Growing up in Chinle, Ariz., the heart of the Navajo Nation, Kim Russell said she never saw the same physician twice. “They didn’t have a high level of commitment to the community,” she said. Facing a ...

Meet seven trailblazing women who transformed medicine, from the first female doctors to Nobel Prize-winning scientists.

Inside the Friendship House, a rhythmic drum beat fills the air as clients gather in a circle, chanting a Lakota battle song. For Priscilla Lenares, the sound transports her back 11 years to her own ...

A University of New Mexico researcher and assistant professor is breaking barriers in the health community for fellow Native Americans. Hailing from the Diné Nation, Crystal Lee has been researching ...

When Washington’s legislative session kicks off next week, lawmakers will take up the issue of traditional Native American medicine. Washington state Medicaid doesn’t currently reimburse Native ...

Surveys the Native American healing and health care practices from the time of first European contact up to the present. Includes a chapter profiling some Native American healers. siris_sil_741411 ...

TIME asked 11 experts on indigenous history which Native American historymakers readers should know about. Their responses have been lightly edited. In 1889, Dr. Susan La Flesche Picotte graduated top ...

The Biden Administration is trying to woo Native Americans whose votes could be pivotal in Western states. One pre-election gambit is to let Medicaid pay for Native American “traditional medicine.” ...

Native Californian medical students are reclaiming healthcare for their communities — one pipeline program at a time — as AI/AN life expectancy sits nearly a decade below the national average.