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Inuit and Canadian Officials Lash Out at European Union's Seal Products Ban

Canadian, Inuit and international trade leaders alike are...

Montana's Native Vote Could Decide US Senate Control

The decision of U.S. Senator Max Baucus (D-Montana) not...

Cherokee Attorney Earns National Crime Victims' Service Award

Dianne Barker Harrold took a seven-year experience with...

Cape Wind: Justice Department Urges Swift Lawsuit Resolution Before Tax Breaks Expire

Lawyers from the Department of Justice have urged a federal...

Jim Thorpe's Sons Win Federal Lawsuit Against Jim Thorpe, Pennsylvania

The two surviving children of sports great Jim Thorpe won a...

Exxon Removing Section of Ruptured Arkansas Pipeline

Exxon Mobil Corp. on Monday April 15 removed 52 feet of its...

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NY Counties Seek Ruling on Oneida Reservation—Again

Gale Courey Toensing

January 31, 2013

Madison and Oneida counties in New York have asked the U.S...

Abramoff Associate Kevin Ring's Conviction Upheld in DC Appeals Court

Gale Courey Toensing

January 28, 2013

The appeals court for the District of Columbia has upheld the conviction of Kevin Ring, a former associate of former Republican lobbyist and convicted felon Jack Abramoff, who plea...

Former Rocky Mountain Indian Chamber of Commerce President Under Investigation for Theft and Forgery

Carol Berry

January 25, 2013

Josh Running Wolf, 31, Blackfeet, former president of the Rocky Mountain Indian Chamber of Commerce (RMICC), was arrested January 7 by Denver police on allegations of check forgery...

Addressing the Native Hawaiian Inmate Issue

Cliff Matias

January 23, 2013

On December 27 th the Hawaiian justice system addressed the issue of Native Hawaiians being more likely to serve a prison sentence than any other ethnic groups in their home state,...

Grande Ronde Holds School Training for Oregon PD

ICTMN Staff

January 19, 2013

Earlier this month the Confederated Tribes of Grand Ronde of Oregon held school shooter-training sessions at the former Grande Ronde Middle School...

Two First Nations Challenge Constitutionality of Bill C-45

ICTMN Staff

January 17, 2013

Two Alberta, Canada, First Nations have applied for Judicial Review of the federal government’s omnibus bills C-38 and C-45, claiming that they should have been consulted on enviro...

Ute Mountain Ute Hunters and Anglers Gain Access to Brunot Area

Carol Berry

January 17, 2013

Once termed “useless to the Utes,” the Brunot area of Colorado, a 3.7-million-acre range teeming with wildlife was opened up to the Ute Mountain Ute hunters and anglers on January ...

Laverdure Named Strategic Advisory With Akin Gump

ICTMN Staff

January 16, 2013

Donald “Del” Laverdure has a new role in serving Indian country. The former Indian Affairs official and political appointee in the U.S...

The Navajo Nation Seeks to End a Mining Lawsuit

Carol Berry

January 10, 2013

The Navajo Nation, facing conflict over the expansion of a mine that supplies coal to the Four Corners Power Plant, unsuccessfully invoked sovereignty in an environmental advocacy ...

Rape, Kidnapping Being Investigated as Hate Crime in Thunder Bay

Valerie Taliman

January 07, 2013

The abduction, brutal rape and strangulation of a First Nations woman by two white men on December 27 in Thunder Bay, Ontario has stirred fear, anger and urgent calls to catch the ...