U.S. Senators Lisa Murkowski (R-AK) applauded the Senate passage of the Older Americans Act Reauthorization Act of 2024, which included provisions of her bill, the Enhancing Native Elders’ Longevity, ...

BISMARCK — In December of 2023, the University of North Dakota released the findings from a first-ever study on the health of urban Indigenous elders. This national survey, conducted by UND’s National ...

A new storytelling project aims to connect Native American youth with their elders and preserve Indigenous languages and cultures through modern media. Why it matters: Culture, history and language ...

White fish, cranberry, maple sugar, zucchini, kale, sweet corn. These were some of the foods in the Tribal Elder Food Box distributed at the Gerald L. Ignace Indian Health Center on Historic Mitchell ...

Irvine, Calif., April 2, 2025 — Machine learning algorithms utilizing electronic health records can effectively predict two-year dementia risk among American Indian/Alaska Native adults aged 65 years ...

PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — The fourth annual Native Elders Picnic brought different tribes from Oregon and Washington together to honor the elders and learn from them at the same time. Celeste Whitewolf ...

Outside Holger Jorgensen’s wood-paneled house near Fairbanks, Alaska, it was at least 20 degrees below zero, but inside was warm in both temperature and conversation. Jorgy, as he was known, sat in ...

President Donald Trump issued an executive order declaring English as the nation's official language, but Native leaders dispute its reach. For many years, the federal government tried to erase Native ...

Native youth in California face the state's highest suicide rates despite being its smallest ethnic group. Many programs haven’t succeeded because they haven’t included cultural practices. Medicaid ...

The winter holidays and especially Christmas have different meanings to tribes and Native individuals across Indian Country as they commune with friends and family Dennis Zotigh Beckham Barehand (Dine ...

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 ...

Indigenous elders have launched a sweeping native title claim covering most of Melbourne and several other regions across Victoria. The claim was lodged by 11 members of the Wurundjeri people in the ...