By Katheryn Houghton and Jazmin Orozco Rodriguez and Arielle Zionts WINDOW ROCK, Ariz. — Navajo Nation leaders took turns talking with the U.S. government’s top health official as they hiked along a ...

With flags, ceremonies, parades and pomp, celebrations across the United States marked the day the promise of freedom finally ...

“I always loved shows like Looney Tunes and Pixar shorts, but I never really saw contemporary Native American representation in these super-funny animated shorts that I grew up loving,” he said. “The ...

American Indians and Alaska Natives in the United States live nearly four years less than official statistics would have you believe. In fact, their life expectancy (72.7 years) is closer to that ...

A new study finds the death rate for Native Americans — which was already higher than other groups — is much higher than previously thought. The analysis just published in the Journal of the American ...

Born on June 17, 1865, in Nebraska Territory, Dr. Susan La Flesche Picotte was a citizen of the Omaha Tribe and became the first Native American to earn a medical degree. After graduating at the top ...

Native American News First Native hospital, built by nation’s first Native doctor, to again care for Nebraskans Published: Jun. 16, 2025, 12:25 p.m.

By the time “Maybe Happy Ending” finally started previews on Oct. 16, it had sold just $450,000 worth of tickets — woefully low for a new Broadway musical.

New York’s ban, which was implemented in 2023, prevents schools from using mascots that depict Native Americans or other related imagery, such as a tomahawk. The ban was implemented amid concerns from ...

Does a 1924 law clarifying how Native Americans are treated undermine the argument for birthright citizenship?

Native American News New York won’t rescind Native American mascot ban despite Trump’s threat of cutting federal funds Published: Jun. 06, 2025, 10:06 a.m.