Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A first-of-its-kind study released this week revealed that Native elders living in urban centers face food scarcity and many who ...

A dedicated effort to learn more about Native elders living in urban areas reveals they suffer a high rate of chronic illnesses and have limited social interactions.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Alaska Native elders, James Charles, the late David Bill, Sr. and Wilson Justin. (Photo/Courtesy of Chief Mike Williams) U.S.

BISMARCK — In December of 2023, the University of North Dakota released the findings from a first-ever study on the health of urban Indigenous elders. This national survey, conducted by UND’s National ...

A staggering 13.5% of U.S. households experienced food insecurity in 2023. Even more alarming is that during that same year, 25% of Indigenous households reported food insecurity. Many Native American ...

Reg Chapman joined WCCO-TV in May of 2009. He came to WCCO from WNBC-TV in New York City where he covered an array of stories for the station including the Coney Island plane crash, the crane collapse ...

Adopt-A-Native-Elder is a nonprofit humanitarian organization that supports traditional Navajo Elders over the age of 75 living on the reservation. In 2025 Adopt-A-Native-Elder distributed over 1.1 ...

NAVAJO NATION, Utah (KUTV) — Life on the Navajo Indian Reservation is anything but easy. Many of the cabins and huts on the reservation have no electricity or running water, and food is scarce. Forty ...

MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO)-- The Minnesota Department of Human Services announced that home health care tools are being sent to Native American elders to help keep them safe during the COVID-19 pandemic. On ...

SALT LAKE CITY — There is a coffee cup in Linda Myers' office with the saying ALWAYS FOLLOW YOUR HEART. This is a story about doing that. She was 35 years old in 1986, working in the art shop she ...

MOAB, Utah -- On a cold, gray December morning, a handful of volunteers gathered in a small courtyard next to Moab's youth garden. Two Navajo women around the age of 40 and an older Navajo man counted ...

FRESNO, Calif. (KFSN) -- A powerful exhibit highlighting Native American culture is being shown Thursday night at Fresno City Hall. "These are just some of the elders that we painted this year. For ...