When Jessica Whitehawk helped start a women’s health support center over a decade ago, her team worked out of a tiny room in the back of a nonprofit office on the Yakama Reservation. Pregnant women ...

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Canal Winchester High School's softball dugout, photographed on July 15, 2025. Canal Winchester is one of more than 20 Ohio high schools with the team name "Indians." (Photo by Megan Henry, Ohio ...

At a mostly white high school near Salt Lake City, the steps leading to the football field are covered in red handprints, arrows and drawings of Native American men in headdresses meant to represent ...

Aaron Payment is tired of talking about scalps. About nicknames, mascots and logos. About the exploitation of Native American history. For 40 years — beginning as a teenager — Payment has fought ...

HAMPTON — The “W” on the Winnacunnet High School website once featured decorative feathers – now removed due to their association with Native Americans. The feather removal was a first step in ...

An image of Royce Hall serves as the new logo for Fresno’s oldest high school. Fresno High School ended decades of controversial tradition Wednesday after unveiling the school’s new logo. While the ...

The toes of a baby peek out of a blanket at a hospital in McAllen, Texas. Native American babies have high rates of sudden unexpected infant deaths, and tribal members and health experts say a ...

BOUNTIFUL, Utah (AP) — At a mostly white high school near Salt Lake City, the steps leading to the football field are covered in red handprints, arrows and drawings of Native American men in ...