When Jessica Whitehawk helped start a women’s health support center over a decade ago, her team worked out of a tiny room in the back of a nonprofit office on the Yakama Reservation. Pregnant women ...

Canal Winchester High School's softball dugout, photographed on July 15, 2025. Canal Winchester is one of more than 20 Ohio high schools with the team name "Indians." (Photo by Megan Henry, Ohio ...

HAMPTON — The “W” on the Winnacunnet High School website once featured decorative feathers – now removed due to their association with Native Americans. The feather removal was a first step in ...

Fresno High School’s Warrior mascot that depicts a Native American caricature will be changed. The school will keep the “Warriors” moniker. Fresno Unified School District board members voted 6-1 on ...

Gabby Gensaw, a 19-year-old freshman studying business at Shasta College, remembers sitting in her high school history class stunned in disbelief. It was her junior year at Shasta High School and she ...

An image of Royce Hall serves as the new logo for Fresno’s oldest high school. Fresno High School ended decades of controversial tradition Wednesday after unveiling the school’s new logo. While the ...

Over the past few years, the name changes by the Washington Football Team and Cleveland Indians have shined a spotlight on the divisive topic of Native American sports mascots. The issue has trickled ...

The toes of a baby peek out of a blanket at a hospital in McAllen, Texas. Native American babies have high rates of sudden unexpected infant deaths, and tribal members and health experts say a ...