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The Fight for Baby Veronica, Part 2

This is part 2 of a series about the custody battle for...

Rios Montt Guilty of Genocide in Guatemala

On Friday, May 10th, former Dictator and General Jose...

Great Plains ICWA Summit Hoping to Address Native Foster Care Concerns

The Great Plains ICWA Summit has been a long time coming...

Freedom of Information Act Used To Push IHS To Offer Plan B Over the Counter

Mainstream Americans continue to battle over the...

Montana Governor Vetoes Three Anti-Bison Bills, Lets the Hunt Stand

Despite vociferous protest from tribes, Montana’s state...

Peaches Start To Blush in May

Many scholars dispute the existence of peaches in America...

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Indian Country Headline News

The Week That Was: The Big Stories in Indian Country, May 19

ICTMN Staff

May 19, 2013

It's our weekly roundup of the stories that mattered most in Indian country: DESTRUCTION: A construction company in Belize all but destroyed a Mayan pyramid more than 2,000 years o...

Elijah Harper Lies in State at Manitoba Legislature

ICTMN Staff

May 19, 2013

Elijah Harper will lie in state at the Manitoba Legislative Building in Winnipeg, Manitoba, on Sunday May 20 from 2:00 p.m...

Elijah Harper, Iconic Aboriginal Leader Who Scuttled Meech Accord, Walks On

ICTMN Staff

May 18, 2013

Condolences have poured in for revered aboriginal leader and politician Elijah Harper, who walked on at age 64 from heart failure induced by diabetes complications on Friday mornin...

5 Natural Pest Deterrents for Your Garden

Darla Antoine

May 18, 2013

Whatever pests you may be grappling with this year, I highly encourage you not to resort to commercial pesticides. The poisons used in these products are just that—poisonous...

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

ICTMN Staff

May 17, 2013

Elders and chiefs of at least 10 sovereign nations walked out of a meeting with U.S...

Full Text of the Great Plains Tribal Chairmen's Association Statement Against the Keystone XL Pipeline

ICTMN Staff

May 17, 2013

On this historic day of May 16, 2013, ten sovereign Indigenous nations maintain that the proposed TransCanada/Keystone XL pipeline does not serve the national interest and in fact ...

ACLU Joins Huy in Support of Indigenous Prisoners' Religious Freedoms

ICTMN Staff

May 17, 2013

The California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation issued a provisional emergency regulation denying indigenous prisoners access to items used in religious ceremonies in F...

Showcase for Model Tribal Housing

Mark Fogarty

May 17, 2013

Tribes looking for ways to build energy-efficient and culturally relevant housing for their members now have a model for the task. In fact, they have 22 of them...

Cherokee Nation Developing Largest Tribal Wind Farm in U.S.

ICTMN Staff

May 17, 2013

The site of a former Indian boarding school in Kay County, Oklahoma will soon become the largest wind farm on tribal land in the United States...

Mohawk Ironworkers Help Raise Spire for Freedom Tower at One World Trade Center

ICTMN Staff

May 16, 2013

From beginning to end, from rise to fall to rise again, the noble Mohawk ironworkers have shepherded the sky-scraping towers of the World Trade Center in New York City into existen...