Native & American Indian News, Culture, Tribes, Music, Art and More (Page 240)

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

Patterson: Bundling the Arrows

Gale Courey Toensing

February 02, 2012

The United South and Eastern Tribes’ motto – “Because there is strength in unity” – answers an implied question: Why should the south and eastern tribes unite?...

UNLV Study: Nevada Casino Debt Soars to Unprecedented Height

ICTMN Staff

February 01, 2012

The debt has piled high for Nevada casinos, sending the state's largest industry into a record deficit, according to a study released by the University of Nevada-Las Vegas (UNLV) C...

President Barack Obama 'Hangs Out' with America on Google+

Vincent Schilling

February 01, 2012

On January 30, President Barack Obama, certainly no stranger to making history, sat down with the American public to answer questions in a Google+ hangout...

Rep. Young Raises 50K from Tribal Donations

Rob Capriccioso

February 01, 2012

WASHINGTON –U.S. Rep. Don Young, R-Alaska, has pulled in more than $50,000 in campaign contributions from tribes in the last few months...

Obama Strives for Affordable Education for All

ICTMN Staff

February 01, 2012

“Student loan debt has now surpassed credit card debt for the first time ever,” President Barack Obama told the crowd gathered at the University of Michigan (U-M) on January 27...

United Nations Moves to Strengthen Children’s Rights

Sara Shahriari

February 01, 2012

A new measure that allows children or their representatives to bring problems before an international panel of child welfare experts is now open for member states to sign, accordin...

Michigan Mayor Denies and Apologies for Racist Remarks

Gale Courey Toensing

February 01, 2012

Controversy over off-reservation gaming sparks alleged racist remarks Off reservation casinos have been hotly debated for years, but a recent incident in Michigan may be the first ...

Alien Atoms: Milky Way Stardust Detected in Solar System

ICTMN Staff

February 01, 2012

The ancients have known for some time that we are made of stardust, but now a NASA spacecraft has detected the actual atoms from outside the solar system...

Isolated Mashco-Piro Tribe Sightings Come With a Risk

ICTMN Staff

January 31, 2012

A clan of Mashco-Piro Indians, a small tribe of previously isolated Amazon Indians in Peru, have been appearing along the riverbank in Madre de Dios with a message to tourists and ...

Oglalas’ Keystone XL Pipeline Position Issued

Carol Berry

January 31, 2012

The Oglala Lakota Nation is grateful that President Obama denied a permit for the proposed Keystone XL Pipeline, but is concerned that his decision will allow TransCanada to “simpl...