A new study found that the gap in life expectancy between American Indians and Alaska Natives and the national average was 2.9 times greater than official U.S. statistics.

“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 ...

Publication date 2005 Topics Teaching of specific groups, Literature - Classics / Criticism, Indian authors, Literary History And Criticism, Native American Literature, Sociology, Literary Criticism, ...

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.

Why We Celebrate We use the month of November to commemorate the history and heritage of indigenous and Native Americans, and those with American Indian and Alaska Native backgrounds. At the start of ...

Native American boarding school funding under scrutiny in lawsuit The lawsuit filed by the Wichita and Washoe tribes demands an accounting of an estimated $23.3 billion in misappropriated funds.

NEW YORK (AP) — New York education officials won’t rescind the state’s ban on Native American mascots and team names, despite threats from the Trump administration that it risks losing ...

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — Illinois’ legislative session concluded without passage of a Native American K-12 school mascot ban, but another issue sought by Natives will make its way to the governor ...

A proposal advancing in Lansing would rename a stretch of scenic M-22 after a Michigan company of Native American soldiers who fought in the Civil War. After unanimously passing the Senate earlier ...

With its cold climate, short growing season, and dense forests, Michigan's Upper Peninsula is known as a challenging place for farming. But a new Dartmouth-led study provides evidence of intensive ...