Native American Archives

A portrait of a young woman with long, dark hair, standing amid plants and looking off into the distance.

Healthcare

They Followed Doctors’ Orders. The State Took Their Babies.

by Shoshana Walter, Melissa Lewis, Najib Aminy, Ike Sriskandarajah, Nina Martin, Taki Telonidis, Nikki Frick, Fernando Arruda, Jim Briggs, Steven Rascón, Zulema Cobb, Al Letson, Brett Myers, D. Victoria Baranetsky and Claire Mullen July 1, 2023September 12, 2023

Medications like Suboxone help pregnant women safely treat addiction. But in many states, taking them can trigger investigations by child welfare agencies that separate mothers from their newborns.

Reproductive Rights

A Mother’s Worst Nightmare

by Shoshana Walter and Melissa Lewis June 29, 2023July 21, 2023

Federal law has put thousands of women on anti-addiction medications into an impossible bind: Give up your treatment or risk losing your child.

A young woman rides a horse past a sign that reads "we are the grandchildren of the Lakota you weren't able to remove."

Accountability

Buried Secrets: America’s Indian Boarding Schools Part 2

by Michael I Schiller, Taki Telonidis, Kathryn Styer Martínez, Nikki Frick, Soo Oh, Steven Rascón, Jim Briggs, Fernando Arruda, Brett Myers and Al Letson March 25, 2023March 24, 2023

A Catholic boarding school on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation is seeking forgiveness for its troubled history. But school survivors want justice first.

Accountability

Buried Secrets: America’s Indian Boarding Schools Part 2

by Michael I Schiller, Taki Telonidis, Kathryn Styer Martínez, Nikki Frick, Soo Oh, Amy Mostafa, Sarah Mirk, Jim Briggs, Fernando Arruda, Claire Mullen, Brett Myers and Al Letson October 22, 2022October 25, 2022

A Catholic boarding school on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation is seeking forgiveness for its troubled history. But school survivors want justice first.

A person descends a dimly lit set of stairs into a basement.

Accountability

Buried Secrets: America’s Indian Boarding Schools Part 1

by Michael I Schiller, Taki Telonidis, Kathryn Styer Martínez, Stan Alcorn, Nikki Frick, Amy Mostafa, Jim Briggs, Fernando Arruda, Claire Mullen, Brett Myers and Al Letson October 15, 2022October 24, 2022

After decades of stripping away Native American identity from its students, a Catholic boarding school seeks to help the community heal.

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