Elyse Wild

On the edge of the Navajo Nation in northeastern Arizona, the STAR (Service to All Relations) School has spent more than two decades redefining what education can look like. The solar-powered public school is nationally recognized for its innovative approach to sustainability, but one of its most impactful initiatives reaches far beyond the classroom: The Food Sovereignty Program. Through gardening, traditional foods, language revitalization, and community partnerships, the program is helping students reconnect with their culture while building healthier futures for their families.

In my work as a health reporter in Indian Country, there are statistics that keep me up at night, and stories from which I can’t turn away.

Chef and author Nephi Craig reflects on his journey from addiction to recovery, explaining how Indigenous foodways, culture and community became the foundation of his healing and now shape his work helping others recover through food.

A new bill would require the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to include tribes in funding for public health emergencies.

Overview: A Tribe received a large award from the EPA to strengthen their environmental stewardship over their lands and surrounding areas.

Overview: A new survey from the Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine finds that most Native Americans are open to adopting plant-based diets to address chronic health disparities. A plant-based diet can prevent and reduce chronic diseases that disproportionately affect Native communities, and most Native people are willing to make the dietary shift. That’s according to […]

A randomized clinical trial found that a culturally tailored, traditional-foods meal program for Navajo Nation adults with heart failure significantly reduced hospitalizations and emergency room visits.

In the past couple of weeks, a Native chef has released a much-anticipated memoir; a new study shows that the majority of Native maternal deaths are preventable; and the newest federally recognized tribe's future in the Indian Health Service is uncertain.

The answer to a growing mental health crisis in a world in which screens are omnipresent and social media is fueling a sense of despair among the nation's young people may be simple: get outside and play.

For generations, Native American languages across the United States were pushed toward extinction through government policies designed to erase Indigenous cultures. Children were removed from their families, sent to boarding schools, and punished for speaking their own languages.