The Leading Cause of Death for Native American Mothers is Almost Entirely Preventable

Mental health is the No. 1 reason Native mothers die after giving birth, according to a new report on maternal mortality ...
USC Center for Health Journalism

Reporting on youth suicide in Native communities requires a different approach

A health reporter working on a story on Native American youth suicide learns that "just because you are ready to tell a story ...
Newsweek

Clean Energy in Native Communities Is at Risk With EPA’s Green Bank Freeze

See more of our trusted coverage when you search. Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. The Native American lands in the Four Corners area of America's ...
Alaska Dispatch News

Domestic violence in Native communities is focus of new survey

Abigail Echo-Hawk, director of the Urban Indian Health Institute, recalled a Native mother in her 30s who started having memory loss and other dementia-like symptoms. The woman had suffered multiple ...
Forbes

Empowering Native Communities Through Financial Inclusion

Oweesta Corporation has been an innovator for Native economic growth since 1999. As the longest-standing intermediary for Native Community Development Financial Institutions (CDFIs), Oweesta is ...
Healio

An ‘asterisk population’: Poor data complicate maternal health research for Native women

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 ...
Forbes

From Financial Barriers To Breakthroughs: How Native CDFIs Are Changing The Game

For too long, Native American, Alaska Native and Native Hawaiian communities have faced an uphill battle to financial inclusion—shut out by geographic isolation, systemic barriers and a lack of ...
PBS

How Trump's proposed health and education program cuts affect Native communities

Native American and Indigenous people say the Trump administration’s proposed cuts to health and education programs for their communities are a continuation of the federal government’s historical ...
AOL

‘Native children belong in Native communities’: tribes decry New Mexico drug-exposed newborn rule

Demonstrators outside of the supreme court in Washington in 2022 as the court hears arguments over the Indian Child Welfare Act.Photograph: Mariam Zuhaib/AP One morning early last July, Micha ...