Sacramento Bee

How culture saves Sacramento’s Native American youth from suicide

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 ...
KSL

'We're still here': Heritage month events spotlight Native American culture, contributions

LEHI — Chauma Kee-Jansen, who heads Lehi-based American Indian Services, thinks Native American culture and history merit more attention in U.S. history books and classes. "Native American culture ...
Hoodline

Penn Museum’s Native Gallery Shake-Up Lets Indigenous Voices Call The Shots

The Penn Museum has pulled off a quiet but striking reset of how Philadelphia sees Native history, unveiling a reimagined ...
Yahoo

Native TikTok calls out Balmain hairstylist for cultural appropriation after he renames Navajo bun the ‘Balmain Vertibow’

Native Americans on TikTok and Instagram are putting hairstylist Sam McKnight on blast for cultural appropriation after he posted a TikTok in which his staff styled a model’s hair to resemble a ...
CounterPunch

Native Land Claims and Culture are Inseparable

My interest in Indigenous territorial claims began in my childhood. I grew up during the Native land claims era in Alaska. Throughout the twentieth century, Alaska Native people watched their lands ...
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Tommy Orange: "Native culture and history have been reduced to mere myths full of exoticism and mysticism"

American writer, double Pulitzer Prize finalist, publishes 'There There', delving into the harsh past of Native Americans and what this heritage means today. "Many of my ancestors had to abandon their ...
KPBS

Preserving Native American heritage and culture

S1: It's time for Midday Edition on KPBS. November marks Native American Heritage Month. Indigenous leaders in San Diego are preserving culture across higher education , arts and science. I'm Jade ...
CNN

For prospective Native American college students, connecting with tribal culture on campus can make all the difference

When Isabella Marquez, a high school senior from the Pueblo of Laguna in New Mexico, was applying to colleges, two criteria were important to her: cost and culture. Marquez said wanted to attend a ...
Washington Examiner

Sports renamings erase Native Americans from our culture

The Washington Redskins were the subject of controversy for years due to their supposedly offensive name. And yet, the controversy was not primarily driven by outrage from Native Americans, but from ...
KCUR 89.3 FM

Using their culture to heal, a Native American sobriety group in Wichita gives back

Native Americans in Kansas can often face barriers when seeking help for their recovery. A Wichita group is hoping to change that. Two drums sit to the north and south in the Gallery of Nations at the ...