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Oklahoma Awakes to Grim New Reality as Recovery Efforts Begin

As Oklahoma awoke to a devastating new reality—inasmuch as...

President Obama to Oklahoma: Every Resource Is at Your Disposal

As responders, including at least 250 National Guardsmen,...

Tornadoes Slice Through Midwest, Threatening Indian Country

Tornadoes cut swathes of destruction through Indian country...

Chiefs Declare Keystone XL Consultation Meeting Invalid, Walk Out on State Department Officials

Elders and chiefs of at least 10 sovereign nations walked...

Climate Change: Arctic Ocean Is Acidifying Fast, Study Shows

The Arctic Ocean is heating up, its ice and permafrost are...

Climate Change: Mount Everest Is Melting

In what may be the most glaring example of climate change...

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CO2 Has Arrived at Highest Level Since Before the First Peoples: NOAA

ICTMN Staff

May 10, 2013

The last time carbon dioxide was at this level in Mother Earth’s atmosphere, humans didn’t exist...

One Annular Sensation: Ring of Fire Eclipse Livestreaming From Australia—See it Right Here, Right Now

ICTMN Staff

May 09, 2013

The sun and moon are at it again, and this time, like last year over Indian country, the moon is putting a ring on it...

Global CO2 Concentrations Reaching High of 400 ppm for First Time in Human History

Terri Hansen

May 09, 2013

The human race, indigenous and non-indigenous alike, is about to cross a threshold, though it is not one of evolution and is nothing to brag about, scientists say...

Federal and Provincial Governments Lose Appeal Against First Nation Oil Sands Lawsuit

Brandi Morin

May 08, 2013

A First Nation from Alberta is hailing a court victory in its fight against expanded oil sands development near traditional territories and hunting grounds with the dismissal of a ...

Relive the Triumph of the Nishiyuu Walkers in Video

ICTMN Staff

May 08, 2013

More than a month after the Nishiyuu walkers marched triumphantly into Ottawa from the northern reaches of Ontario, they are continuing to inspire...

Descending Drought Puts Klamath Tribes and Farmers on Brink of Water War

ICTMN Staff

May 07, 2013

The Klamath Tribes possess the oldest water rights in the nation, and as the Los Angeles Times reports, these Indigenous Peoples of Oregon are about to reclaim what they have been ...

Dancing With the Stars Over the Ancient City of Teotihuacan, Mexico

ICTMN Staff

May 06, 2013

First the big dipper drifts into view, then the stars streak across the sky in time-lapse curves...

Navajo Council Forms Liability Company to Buy Navajo Mine

Anne Minard

May 06, 2013

The Navajo Nation Council has voted to form a limited liability company to buy the tribe’s first coal mine, taking the controversial idea one step further...

Eta Aquarid Shooting Stars, Messengers From Halley's Comet, at Their Peak

ICTMN Staff

May 04, 2013

While the Orionid meteor shower in October is famous as being from the tail of the renowned Halley’s comet, Earth actually passes through this tail twice each year, and we are in t...

Tribes Benefit From Portion of Nearly $1 Million in Grants to 56 National Parks

ICTMN Staff

May 03, 2013

Tribal culture may benefit from some of nearly $1 million in grants awarded to 56 of the country’s 400 national parks and monuments as National Parks Week wrapped up late last mont...