La Flesche made American history when she became the first Native American to earn a medical degree. Born in a tipi in 1865 on the Omaha reservation in northeast Nebraska, she graduated from a ...

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Native American women who plan to become nurses. “Natives are so underrepresented in nursing, and so having four in our class is such a huge deal,” said Shaneesa Scheckel, one of the four ...

Every time Nina Sanders pokes around the extensive Native American collection at the Field ... Sanders, an Apsáalooke woman born and raised on the Crow Reservation, curated the museum's newest ...

The South Park Game Preserve announced Tuesday its newest addition to the family. In an announcement posted on Facebook, "bouncing baby" buffalo Kai was born to mother Lily and father Big Head Tuesday ...

The relative silence over the disappearance of two Native American women was Deborah Maytubee-Shipman’s call to action. It was 2014. Maytubee-Shipman was enrolled in a Navajo community college ...

The Archive Center at the National Museum of the American Indian presents a new exhibition that can help "interrupt the ...

women and children were killed by Europeans in the 1600s, Native American activists have said. Massapequa, which is roughly 90% white, has long been a conservative bastion popular with New York ...

American Idol' finale reveals 2025 winner: Is it Jamal, John or Breanna? But Roberts' crowning is just the latest celebration for the singer this month, as he just welcomed a baby girl to the ...

Several Native American tribes hold women to high esteem and reserve special roles for women within their communities. For example, Cherokee women were traditionally homeowners, and a Cherokee Women’s ...