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Researchers at the University of New Mexico have found that COVID-19 hit American Indian and Alaska Native patients hard — even inside the university’s hospital.

Before the first European settlers came to Colorado in the 1600s, a diverse array of Native American tribes inhabited the area. On Monday, Indigenous Peoples Day recognizes the cultures and histories of those who called the Americas home before European colonization as well as their present day descendants.

A small but growing number of states and communities have begun observing Indigenous Peoples' Day. Ahead of the Monday holiday, In the NoCo discussed its significance with a tribal member and educator.

The federal government is taking new steps to preserve the oral history of Native American boarding schools that were run by governments and churches.

In an overwhelming vote Friday, the U.S. Board on Geographic Names made it official: Mount Evans will be renamed Mount Blue Sky, a name significant to some area tribes.

New data shows a dramatic rise in the U.S. suicide rate, especially for Native Americans and Alaska Natives.

A nonprofit has released a new interactive map that sheds more light on the history of boarding schools that traumatized Indigenous children in the U.S. and Canada for decades.

The Northern Cheyenne Medicinal Garden at the Sheridan Food Forest consists of about 105 different plants that the Northern Cheyenne tribe has used for spiritual, medicinal, or nutritional significance. A dedication ceremony on Aug. 31 at the Sheridan Food Forest drew around two dozen community members who wanted to learn more about the significance of these plants.

President Joe Biden has designated another national monument in the Mountain West. Baaj Nwaavjo I’tah Kukveni – Ancestral Footprints of the Grand Canyon National Monument encompasses nearly one million acres in Northern Arizona.

A professor at Fort Lewis College started the All Our Kin Collective to help Native students who wanted to better connect with their cultures and traditions and learn their native language.