In the weeks after the brutal slaying of Emily Pike, the 14-year-old San Carlos Apache girl who went missing from a group home in Mesa, some child welfare experts say the system meant to protect ...

More than 18,000 children were shipped off to faraway schools in the late 19th and 20th centuries. Nearly 900 known deaths occurred in the 417 federal-run institutions, along with uncounted cases of ...

For nearly a century, California and other states forced Native American youth into boarding schools, aiming to erase their cultural practices while separating children from parents, placing them in a ...

A busy summer is winding down at the Cherokee Nation Public Health Department in Tahlequah, Oklahoma. But administrative assistant Jennie Laconsello is still fielding plenty of questions from families ...

Oregon’s Tribal Early Learning Hub has faced a number of challenges since its creation. But this summer, state lawmakers passed HB 2815, which would invest more in early learning for Oregon’s nine ...

The U.S. Army has finished this year’s disinterment at the former Carlisle Indian Industrial School, with nine sets of Native American children’s remains returned to their tribes. At a press ...

The upcoming Give Kids A Smile event will include free dental work, including exams and cleanings. (Courtesy photo) The Santa Ynez Tribal Health Clinic (SYTHC) will hold its fifth annual Give Kids A ...

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