Native & American Indian News, Culture, Tribes, Music, Art and More (Page 262)

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

Native Hawaiian Recognition Suffers Latest Setback

Rob Capriccioso

December 23, 2011

WASHINGTON – Native Hawaiians who want to be federally recognized as sovereign entities, much like American Indian tribal citizens, have suffered another setback from a U.S...

Comet Lovejoy Flaunts New Tail

ICTMN Staff

December 23, 2011

We humble beings residing on Mother Earth have been treated to quite the celestial show of late. Back in October there was the Orionid Meteor Shower ...

Pawnees Get New Law Enforcement Center

Wilhelm Murg

December 22, 2011

PAWNEE, Okla – On Friday, December 16 th , the Pawnee Nation hosted a groundbreaking ceremony for a new Law Enforcement Center that will be constructed on their agency campus...

Joe Arpaio's Officers Turn in Badges Following Immigration Violations

ICTMN Staff

December 22, 2011

Following a Justice Department report accusing the Maricopa County Sheriff’s office, led by sheriff Joe Arpaio, of violating civil rights and discriminating against Latino resident...

Tecumseh to Grace a Stamp, and a Freighter

ICTMN Staff

December 22, 2011

The great Shawnee Chief Tecumseh, a key figure in the War of 1812, will be doubly honored during the bicentennial year of that conflict by both a stamp and a freighter...

White House Laments GOP’s Mikkanen Rejection

Rob Capriccioso

December 22, 2011

WASHINGTON – The White House is expressing disappointment by a Republican-led senatorial rejection of President Barack Obama’s nomination of Kiowa tribal citizen Arvo Mikkanen to b...

Quapaw Tribe’s Downstream Casino Underlies Lawsuit

Carol Berry

December 21, 2011

The Quapaw Tribe of Oklahoma’s $300 million Downstream Casino, located in northeast Oklahoma near the Kansas border, has played a key role in two non-Native gaming enterprises’ aba...

Winter Solstice Signals Start of Storytelling Season

ICTMN Staff

December 21, 2011

The winter solstice inaugurates storytelling season in Indian Country. The new lunar cycle is a spiritual time for many cultures including American Indian tribes...

Covering the Crisis: Can Mainstream Media Attention Help Attawapiskat Long-Term?

Martha Troian

December 21, 2011

Not long ago, few had even heard of Attawapiskat. It's a remote First Nation community that has gone from relative obscurity to being the center of a media storm...

Morongo Helps Brighten the Holidays for 2,500 Inland Children

Gale Courey Toensing

December 21, 2011

The Morongo Band of Mission Indians continued its annual philanthropy outreach this holiday season, sponsoring a shopping spree in a toy shop for more than 2,500 low income childre...