Native American/Alaska Native

Washington launches first 988 crisis line for American Indian and Alaska Native people

Calls are answered by Native crisis counselors who are tribal members and descendants closely tied to their communities.

February 12, 2021 Native American/Alaska Native

In Hard-Hit Indian Country, Tribes Rapidly Roll Out Vaccines

By Alex Brown, Stateline When the Cherokee Nation in Oklahoma began receiving its first doses of COVID-19 vaccines in December,

April 8, 2020 Child Health / Coronavirus / Minorities / Native American/Alaska Native

A School on Navajo Nation Stayed Open. Then People Started Showing Symptoms.

As some schools on the largest reservations were closing on account of the coronavirus, students at Rocky Ridge Boarding School continued attending class.