Azure Bouré, traditional food and medicine program coordinator for the Suquamish Tribe in Washington state, is pictured with her son Ryan Bouré at a nutrition workshop. State health officials said ...

Emery Tahy of San Francisco knows firsthand the struggles of addiction and recovery — a journey that, for him, is intertwined with his experience as a Native American. In his twenties, Tahy landed on ...

Indigenous people have relied on traditional healing practices within their communities for generations and continue to do so alongside Western medicine within various tribal health care facilities ...

An Arizona Senate panel unanimously approved a bill to cover traditional healing under the state's Medicaid program. If passed, Arizona would be one of the first states in the nation to have ...

GANADO — The 9-year-old boy was hurting himself, running into walls and banging his head into them. He was directed by a spirit voice who told him to do it, Harrison Jim said, recalling the patient.

Obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) is a leading cause of mental health disability worldwide, with over 112 million individuals suffering from the disorder at some point in their lives. It afflicts ...

A drumming circle at the Friendship House in San Francisco. Friendship House is a Native-led recovery treatment program that provides culturally relevant care. (San Francisco Chronicle/Hearst ...