This story was originally published on Native News Online and produced in partnership with the Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting. On a hot July morning in Beaverton, Dr. John Spence stands outside ...

Native youth in California face the state's highest suicide rates despite being its smallest ethnic group. Many programs haven’t succeeded because they haven’t included cultural practices. Medicaid ...

The Center for Native American Youth (CNAY) at the Aspen Institute has released research regarding the national Native youth population. The report collected data from Native youth aged 18-24 across ...

Brandon Burrows looked down the shaft of an arrow at a wild boar. But the 10-year-old wasn't after live prey. Instead, he and dozens of other kids at Elk Creek Elementary School on Wednesday took aim ...

More than 2 million Americans below age 24 self-identify as being of American Indian or Alaska Native descent. Many of the serious behavioral, emotional, and physical health concerns facing young ...

In 2015, for every one white youth, about six Native American youths were arrested. Minority youth in grades 6-12 make up about 21 percent of the adolescent school enrollment in Burleigh County.

Emma Hall's reporting was undertaken as part of the USC Annenberg Center for Health Journalism's 2025 California Health Equity Fellowship. Learn more at centerforhealthjournalism.org. Jordan Burkart ...