Carol Schumacher, 56, who was raised in the remote community of Chilchinbeto in the Navajo Nation, has lost 42 family members to Covid-19 over the last two years. The dead included two brothers aged 55 and 54, and cousins as young as 18 and 19.
NASA astronaut Nicole Mann is set to become the first Native American woman in space, with a launch date no earlier than Oct. 3.
NPR covers Justin Dupree's (Assiniboine/Lakota) efforts to fill gaps in Veteran care on Fort Peck Reservation in Montana. Dupree was diagnosed with PTSD after 17 years of service in the US Army. "My body was...the 'check engine' light came on," says Dupree.
The end of this month marks International Overdose Awareness Day. Each year on August 31, the day is recognized globally to bring focus to prescription opioid overdose risk and preventing drug-related harm.
Tribal leaders and tribal citizens began arriving an hour before the start of second stop of "The Road to Healing" tour at the Pellston High School's gymnasuim on Saturday, August 13, 2022.