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 ...

“She’s taught all of us that Native values make Americans stronger.” - President Barack Obama Dennis Zotigh President Barack Obama awards Suzan Shown Harjo with a 2014 Presidential Medal of Freedom, ...

Before the first Europeans arrived in the Americas in 1492, there were approximately 60 million people inhabiting the continents, with hundreds of different tribes, languages and cultures. Tragically, ...

For many, this coexistence of American patriotism and Indigenous pride may seem contradictory Naomi Skiles Members of the Native American Women Warriors, the nation’s first all-women Native American ...

In 1928, a forty-one-year-old woman named Adeline Ovitt, née Rivers, drowned in the Schroon River, in upstate New York. The circumstances of her death are largely unknown, but she left behind a ...

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.

American Indian and Alaska Native women continue to experience marked disparities in cancer outcomes compared with other populations. These disparities are multifactorial in origin, involving ...

Originally published in French under the title: Squaws: la mémoire oubliée. Despite their important roles in religious, political, and family life, the stories of American Indian women have remained ...

Guest Opinion. The objectification of Native people as relics of the past and as “Invisible Americans” helps explain why reporting on missing Native persons is less reliable and why there is an ...