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 ...

Native American women have long been powerful leaders, organizers, storytellers, and changemakers — not only within their communities, but across the broader landscape of American history. Their ...

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 ...

Minneapolis College hosted a “pinning ceremony” for its nursing program graduates recently — a ritual that confirmed their commitment to the profession. It included a circle of Native American ...

YANKTON, S.D. (AP) - A Yankton native living in the Republic of Ghana was recently visited by some special guests - President George W. Bush and first lady Laura Bush, during their visit to Africa.

In Native communities across the United States, we have always known: when you invest in women, you invest in whole nations. Women are the backbone of our communities, the culture-bearers, the ...

ACCRA, Ghana — When Abigail Kwartekaa Quartey decided as a teenager to become a professional boxer – an unusual choice for a young woman in a working-class neighborhood of Ghana’s capital of Accra – ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . American Indian and Alaska Native women have some of the highest rates of maternal death and morbidity in the ...

SEATTLE — Donna Helterbridle-Baker is a mixed-media artist, a descendant of the Central Sierra Tuolumne Band of Me-Wuk and Northern Yokut, and also a veteran of the U.S. Army. According to the U.S.

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, ...

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. In recent weeks, survivors of Jeffrey Epstein’s abuse have gotten some of the spotlight they have long been denied ...

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 ...