"Food insecurity is tied to housing instability, so we are very prepared now to see individuals who are going to choose ...

In fact, the Pequot Neepun Teacher Institute, held over the summer, has emerged as the tribe's own way of fighting for ...

Official U.S. records dramatically underestimate mortality and life expectancy disparities for Native Americans, according to a new, groundbreaking study published in the Journal of the American ...

Marissa Russo is a former STAT intern supported by the AAAS Mass Media Science & Engineering Fellowship. American Indians and Alaska Natives in the United States live nearly four years less than ...

Long before modern laboratories and factories, Native American societies were shaping daily life with remarkable ingenuity.

Each summer the Office of Indigenous Relations at the University of Nevada, Reno, invites Native American high school students from across the state interested in attending college to participate in ...

The answer is yes, but not in the ways that we might assume. Native Americans did not have guns. They did not use horses in combat. in ritualized and localized engagements. historically raised their ...

Native American Heritage Month, observed each November, is a time to honor the rich histories, cultures and contributions of Indigenous peoples across North America. It’s both a celebration and a ...

“Anyone can love the mountains, but it takes a soul to love the prairie,” wrote Willa Cather, author of “O Pioneers!,” the saga of early westward struggles and the kind of character it took to ...