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American Indian, Alaska Native communities face 'disproportionate burden' of poor oral health
USA TODAY via Yahoo News· 1 year agoAmerican Indians and Native Alaskans face a “disproportionate burden” of oral health disease in the...
Number of Native American dental program applicants plummets as community faces oral health crisis
USA TODAY via Yahoo News· 1 year agoThe first time Rudy Oxendine visited a dentist, he was in middle school. In the poor rural community...
She survived a tornado and breast cancer, and now this Native artist is earning acclaim
The Oklahoman via Yahoo News· 8 months agoWhen Yonavea Hawkins was injured in a 2019 tornado that tore through the Caddo Mounds State Historic...
Shinnecock Attorney and Secretary of the Council of Trustees Kelly Dennis Appointed to New Dept. of...
Native News Online via Yahoo News· 2 years agoWhen she got the letter from the Secretary of the Interior Deb Haaland, Kelly Dennis felt honored,...
OUHSC receives grant to improve health outcomes for Indigenous women in childbirth
The Norman Transcript, Okla. via Yahoo News· 9 months agoSep. 27—According to researchers at the University of Oklahoma, Indigenous women are three times more likely to die in childbirth, and a new $10.5 million grant aims to figure out how to lower ...
Granny Brigade's good deed conflicts with past stances
Salina Journal via Yahoo News· 1 year agoA March 7 Salina Journal front-page story featured the Granny Brigade. Their drive collected 25...
Bison spread as Native American tribes reclaim stewardship
Associated Press via Yahoo News· 2 years agoPerched atop a fence at Badlands National Park, Troy Heinert peered from beneath his wide-brimmed...
Business People: Blue Cross and Blue Shield announces executive appointments
Pioneer Press, St. Paul, Minn. via Yahoo News· 2 years agoOF NOTE – HEALTH CARE Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Minnesota, an Eagan-based health insurer, announced two executive appointments: John Uribe, vice president of business development, has been ...