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‘Medicine River’ reckons with the legacy of Indian boarding schools — through a daughter’s eyes
In "Medicine River," Mary Annette Pember grapples with the harrowing legacy of boarding schools for Native Americans and the ...
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Ofgang: Who was Gladys Tantaquidgeon? The legacy of an anthropologist and Mohegan Medicine Woman
Gladys Iola Tantaquidgeon was an Ivy League-educated anthropologist and Mohegan Medicine Woman who lived between 1899 and 2005. During her long life — she was 106 when she died — she did many ...
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A New Indigenous Birth Center Is ‘Nothing but Good Medicine’
The planned birth center will provide resources to expecting or parenting mothers, including traditional medicine approaches.
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Northwestern’s Indigenous research conference is community in practice
Northwestern University students and faculty collaborate on language and cultural revitalization projects, highlighting the ...
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New Stations of the Cross focus on suffering of Native Americans, path to healing
This Lent, a new version of a Catholic devotion seeks to acknowledge the traumas experienced by Native people, including ...
RFK Jr. wants to target chronic disease in US tribes
CHANDLER, Ariz. — Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. spent time in tribal communities in Arizona and New Mexico this week highlighting ways they are trying to prevent chronic disease among Native ...
RFK Jr. wants to target chronic disease in US tribes. A key program to do that was gutted
A key program using traditional medicine and foods to tackle chronic disease in Native American and Alaska Native communities ...
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RFK Jr. wants to help tribal communities get healthy. Trump gutted a program that was doing just that
Research shows Native Americans have shorter life expectancies than ... which focuses on integrating traditional tribal ...