Tag: native american
Healing and Wellness with Herbs – The Story of Quw’utsun’ Made
Arianna Johnny-Wadsworth, founder of the Native-owned business Quw’utsun’ Made, was taught at a young age to engage in traditional practices.
Preparing American Indian students for Careers in Medicine
Empowerment through education is paving the way towards a transformation of health care in Indian Country and for Urban Native peoples across the nation.
Symptoms of Eroding Treaty Responsibility to Indian Health Care
Providing Native Americans with even basic health care has been an ongoing struggle between the federal government and sovereign tribes since the treaty times.
Advocating for Change for the 2018 Federal Food Policy
The main contributing factors surrounding nutritional deficiency within Native American communities consist of extreme poverty, lack of natural resource conservation, and insufficient health education.
A STEM Conversation with a NASA JPL Mechanical Engineer
A STEM Conversation with a NASA JPL Mechanical Engineer. “I am an engineer, but I am indigenous first.”
Protecting Native Lands – Bears Ears
Examining the controversy surrounding the Bears Ears National Monument and Native lands.
Voices for Those Who Have Been Silenced: Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women
Examining the issue of missing American Indian women throughout the United States.