A walk through any college campus in the United States looks more or less the same: a large open quad with a well-manicured lawn, a historic main hall made of brick and covered in ivy, mature ...

Many Indigenous people have told stories about their time in boarding schools that they’ve kept inside for decades, finally ...

Emery Tahy of San Francisco knows firsthand the struggles of addiction and recovery — a journey that, for him, is intertwined with his experience as a Native American. In his twenties, Tahy landed on ...

Many told stories about their time in boarding schools that they’ve kept inside for decades, finally able to begin recovering from childhood trauma. An oral history project led by the National Native ...

Jody Roy remembers hearing how her aunt was removed from the family home as a child and taken to a Jesuit-run residential school years ago. The girl's long hair was cut, Native clothing discarded and ...

The smell of cedar and the sounds of singing filled the garden behind the Alaska Native Heritage Center during the raising of a totem pole that symbolizes healing from the boarding school era. More ...

CAROLYN MORRIS flicks through a bulky folder in her office in To’Hajiilee, New Mexico. The clinical psychologist has filled it with the sorts of billing, evaluation and note-taking procedures that are ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Levi Rickert (Prairie Band Potawatomi Nation) attended 11 of the12 stops across Indian Country, traveling as close as his home ...

Castro is a retired charter driver and lives in Cortez Hill. When I was diagnosed with pre-diabetes, and weighed 228 pounds at 65, I was referred to a pre-diabetes class held at San Diego American ...

A drumming circle at the Friendship House in San Francisco. Friendship House is a Native-led recovery treatment program that provides culturally relevant care. (San Francisco Chronicle/Hearst ...