Indigenous doulas are creating support networks for mothers who are at the highest risk of pregnancy-related death ...

Talking with your loved ones about organ donation is one of the most powerful ways to help save lives. Learn about one Alaska ...

KWETHLUK, Alaska — It was in the dusty streets and modest homes of this remote Alaska Native village that Olga Michael quietly lived her entire life as a midwife and a mother of 13. As the wife of an ...

The U.S. Senate has unanimously approved a bipartisan resolution led by U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska) and U.S. Sen. Brian Schatz (D-Hawai‘i) recognizing the leadership, resilience, and enduring ...

I am a new resident to Anchorage, having moved here in June 2024 from Unalakleet, my beloved home community. I am Inupiaq and Yup’ik and have done my best to raise my children to be proud of who they ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The tundra surrounding Bethel, Alaska turns red and gold in the fall. October 10, 2023. (Photo by Claire Stremple/Alaska Beacon) A ...

A Yup'ik elder born to nomadic parents in western Alaska just after the start of the Great Depression has become the first person counted in the 2020 Census. Lizzie Chimiugak was honored during a ...

American Indian and Alaska Native women continue to experience marked disparities in cancer outcomes compared with other populations. These disparities are multifactorial in origin, involving ...

Octavia Spencer's Lost Women franchise returns to Investigation Discovery with Lost Women of Alaska, shining a spotlight on the cases of two murdered Alaska native women. The Oscar-winning actress ...

The tundra surrounding Bethel, Alaska turns red and gold in the fall. Oct. 10, 2023. A national support line for Native survivors of domestic violence and sexual assault has begun work to launch an ...