March 2017

When we hear of violence against women, commonly used statistics are 1 in 2 have experienced physical violence in their lifetime while 1 in 6 have experienced rape or attempted rape, according to the Department of Justice and Centers for…

The Crow Creek Indian Reservation in South Dakota is home to the descendants of the Dakota people, who prospered in Minnesota before being forced into the reservation in the 1860s. Crow Creek sits in the center of the state, along the…

Understanding how to do effective outreach can be challenging for health advocates given the cultural and linguistic diversity among more than 560 federally recognized tribes, Dodge said. Other barriers she described, such as poverty,…

Jesse and Chantelle Beeson, members of the Mohawk Nation, traveled to Washington on Friday morning from Akwesasne, New York. Mae Hank, who is Inupiat, came from Point Hope, Alaska. Khannie Tobacco, an Oglala Sioux member from Pine Ridge,…

On February 13, 2017, entertainment site The Postillon published a article reporting that President Trump had expressed his intention to deport Native Americans "to India": As part of his plan to improve national security and combat…

AUGUSTA, Maine - Given the colonial-era history between Maine's Native Americans and European settlers, it would be unwise to say that relations between the tribes and the state are at an all-time low, but it makes no doubts that…

Victoria Tauli-Corpuz, UN Special Rapporteur on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, raised concerns in May 2016 over Native American rights after visiting North Dakota following months of protests against the Dakota pipeline Access.…