About one in five American Indian/Alaska Native respondents reported feeling fear or stress about dental settings compared to 12.2% of the general population.

A Harvard-NPR poll finds American Indians and Alaska Natives were hit by the pandemic's emotional toll the worst. Native researchers say tribal groups have responded with resilience and strength.

According to the latest study, the crude suicide death rate of American Indian and Alaska Native adolescents (18.95 per 100,000) was the highest of any racial/ethnic group (70.4% greater than non ...

In Montana, American Indian/Alaska Native people die at a median age of fifty years (more than twenty years earlier than white Montanans). Death rates for specific illnesses, ...

Nearly 800 opioid-overdose deaths among American Indian and Alaska Natives in the United States occurred in 2019, up from fewer than 100 in 1999, data published Monday by BMJ Open showed.

Since 2000, inmate populations in Indian Country jails climbed by 62%. In all other local jails, the number is even higher, at 85%. As for Alaska prisons, Brad Myrstol said, it’s easier to ...

The Department of Veterans Affairs says it's saved Native American and Alaska Native veterans about $2.5 million in medical costs since exempting them from copayments last year.. The VA has waived ...