Native & American Indian News, Culture, Tribes, Music, Art and More (Page 216)

Global Indigenous Women's Caucus Meeting Sets Priorities for UNPFII

The Global Indigenous Women’s Caucus focused on the...

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,...

'A Name Change for the Redskins: Unpopular, Insufficient, and Necessary'

Every week TheAtlantic.com Sports Roundtable discusses a...

Best Indian Food 2013: Smothered Muskrat, Tail Off, Teeth Showing

In Indian country, frybread, Indian tacos, curly fries and...

American Indian Woman of the Year Named, Native Explorers Co-Founder Gets Award

Nicole Schultz Walls, Chickasaw, is the youngest president...

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Indian Country Headline News

Protests Against Indefinite-Detention Law Roll in From Across Nation

Gale Courey Toensing

March 26, 2012

Mongi Dhaouadi, the executive director of the Council on American-Islamic Relations , Connecticut Chapter, hosted the meeting, which he organized with activist Chris Gauvreau...

Nuu-chah-nulth Treasure Returned to Home Territory in B.C.

Wawmeesh Hamilton

March 25, 2012

It was a breathtaking moment for Mowachaht-Muchalaht First Nation member Margarita James...

Oglalas Win Full Early Voting—for 2012

Stephanie Woodard

March 25, 2012

Past and future national elections cast shadows over a Native American voting-rights lawsuit argued in Rapid City, South Dakota, on March 8...

Earthquake Started in Indigenous Regions of Mexico

Rick Kearns

March 24, 2012

The epicenter of the 7.4 magnitude earthquake that rumbled through Mexico on March 20 was in the heavily indigenous regions of Oaxaca and Guerrero...

Native Languages Bill Takes Another Step Forward

Carol Berry

March 24, 2012

Native American language teaching won a victory March 21 when a bill that would help to preserve tribal languages sailed through an education committee of the Colorado House of Rep...

Port Gamble S’Klallam Get Federal Approval for Foster Care

Konnie LeMay

March 23, 2012

“In the best interests of the child…” You will not see this phrase in the language of the first tribal foster care and guardianship program to be eligible for federal payments unde...

Long Plain First Nation Celebrates $21 Million Loss-of-Use Settlement

ICTMN Staff

March 23, 2012

Long Plain First Nation has settled its 141-year-old loss-of-use claim with the Canadian government for $21.3 million, tying off the loose ends of its 1994 land-claim settlement...

Col. Thomas Brewer Makes a Career Out of Being a Warrior

Wilhelm Murg

March 23, 2012

Col. Thomas Brewer is currently going through a series of surgeries after surviving a rocket-propelled grenade (RPG) attack in the Kabul region of Afghanistan in December of 2011...

Revolutionary Rhoades: At Age 80, the First Native IHS Director Is Still Improving the Indian Health System

Michelle Tirado

March 23, 2012

Dr. Everett Rhoades There are people who work in Indian health, and then there are those who champion it. Dr. Everett R. Rhoades , Kiowa , is definitely the latter...

Four Bands Community Fund to Lend $2 Million to Grow B2B Commerce

Mark Fogarty

March 22, 2012

After lending nearly $1 million to fund business-to-consumer development on the Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe (CRST) reservation in South Dakota last year, Four Bands Community Fund n...