native american

Less than two percent of the U.S. population identifies as Native American or Alaska Native.Despite their low numbers, the groups are plagued by high…

Suicide is a major public health problem for American Indians. The suicide rate for American Indian teenagers in particular is 2.5 times higher than the…

Times are incredibly tough for Native American children. Poverty, unemployment and abuse are just some of the issues plaguing the nation's tribes,…

Baby Veronica, no longer a baby but a 4 year-old little girl, was recently placed back with her adoptive parents in South Carolina. The placement happened…

In the slew of recent Supreme Court decisions there are people feeling like winners (LGBT married couples perhaps) and losers (voting rights and workplace…

Yesterday the United States Supreme Court heard oral arguments on a case involving the Indian Child Welfare Act. The law is designed to make sure Native…