On Oct. 1, Arizona Health Care Cost Containment System, AHCCCS, Arizona’s Medicaid agency, began reimbursing for traditional ...

NAVAJO NATION (KRQE) – While COVID-19 cases once again rise on the Navajo Nation as the omicron variant spreads, one company is finding new ways to get medical supplies to remote and underserved areas ...

An Arizona company has won a $3 million grant from the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs for a mental health app that aims to reduce suicide by military veterans on the Navajo Nation. The company, ...

Eugene Tapahe never dreamt the coronavirus pandemic would bring the world to a stop. Nor could he have known that when the virus struck, another pandemic a century earlier (and a tradition that grew ...

Thousands of American Indian and Alaska Native women and girls are missing — many presumed murdered, their families denied the dignity of laying their bodies to rest. "Art Heals: The Jingle Dress ...

At Banner Page Hospital in northern Arizona, traditional Navajo healing is merging with modern medicine. The hospital's Native American Cultural Committee is working toward an inclusive medical ...

Many studies of different societies throughout the world have noted how discord in prominent social relationships manifests itself as specific illnesses. This paper explores how the discord ...

Last March, COVID-19, or the “invisible monster” as we call it, made its way into our 27,000-square-mile reservation. Three weeks later, Dinétah (Navajo Nation) became one of the hardest hit ...

WINDOW ROCK — As a Marine private, Ronnie Tallman was torn between the military life and his traditional life on the Navajo Nation. Tallman comes from a line of both warriors and healers, which might ...

Ben drinking from a canteen, September 2009. Sheep, thanks to their importance to the Navajo, are a favorite theme, August 2010. Jetsonorama asked Native and non-Native activists their feelings about ...

As a Navajo herbalist and entrepreneur, Virginia Boone has learned to walk a fine line. In her youth, Boone learned Navajo traditions and language while living with her family off the reservation.

TUCSON, Ariz. – As a Navajo herbalist and entrepreneur, Virginia Boone has learned to walk a fine line. In her youth, Boone learned Navajo traditions and language while living with her family off the ...