When Susan Masten was growing up in Northern California, her familial traditions were lost in a confusion of cultures. Native American communities pass down traditions through the matrilineal line, ...

We just talked about how more women than ever becoming the breadwinners in their families. That goes for Native American women too. One in four Native Americans lives below the poverty line. But even ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . American Indian and Alaska Native women have some of the highest rates of maternal death and morbidity in the ...

The story of what happened to Savanna LaFontaine-Greywind is both uniquely hers, and one shared by too many Indigenous women. When author and journalist Mona Gable began writing about ...

In Native communities across the United States, we have always known: when you invest in women, you invest in whole nations. Women are the backbone of our communities, the culture-bearers, the ...

CC0 Usage Conditions ApplyClick for more information. Members of the Native American Women Warriors, the nation’s first all-women Native American color guard, stand in a row wearing jingle dresses, ...

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The bill was derailed in the House by now-retired Rep. Bob Goodlatte. Two senators reintroduced a bill Monday that aims to strengthen protections for Native American women, who face above-average ...

Native American women face higher rates of death than other demographics. In response, Native Americans have been working ...

Chuckwalla National Monument is a protected area spanning 624,000 acres in the Southern California desert. Native American tribes throughout the area consider this landscape sacred and an important ...

Now in its 20th year, WeWin brings together more than 400 women across tribes and generations for prayer circles, keynote speeches and leadership training. When Susan Masten was growing up in Northern ...