PBS

Sage LaPena on Traditional Native American Herbalism

Herbalist Sage LaPena explains that a resurgence of traditional medicinal practices. Herbalist Sage LaPena explains that a resurgence of traditional medicinal practices in Native communities and in ...
NPR

Medicaid will cover traditional healing practices for Native Americans in 4 states

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 ...
Insurancenewsnet.com

PHOENIX – Native Americans in Arizona and three other states could now see government health coverage for some traditional

PHOENIX – Native Americans in Arizona and three other states could now see government health coverage for some traditional healing practices. On Oct. 16, the Biden administration announced it had ...
The Santa Fe New Mexican

Medicaid covering Native American traditional healing in New Mexico, three other states

PHOENIX — Native Americans in New Mexico, Arizona and two other states could now see government health coverage for some traditional healing practices. On Oct. 16, the Biden administration announced ...
KRQE Blogs

Medicaid will cover Native American traditional healthcare in New Mexico

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – Native American traditional healthcare will now be covered by Medicaid in New Mexico. New Mexico was one of four states to receive federal approval to use Medicaid funding ...
The Salt Lake Tribune

For the first time, traditional Native healing services could be covered under Medicaid for Utah’s tribes

The Navajo, or Diné, language doesn’t have a word for diabetes, so when Ernest Harry Begay sees Native patients who have the condition he instead translates it to them as “being killed by sugar.” Many ...
The Daily Northwestern

Field Museum celebrates Native American Heritage Month with beadwork presentation

The Field Museum kicked off National Native American Heritage Month with a Friday demonstration of traditional beadwork technique. The showcase is the first in a series of Native American heritage ...
Arizona Daily Star

Some Native American traditional healing practices now covered in Arizona

PHOENIX – Native Americans in Arizona and three other states could now see government health coverage for some traditional healing practices. On Oct. 16, the Biden administration announced it had ...
Yahoo

Returning the ‘three sisters’ – corn, beans and squash – to Native American farms nourishes people, land and cultures

Historians know that turkey and corn were part of the first Thanksgiving, when Wampanoag peoples shared a harvest meal with the pilgrims of Plymouth plantation in Massachusetts. And traditional Native ...
Great Falls Tribune

Gathering of Families helps preserve traditional games

Native peoples across North America are striving to reverse the loss of indigenous languages, and also share the richness of Native culture though allowing guests at powwow events where traditional ...
The Durango Herald

Durango students celebrate Indigenous Peoples Day with traditional Native American games

In an effort to integrate more cultural events into its curriculum, Durango School District 9-R celebrated Indigenous Peoples Day by hosting its first-ever Native Traditional Games on Monday. Students ...