Native youth in California face the state's highest suicide rates despite being its smallest ethnic group. Many programs haven’t succeeded because they haven’t included cultural practices. Medicaid ...
OREM — American Indian Services is hosting an event highlighting Native American culture on the Utah Valley University campus in Orem that will feature traditional dancing, a fashion show and artwork.
American writer, double Pulitzer Prize finalist, publishes 'There There', delving into the harsh past of Native Americans and what this heritage means today. "Many of my ancestors had to abandon their ...
The Washington Redskins were the subject of controversy for years due to their supposedly offensive name. And yet, the controversy was not primarily driven by outrage from Native Americans, but from ...
Fry bread is a popular food in many Native communities — but has a dark history. One student talks to her grandmother about its complicated place in Native culture. This is an excerpt from "Making ...
The Penn Museum has pulled off a quiet but striking reset of how Philadelphia sees Native history, unveiling a reimagined ...
Intuitively, Marc Chavez says he knew that school really wasn’t a good fit for him as a teen. It wasn’t just that he was goofing off, but the material wasn’t engaging and didn’t speak to him because ...
For many Canadian Aboriginals raised with highly traditional Aboriginal principles, the transition to mainstream Canadian culture can be a long, stressful, and isolating one. "Aboriginal" or ...
Seventy-some years ago, local filmmaker Leya Hale’s grandparents met as students at the Sherman Institute in California. The boarding school was one of many that Native kids, like Hale’s Diné ...
“De Neve has never looked this good,” said second-year economics student Elizabeth Marmer. As she walked into the dining hall, Marmer was met with drumming, colorful tablecloths and the smell of ...
Red Earth is ushering in the holiday season with the 11th Annual Red Earth TreeFest, a free public exhibition celebrating Oklahoma’s diverse Native nations and tribes through beautifully decorated ...