To learn more, see “The Dawes Act Started the U.S. Land-Grab of Native Territory”
In 2011, the Grammys terminated the “Native American Music Album” award. QUESTION: How many Grammy-winning projects did Native Americans produce? SOLUTION: 1.5 XIT + 1/2 MIL + 1/3 MAT = ? (This must be the same math the BIA uses.) Let me take you through it. The first Native American Grammy award ...... Read More
Tribal Nations are the only recognized arbiter of belonging to or being a member of a tribe. No other agency or arm of any government has that responsibility, other than the particular tribe to which a person claims to belong. Every tribe has its own membership criteria; some go on blood quantum, others on de...... Read More
Lin-Sanity: The Meteoric Rise of the New York Knicks’ Jeremy Lin Draws Eyes From Around the World
Kenny Dobbs Headed Back to Sprite Slam Dunk Showdown Over NBA All Star Weekend
Abramoff Whistle-Blower Tom Rodgers Creates Scholarship for Native Students
Animation from Marty Two Bulls on the 125th Anniversary of the Infamous Dawes Act
To learn more, see “The Dawes Act Started the U.S. Land-Grab of Native Territory”
A great photo taken by Diné activist, educator, scholar and artist, Larry Emerson. It was taken January 15 near Tsédaak’áán (Hogback), New Mexico.
He doesn’t buy chocolate or roses for his wife on Valentine’s Day, but he’ll make you laugh. “I’m a practical kind of gift giver. You know what I’m going to give my wife, I’m g... read more
Alex Mason, a member of the White Earth Reservation in Minnesota, may have a credible claim at having scored the best hockey goal of the year. On any level, from the NHL to college to, wel... read more
February 8 marked the 125th anniversary of the notorious Dawes Act. This is part one of a three-part series on this devastating bit of legislation. Check back here Wednesday, February 16, fo... read more
The San Francisco Peaks are a volcanic mountain range located north of Flagstaff, Arizona, and are sacred to the Havasupai, Navajo, Hopi, Zuni, and several other tribes. On Thursday, a feder... read more
Valentine’s Day is upon us, and ICTMN’s fashion maven Lisa Charleyboy (also known as Urban Native Girl) has some tips on what to get your boy or girl at any price points: “cheap and ch... read more
Another year has passed, and although some progress has been made on the issue of missing and murdered aboriginal w... Read More
Aboriginal child welfare was on the docket before the Supreme Court of Canada on Monday as child advocates argued t... Read More
WASHINGTON – The Indian Health Service (IHS) and Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) fare well under President Barack Ob... Read More
Former Michigan Republican Rep. Pete Hoekstra, who is seeking the Republican nomination for U.S. Senate, has remove... Read More
The Hualapai Tribal Nation has voted to take over the management of the Grand Canyon Skywalk from David Jin, the to... Read More
Three lectures will be presented as part of Flathead Valley Community College’s Armchair Archaeology Lecture ... Read More
The Oglala Sioux Tribe is being audited for the first time in the last 12 years, and tribal officials fear low-inco... Read More
Flagstaff, Arizona residents were out in droves on February 10, to enjoy a sunny and unusually warm winter’s day in... Read More
The Oglala Sioux tribe filed a $500 million lawsuit February 9 against brewers (Anheuser-Busch InBev, Molson Coors,... Read More
Creighton University recently dedicated a Nebraska Historical Marker to document the presence of Native Americans i... Read More
It's good to be reminded that sometimes front line Indians themselves, without the aide of Federal programs, or elected Tribal leadership for that matter, are quite capable of developing and implementing strategies that have far ranging impacts. Operating outside established American law that seeks to...... Read More
My god, can the government even count? The United States Census recently assessed that the Native population in America has grown a staggering 39 percent in the past decade. It seems that there are now 5.2 million Native Americans across the United States, as opposed to the 2.2 million reported by the...... Read More
Felix Cohen, author of the original Handbook of Federal Indian Law, played a major role in the Indian New Deal (aka, Indian Reorganization Act) to end the Dawes Act allotment era. In 1953, the year he died, he wrote, "Like the miner's canary, the Indian marks the shifts from fresh air to poison gas in...... Read More
In an open executive session of the Senate Finance Committee on Tuesday, Sen. Orin Hatch (R-UT) withdrew his amendment to the Senate proposed highway legislation after meeting resistance from Committee Chairman Max Baucus (D-MT) on the grounds that it was not relevant to that particular legislation. Hatc...... Read More
We are losing the battle for salmon recovery in western Washington because salmon habitat is being destroyed faster than it can be restored. Despite massive cuts in harvest, careful use of hatcheries and a huge financial investment in restoration during the past four decades, salmon continue to decline a...... Read More
In his Executive Order declaring November 2011 “Native American Heritage Month,” U.S. President Barack Obama said that his administration “recognizes the painful chapters in our shared history.” As a key part of that history, today marks the 125th year since the U.S. Congress passed the Dawes General All...... Read More
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