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A mother holds her child, at the Fort Wagner Casino and Hotel, on the Yankton Indian Reservation, in South Dakota, on September 9, 2021.

American Indian Vaccination Gaps Amid Measles Outbreak

A Pascua Yaqui-Yavapai Apache physician explains what vaccination gaps mean for American Indians during the outbreak

Gender
Changing Woman Initiative board and staff members, wearing traditional clothing from their respective tribes, connect with open hands to symbolize their acceptance of prayers and blessings.

Empowering Native Mothers Through Midwifery

A nurse-midwife from the Navajo Nation on why there's now enough data to advance Indigenous birthing policy

Austin Owen stands with his sons who try to keep Dakota tradition alive after Art Owen's passing due to a diabetes-related heart attack.
Migration

Diabetes, Colonialism, and Killers of the Flower Moon

by Chelsea Padilla

How the Oscar nominee's depiction of diabetes outlines a greater problem for communities haunted by colonialism

Weetoomoo Carey, 8, left, and her sister Jackolynn Carey, 5, Wampanoag Nipmucs from Mashpee, look across to the Mayflower replica anchored near Plymouth Rock in Plymouth, Mass. on Nov. 26, 1991.
Migration

Remembering, Honoring, and Educating on the National Day of Mourning

by Alejandra Martinez

Why Thanksgiving is a day of sorrow and protest for many

a pregnant woman from the Navajo nation wearing a black tank top shields her eyes from the sun
Poverty

Shining a Light on Native American Health

by Annie Chan

AIAN life expectancy has not improved over the past decades, but there are indigenous-led efforts aiming to change that

Twila Cassadore teaching her niece to forage for food on the San Carlos Apache Nation, Arizona.
Food

New Netflix Release "Gather" Explores the Fight to Revitalize Native Foodways

by Mary Brophy Marcus

Think Global Health talks with the film's director about food sovereignty

Hundreds of petroglyphs cover Newspaper Rock, in Bears Ears National Monument, Utah, next to the Naajo Nation, on October 29, 2017. The photo shows a dark rock face covered with hundreds of carved depictions of humans and animals. REUTERS/Andrew Cullen
Food

The Voices of the Navajos

by Jessica Top

After COVID-19, who will hear the Navajo Nation and address education, water infrastructure, and food insecurity issues?

A mural warns residents of the danger of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak on the Navajo reservation, in Shiprock, New Mexico, U.S., April 8, 2020. Picture shows an amazing mural of a man wearing a mask painted on the side of a wall. REUTERS/Andrew Hay
Environment

Coronavirus in the Navajo Nation—From Charity to Solidarity

by Jack Fukushima, Abhi Kole, Sangeeta Tripathi, Cristina Rivera Carpenter, Sriram Shamasunder 

Why we need to re-center the narrative around working with indigenous peoples in the Navajo Nation and other communities