Native & American Indian News, Culture, Tribes, Music, Art and More (Page 261)

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

Unhappy Holidays Nationwide

Stephanie Woodard

December 29, 2011

The holiday season has been grim for many at the Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa Indians in North Dakota, said a tribal member whose general assistance funds have been cut off for...

Northwest Tribes Call for Navy Support of Green Tug Program

Richard Walker

December 29, 2011

TULALIP, Washington — A Tacoma shipyard with a 30 percent Native workforce could build six fuel-efficient tugs for the United States Navy, if final contracts win approval...

Makah, Tulalip Receive Funding for Engine Upgrades

Richard Walker

December 29, 2011

NEAH BAY, Washington — More than $1.3 million in Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) grants are going to Indian country in Washington state to upgrade boats with low-emission eng...

A Look at the Wounded Knee Museum

ICTMN Staff

December 29, 2011

There's no better way to remember the massacre at Wounded Knee then to pay a visit, either in person or online , to Wounded Knee, the Museum...

Eye-Opening Wounded Knee Journey Becomes Family Affair

ICTMN Staff

December 29, 2011

They toil on horseback across 191 miles of Badlands and other harsh terrain in the freezing cold, sleeping outside, sometimes fasting...

Annual Chief Big Foot Memorial Ride to Wounded Knee Concludes

ICTMN Staff

December 29, 2011

The story of Wounded Knee is embedded deep into the conscious and culture of American Indians from all tribes...

2011 Retrospective: April

ICTMN Staff

December 29, 2011

The White Wash Walter Plecker, Virginia’s registrar in the 1920s, eradicated records of Indian births and marriages to support his directive that all Indians be categorized as blac...

'Johnny' Back on Turtle Island After Three-Year European Adventure

ICTMN Staff

December 28, 2011

A Kemp's ridley sea turtle nicknamed Johnny by its European caretakers is back home in the waters off his namesake Turtle Island after a three-year sojourn through Europe, ABC News...

Winter Solstice Reminds a Hopi Artist of the Cycle of Life

Ramson Lomatewama

December 28, 2011

Ramson Lomatewama My name is Ramson Lomatewama and I’m a member of the Hopi tribe . I’m also a glass artist and writer, although I started my career as a middle-school teacher...