New Mexico is one of a few states to secure Medicaid funding to cover traditional health care practices for Native Americans.The state is one of four to receive the federal funding approval, according ...

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 ...

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) announced the approval of Medicaid coverage for Traditional Healing services in California, Arizona, New Mexico, and Oregon. This landmark decision ...

Mongolian shamans beat wicker drums to summon ancestral spirits. A Peruvian man in a headdress unleashes a piercing ululation. And a man from Kentucky tells me the body can rid itself of cancer if you ...

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 ...

“Traditional health care practices have been a way of life in many communities. And they are extremely important for American Indian and Alaska Native populations,” Health and Human Services Secretary ...

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 ...

The new coverage includes practices such as music therapy, sweat lodges, and drumming, which are integral to Native healing traditions and have... Emery Tahy of San Francisco knows firsthand the ...