Elyse Wild

Johns Hopkins Center for Indigenous Health has launched a podcast exploring Indigenous methodologies in public health. “Tending Our Roots with Indigenous Methodologies” launches on Friday, May 1, with new episodes available each week. The 10-episode series is hosted by Dr. Miigis Gonzalez (Lac Courte Oreilles Ojibwe) and Dr. Jill Fish (Tuscarora Nation of the Haudenosaunee […]

The FBI announced yesterday that it is dedicating additional personnel to the Missing and Murdered Indigenous Peoples (MMIP) crisis. The staffing surge supports Operations Not Forgotten, an initiative focused on solving violent crimes in Indian Country, particularly those against women and children.

Healthcare systems across the US deliver the worst quality of care to Native communities than to any other demographic. That's according to a new report examining health outcomes and healthcare delivery among racial groups in the U.S.

Tuesday, May 5, marks National Missing and Murdered Indigenous Peoples (MMIP) Awareness Day, a time when Native communities and organizations across the country come together to spotlight the MMIP crisis and pay tribute to those most affected. This day of awareness was first recognized in 2017, following a U.S. Senate resolution championed by Montana’s congressional […]

In the past few weeks, a diabetes pilot program on a reservation in Idaho has shown promise in healing a tribal nation from one of Indian Country’s most deadly chronic diseases; a study examining food as medicine is recognized with an award; and the Commonwealth Fund tells us which states are the best and worst […]

A program that brings buffalo into the lives of Native American students at an elementary school on the Wind River Reservation has doubled attendance and increased reading comprehension. It's just the beginning. This article is part of THE INDIGENOUS FOOD PYRAMID, a series of reporting that examines how Indigenous Food Sovereignty policies impact the overall health of Native Americans.

In the past two weeks, Minnesota's Native maternal health crisis made headlines, an ICWA challenge was filed, and on buffalo are feeding kids and increasing test scores on the Wind River Reservation. Here is our health equity round-up.

A program that brings buffalo into the lives of Native American students at an elementary school on the Wind River Reservation has doubled reading comprehension and attendance. It’s just the beginning. This article is part of THE INDIGENOUS FOOD PYRAMID, a series of reporting that examines how Indigenous Food Sovereignty policies impact the overall health […]

The U.S. Senate confirmed Darin Smith as U.S. Attorney for Wyoming on Monday, days after three federal judges dismissed nine criminal cases, including a murder case on the Wind River Reservation, due to Smith’s “flagrant misconduct.” The judges dismissed charges against nine defendants on Friday after learning that in March, Smith reportedly told grand jurors […]

Health care was the focus of last week’s Senate Indian Affairs Committee budget hearing as lawmakers pressed agency leaders on Indian Health Service funding cuts. While the FY 2027 budget requests $9.1 billion in discretionary funding for the IHS, the budget cuts several key programs, including sanitation facilities, special diabetes programs and scholarships for health […]