Ohio Names Native American Pipe Official State Artifact
It’s been dubbed the Adena pipe and is now the official...
Columbia Native Students Demand Recognition of Original Inhabitants
  Students of the Native American Council at Columbia...
The Long Legal and Moral Battle Over Kennewick Man
He had a name, not that we will ever know it. He also had...
Video: The Ways Provides a Resource to Learn about Natives in Wisconsin
It starts with the beating of a drum. Powwow dancers and...
Important Cultural, Religious and Historical Resources Threatened by Drilling
The Hess Corporation’s development of oil resources on Taĥċ...
Tribes Have Mixed Feelings About Tightrope Walker Coming to the Grand Canyon
Famed tightrope walker Nik Wallenda last made headlines in...
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American Indian History

California Educator Bridges the Generation Gap with Hip Hop

Marc Dadigan
February 28, 2013
Growing up in a small, central California town, Melissa Leal, Esselen/Ohlone, was captivated by the music of rappers and hip hop artists and harbored dreams of becoming a professio...

Tribes Oppose Obama's Nomination of Lynne Sebastian to Advisory Council on Historic Preservation

Rob Capriccioso
February 28, 2013
Tribal leaders and American Indian activists are protesting President Barack Obama’s nomination of Lynne Sebastian to serve on the Advisory Council on Historic Preservation (ACHP),...

New York Bridge Renovation Could Unearth Native Artifacts

ICTMN Staff
February 27, 2013
Historians and archaeologists are predicting that Native American artifacts could be found along Newtown Creek during the renovation of the Kosciuszko Bridge that connects Queens a...

"Second Honoring: The Life of Russell Means" Celebration on 40th Anniversary of Wounded Knee Occupation

ICTMN Staff
February 26, 2013
On Wednesday, February 27, the family of Russell Means will hold a celebration on Pine Ridge to honor the life of Oglala activitst Russell Means...

Positive Reactions to Cooperstown Central Changing School Mascot

ICTMN Staff
February 25, 2013
The message that calling sports teams “Redskins” isn’t right seems to be getting across in some circles and, perhaps most important, to the younger generation...

The Only One Living to Tell, Excerpt: Massacre's sole survivor finally gets his day in print

ICTMN Staff
February 24, 2013
Editor's note: Hoomothya was a Yavapai Indian who as a boy witnessed the massacre of 225 fellow tribal members at the hands of American soldiers in what has come to be known as the...

Book Review: The Only One Living to Tell, a Story Long Overdue

ICTMN Staff
February 24, 2013
Hoomothya, or Wet Nose, was among the few survivors of the Kwevkepaya, one of four Apache tribal branches grouped under the rubric of Yavapai...

Video: Native Youth Declare 'We Are Indian! We Are Proud!'

ICTMN Staff
February 24, 2013
In this two-minute video, a group of Native youth declare, “We are Indian!...

Debunking Lincoln, the 'Great Emancipator'

ICTMN Staff
February 23, 2013
“Tell some historians that ‘Lincoln freed the slaves’ and one can virtually see the smoke come out of their ears,” relates a story about abolitionists on CNN.com ...

Coastal People's Past Powers Their Political Future

Chris Wood, TheTyee.ca
February 22, 2013
[Editor’s Note: Often passed, seldom visited by outsiders, British Columbia’s Central Coast is home to the continent’s longest-settled places and most enduring peoples...

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