Native & American Indian News, Culture, Tribes, Music, Art and More (Page 275)

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

World AIDS Day: American Indians Join the Fight ‘Getting to Zero’ New HIV Infections

ICTMN Staff

December 01, 2011

Niki Graham December 1 marks World AIDS Day , a global health day first held in 1988 to unite people in the fight against HIV/AIDS, show support for people living with HIV/AIDS and...

Indigenous Action on Anti-Pipeline Front

Rob Capriccioso

December 01, 2011

WASHINGTON – Indigenous leaders in the United States and Canada have taken their latest steps in a string of well-cho

Aboriginal AIDS Awareness Week Kicks Off With World AIDS Day

ICTMN Staff

December 01, 2011

Across the globe, health groups are striving to bring awareness of the scourges of HIV and AIDS in this 30th year of the first documented case...

Have the Terrorists Won? Rand Paul Speaks Out Against Martial Law Legislation

Gale Courey Toensing

December 01, 2011

Sen. Rand Paul, a first-term Republican senator from Kentucky, has been a vocal opponent of the National Defense Authorization Act for 2012, S...

Some Apple Juice Contains High Levels of Arsenic

ICTMN Staff

December 01, 2011

Findings from a study released Wednesday reveal there are dangerous levels of arsenic and lead in some apple juice, reported ABC News ...

American Indian Empowerment Act Introduced

Rob Capriccioso

December 01, 2011

WASHINGTON – A newly introduced piece of legislation promises stronger tribal control over Indian lands. The American Indian Empowerment Act of 2011, H.R...

Carcieri: Indian Country's 'Number One Priority'

Gale Courey Toensing

December 01, 2011

Legislators in the House and the Senate have promised to move a Carcieri fix forward during the current congressional session. Sen. Daniel Kahikina Akaka (D-Hawaii) and Rep...

Horses May Soon Be Slaughtered in U.S. for Human Consumption

ICTMN Staff

December 01, 2011

Congress has lifted a ban on funding horse meat inspections, paving the way for horses to be slaughtered and butchered for human consumption, reported the Argus Leader ...

Obama's Indian Trust Commission Takes Form

Rob Capriccioso

December 01, 2011

WASHINGTON – With the Cobell settlement on appeal in federal court, the Obama administration is moving ahead with its efforts to reform federal management of Indian trusts...

Canada Racks Up Fossil Awards in Durban as Rumors of Kyoto Withdrawal Swirl

ICTMN Staff

November 30, 2011

As rumors swirled about Canada's potential withdrawal from the Kyoto Protocol on greenhouse gas emissions, the nation continued its Fossil Award–winning sweep at the COP17 talks in...