Native & American Indian News, Culture, Tribes, Music, Art and More (Page 242)

Renowned Artist Donald Vann, Two Other Veterans Honored by Cherokees

The Cherokee Nation honored three veterans, including...

Idaho's Teton School District Drops 'Redskins' Mascot

Effective immediately, Teton School District, which serves...

Around the Web: Reactions to NFL Boss Goodell Supporting Redskins Name

Wednesday, news broke that NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell...

The Fight for Baby Veronica, Part 4

Editor’s Note: The Baby Veronica Case, recently argued...

New Sponsors, Speakers Join RES California

The list of sponsors and speakers continues to grow as RES...

Cougar Repopulates Turtle Island

The name bestowed on the mighty killer cats of North and...

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International Labor Organization Concerned With Lack of Indigenous Input on Belo Monte

Barbara Fraser

March 10, 2012

Continued construction of the Belo Monte dam, a huge and controversial hydroelectric plant on Brazil’s Xingú River raised red flags for a committee of experts from the Internationa...

More Solar Flares Comin', Northern Lights Hoppin': Photos

ICTMN Staff

March 10, 2012

The sun sent out yet another coronal mass ejection (CME) just before 11 p.m.

State Versus Tribe Tobacco Issues Resurface

Carol Berry

March 09, 2012

Repeated efforts by the Muscogee (Creek) Nation to conduct tobacco sales without state intervention appear to have floundered in a federal appeals court which dismissed sovereignty...

Nearly 20,000 'Suspicious Activities' Reported in Indian Gaming 2004-11

Mark Fogarty

March 09, 2012

American Indian casinos filed 26 percent of all gaming suspicious activity reports (SARs) to the federal government during the years 2004 to June 30, 2011, and 16 percent of the do...

Pine Ridge Residents Halt Canadian Mine Equipment Transportation Through Reservation

Vincent Schilling

March 09, 2012

On the morning of March 5, a Wanblee resident was forced off the road as huge semi-tractor-trailers made their way through the Oglala Sioux Nation’s Pine Ridge Reservation...

Oklahoma Tribes Still Waiting for Governor Fallin’s Native Liaison

Brian Daffron

March 09, 2012

At the end of the 2011 Oklahoma legislative session, Republican Governor Mary Fallin signed HB 2172 into law, which effectively ended the 43-year-old Oklahoma Indian Affairs Commis...

Counties, Lawmakers Oppose Tribe's Federal Recognition for Fear of Napa Valley Casino

ICTMN Staff

March 09, 2012

In an effort to privatize California's smaller Indian reservations, Congress stripped the Mishewal Wappos and 40 other tribes of their tribal status in the late 1950s...

Despite High Incidence of Rape, Native Women Denied Right to Plan B

Eisa Ulen

March 09, 2012

Native American women face overwhelming barriers that deny them use of the emergency contraception pill known as the morning-after pill, otherwise known as Plan B, a new report by ...

Solar Bombardment Under Way, Milder Than Feared; Northern Lights Set to Glow

ICTMN Staff

March 08, 2012

The geomagnetic storm unleashed by the sun’s coronal mass ejections (CME) of a few days ago was helping Mother Earth celebrate International Women’s Day on Thursday afternoon March...

Calling Out the ‘Abramoff the Reformer’ Image

Rob Capriccioso

March 08, 2012

WASHINGTON – As disgraced super-lobbyist Jack Abramoff makes the rounds promoting himself as a campaign finance reformer, he’s being aided by several friendly mainstream journalist...