For Yup’ik woman Danielle Beaver, 33, of Alaska, sharing her Catholic faith is not just a mission but the reason why she’s ...

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The Supreme Court on Thursday rejected a major challenge to the Indian Child Welfare Act of 1978, upholding a landmark law long hailed by tribes for giving priority to Native American families in ...

This 1930s photo provided by her family shows Olga Michael, an Alaskan Yup’ik woman who became St. Olga of Kwethluk, Matushka of All Alaska, the first female North American saint in the Orthodox ...

As a child, La Flesche watched as a white doctor refused to treat a sick Native American woman. The experience shaped her, starting her on the path to becoming a doctor. The daughter of Joseph La ...

St. Olga is the third with Alaska Native heritage, emblematic of how the faith has grafted in with some Indigenous cultures. Most of the state’s Orthodox priests, serving about 80 parishes, are ...

Stringfield taught herself to ride a motorcycle as a teen. She went on to become the first African American woman to travel across country solo on a motorcycle in the 1930s.

Native American News Alaska Native woman, ‘everybody’s helper,’ is Orthodox church’s first female North American saint Published: Jun. 26, 2025, 11:58 a.m.

Native American News First Native hospital, built by nation’s first Native doctor, to again care for Nebraskans Published: Jun. 16, 2025, 9:25 a.m.