When Susan Masten was growing up in Northern California, her familial traditions were lost in a confusion of cultures. Native American communities pass down traditions through the matrilineal line, ...

Mary Ellen Johnson-Davis, of the Tulalip Tribes in Wash., disappeared in 2020. Her family is still waiting for answers. FBI;FilmRise Mary Johnson Davis (left); and a scene from Missing From the Fire ...

Native women leaders from across the United States are being highlighted in a new publication by the Washington-based Native ...

Indigenous women go missing and are murdered at higher rates than other ethnic groups. Federal laws try to address the problem, but in some cases they fail to meet their own deadlines for action. When ...

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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 ...

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 ...

In the run-up to Hollywood's biggest night, Lily Gladstone, breakout star of the Martin Scorsese-directed epic "Killers of the Flower Moon," is spotlighting a cause close to her heart as she makes ...

This year marks 100 years since the Indian Citizenship Act was signed into law after a Cherokee woman blazed a trail to Washington, D.C., to change the lives of American Indians across the country. It ...

Anandibai Joshee was known to have maintained a traditional Indian lifestyle while attending medical school in Philadelphia, including wearing a sari daily and keeping a vegetarian diet. (Courtesy of ...

Missy Hendricks’ (Apache) first race was a 5K through the mountains on the Mescalero Apache reservation with her dad more than 20 years ago. They woke up before sunrise and drove 100 miles from Las ...