Native American Indians

Native Americans take a stand at the Super Bowl

All StoriesMegan Zamiska01/28/20150

Arizona’s Native American tribes want a piece of the Super Bowl. “What better time to advertise than the Superbowl?” said Debra Krol, senior communications manager at the Heard Museum and member of the Xolon Salinan tribe. The message many tribes want to leave behind in one of the world’s largest media shows is both cultural and political….

American Indians fight against Type II diabetes

All StoriesYara Askar10/23/20140

More than 50 percent of Tohono O’odham Indian Reservation adults have Type II diabetes, the highest rates in the world since 1990. Several studies indicate that the primary cause of diabetes in American Indians is due to the rapid change from the traditional farming and harvesting of food to a more mainstream diet that includes…