Native & American Indian News, Culture, Tribes, Music, Art and More (Page 257)

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

U.S., Canada, Vie for Tekakwitha 'Ownership,' Though They Did Not Exist During Her Lifetime

ICTMN Staff

January 04, 2012

As the Catholic faithful prepare to see the first aboriginal saint canonized, two nations that did not even exist during her lifetime are vying to call her their own...

Chevron’s Appeal in Ecuador Denied

ICTMN Staff

January 04, 2012

The lawsuit has been going on for 17 years, and in the latest outcome of the case, an Ecuador appeals court denied Chevron Corp.’s effort to overturn the $18 billion judgment that ...

Keith Little, Navajo Code Talker Walks On

ICTMN Staff

January 04, 2012

The history of the Navajo Code Talkers will forever be remembered, but on January 3, the famous group lost another member from its ranks as Keith Little, died at Fort Defiance hosp...

Oh How the Republican Race Has Changed After Iowa Caucus

ICTMN Staff

January 04, 2012

In the weeks leading up to the Iowa Caucus, the unofficial start to the 2012 campaign season, the race appeared to be between former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney and Newt Gin...

Shinnecock Medicine Man Files Lawsuit Against IRS

ICTMN Staff

January 04, 2012

The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) has issued a $329,000 tax lien against a Shinnecock medicine man, reported the Daily News ...

Paraguay Returns Land to Indigenous Peoples of Northern Chaco

Rick Kearns

January 04, 2012

Closing out 2011 the Government of Paraguay made an emphasis on improving the living conditions of Indigenous Peoples that began in August and progressed with the return of 2,470 a...

Chemical Used as Weapon in Vietnam War May Be 'Carpet Bombed' on U.S. Crop Fields

ICTMN Staff

January 04, 2012

Dow AgroScience , an Indianapolis, Indiana-based subsidiary of the multinational corporation The Dow Chemical Company in Midland, Michigan, is petitioning the Unites States governm...

Squaxin Island Prepares to Host 2012 Canoe Journey

Richard Walker

January 04, 2012

The Squaxin Island Tribe has chosen “Teachings of Our Ancestors” as the theme of the 24th annual Canoe Journey in summer 2012...

2011 Retrospective: October

ICTMN Staff

January 04, 2012

Ellsbury Makes a Major Comeback Jacoby Ellsbury, the first Major League Baseball player of Navajo descent and a member of the Colorado River Indian Tribes, was named the American L...

Before the Iowa Caucuses: Romney Leads, Paul Surges, Gingrich Plummets

Gale Courey Toensing

January 03, 2012

More than 100,000 Iowa residents are expected to gather in their communities tonight to participate in the first caucuses in the nation to begin the process of picking a Republican...