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For Native American women, stepping into leadership starts with reclaiming their past

When Susan Masten was growing up in Northern California, her familial traditions were lost in a confusion of cultures. Native American communities pass down traditions through the matrilineal line, ...
USA Today

She was last heard from 51 years ago. Her remains have finally been identified.

Using DNA and genetic genealogy, investigators have identified remains found in western Oregon nearly 49 years ago as a missing 21-year-old woman last seen at a shopping mall. The remains have been ...
WTOP News

Alaska Native woman, ‘everybody’s helper,’ is Orthodox church’s first female North American saint

KWETHLUK, Alaska (AP) — It was in the dusty streets and modest homes of this remote Alaska Native village that Olga Michael quietly lived her entire life as a midwife and a mother of 13. As the wife ...
Hartford Courant

Alaska Native woman, ‘everybody’s helper,’ is Orthodox church’s first female North American saint

Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook Click to share on Bluesky (Opens in new window) Bluesky KWETHLUK, Alaska (AP) — It was in the dusty streets and modest homes of this remote ...
National Catholic Reporter

Alaska Native woman, 'everybody's helper,' is Orthodox church's first female North American saint

It was in the dusty streets and modest homes of this remote Alaska Native village that Olga Michael quietly lived her entire life as a midwife and a mother of 13. As the wife of an Orthodox Christian ...