This stark difference is not due to a natural change but a result of violence against Indigenous people through European colonial practices, like forcing them into Spanish-only boarding schools that ...

Rupert Ross, retired Canadian Crown attorney who worked with hundreds of First Nation communities, has been granted permission to learn of the healing practices of First Nation peoples across Canada ...

The University of Minnesota’s unique Dakota language and Ojibwe language majors allow students to pursue several paths involving their culture. Students are allowed the opportunity to learn the ...

Of the nearly 8,000 enrolled members in the Ho-Chunk Nation, there are currently less than 40 who can speak the Ho-Chunk language (also anglicized as Hoocąk). This is due to past removals and ...

Isa Helms is the first student in Eugene 4J to earn an Oregon Seal of Biliteracy for an Indigenous language. Isa speaks miluk (Coos) and is hoping her accomplishment will inspire other young tribal ...

Healing cannot begin without transformative and restorative justice, hundreds of Catholics involved in Native American ministry were told. Nearly 400 people gathered for four days starting July 19 for ...

During history major Maddie Henderson’s internship at the National Museum of the American Indian, she sought to learn more about the Indian boarding school era and how forced assimilation has affected ...

For years, Mrs Deshpande (name changed), a 45-year-old homemaker from Pune living in the US, felt like a failure as a mother. “I’ve lost my daughter,” she told her psychiatrist, referring to her ...

HONOLULU (HawaiiNewsNow) - Whether the presidential election has left you stressed, or the holidays have simply become too much, there are a number of things that can make us feel like we need a ...

Someone once told me that being Native is not easy. I did not fully understand the weight of this statement until I researched my own family history and discovered what happened to my Dakota and ...

The language spoke by Coos people for time immemorable is not extinct as reported by SIL Global, an international nonprofit that documents and preserves languages. At least, not according to Isa Helms ...