Usha Lee McFarling is a former STAT reporter. The tiny number of Indigenous students in U.S. medical schools has long been a concern, but Native American medical leaders were taken aback to see 22% ...

Prior to the arrival of the first European settlers early in the 17th Century, an estimated 50 million Native Americans tilled the land in the area that became the United States, gathered food in the ...

Jamie Stuck, Nottawaseppi Huron Band of Potawatomi elder and member of the Native American Affairs Council as well as Tribal Legislative Liaison for the State of Michigan, Shabanaa Bush, president of ...

CC0 Usage Conditions ApplyClick for more information. Native Knowledge 360° is the National Museum of the American Indian’s initiative to transform teaching and learning about Native Americans. This ...

Sacramento State and California tribal leaders have created a place where students seeking a Native American-based education — rooted in culture and community — can bloom and shine bright with the ...

Ryan Dial, American Indian Health Program Manager, attends an event hosted by the Waccamaw Siouan STEM Studio from Bolton, NC to provide educational resources about cancer in Native American ...

A culturally relevant education -- Recognizing the students' backgrounds in culture and experience / David M. Davison -- Emphasizing the positive aspects of the culture -- Cooperative learning: it's ...

Depending on how much you know about the constitution, you may be surprised to learn that Ben Franklin and the founding fathers modeled the United States constitution on the constitution of the ...

Centuries of anti-Native American policies and colonization have upheld inequities between Native residents in Massachusetts and non-Native Americans, according to a new report that researchers say ...

Communities across Michigan carry traces of the state's Indigenous roots and contemporary cultures — and Native-owned institutions beckon visitors to explore that history. Gov. Gretchen Whitmer and Lt ...