face above-average ...
Abigail Echo-Hawk, director of the Urban Indian Health Institute, recalled a Native mother in her 30s who started having memory loss and other dementia-like symptoms. The woman had suffered multiple ...