Native & American Indian News, Culture, Tribes, Music, Art and More (Page 231)

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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Ramping Up Economic Development Policy for Tribes

Duane Champagne

February 15, 2012

Maybe you’ve heard: The Department of the Interior’s (DOI) Assistant Secretary for Indian Affairs has a deputy for policy and economic development ...

Tribal Judges Revive National Tribal Justice Resource Center

Carol Berry

February 15, 2012

Increasingly powerful tribal courts can make use of a law resource center that will provide training and technical assistance to tribal justice systems across the country...

Mormons Apologize for Posthumous Baptism of Holocaust Survivor Wiesenthal’s Parents

ICTMN Staff

February 15, 2012

Leaders of the Mormon church formally apologized to the family of Simon Wiesenthal, who survived the Nazi death camps and went on to become a Nazi hunter and a renowned advocate fo...

Alaska Women Wed at Empire State Building

ICTMN Staff

February 14, 2012

Lela McArthur, 24, and Stephanie Figarelle, 29, of Anchorage, Alaska, became the first same-sex couple to marry at the Empire State Building today, reported the Washington Post ...

Gary 'Litefoot' Davis Appointed NCAIED Interim President, CEO

ICTMN Staff

February 14, 2012

Gary "Litefoot" Davis succeeded Eric Trevan, former president and chief executive officer of the National Center for American Indian Enterprise Development (NCAIED), as the interim...

Events Commemorating Aboriginal Female Victims of Violence

ICTMN Staff

February 14, 2012

Across Canada today, thousands of people are gathering to remember the 700 or more aboriginal women who have disappeared or been murdered over the past two decades, the majority of...

Funding Inequities Amount to Racism Against Canada's Aboriginal Children, Federal Court Hears

ICTMN Staff

February 13, 2012

Aboriginal child welfare was on the docket in Federal Court on February 13 as child advocates argued that inequities in funding between on-reserve education, health and children’s ...

Indian Health Service Gets Record Request in Obama 2013 Budget; BIA Level

Rob Capriccioso

February 13, 2012

WASHINGTON –The Indian Health Service (IHS), the Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA), and other Indian programs fare well under President Barack Obama’s proposed budget for 2013...

Hoekstra Drops Racist Campaign Ad, While Still Landing Jabs With New One

Gale Courey Toensing

February 13, 2012

Former Michigan Republican Rep. Pete Hoekstra , who is seeking the Republican nomination for U.S...

Hualapai Tribe Declares Eminent Domain to Manage Grand Canyon Skywalk

ICTMN Staff

February 13, 2012

The Hualapai Tribal Nation has voted to take over the management of the Grand Canyon Skywalk from David Jin, the tourist attraction's Las Vegas-based developer, reported the Associ...