Native & American Indian News, Culture, Tribes, Music, Art and More (Page 277)

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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Sen. Johnson Asks South Dakotans Opinions and Ideas on Federal Budget Issues

ICTMN Staff

November 16, 2011

U.S. Senator Tim Johnson (D-SD) recently reached out to his fellow South Dakotans to share their ideas on ways to help their state and the nation’s debt...

Massachusetts Lawmakers Approved New Bill to Allow Three State Resort Casinos

ICTMN Staff

November 16, 2011

Massachusetts lawmakers approved a bill yesterday that licenses up to three resort-style casinos and a single slots parlor in the state, reported Salem News ...

Kellogg Company Contributes $100,000 to Maya Archaeology Initiative

ICTMN Staff

November 16, 2011

Earlier this year news broke about the Kellogg Company, the giant food conglomerate, opposing the use of a Toucan logo by the Maya Archaeology Initiative (MIA), a nonprofit committ...

Educator in Navajo Nation Grapples with ‘Savage Inequalities’ in Reservation Schools

Brittani K. Roy

November 16, 2011

In 2010, I moved from Indiana to Piñon, Arizona to teach on the Navajo Nation reservation, which covers more than 27,000 square miles over a three-state area...

Sheriff’s Deputies to be Cross-Commissioned at Ceremony

ICTMN Staff

November 15, 2011

On November 16, the Navajo Nation Alamo/To’hajiilee Judicial District and the Alamo Chapter will be cross-commissioning 11 Socorro County Sheriff’s Deputies...

U.S. Rep Giffords Eager to Begin Work

ICTMN Staff

November 15, 2011

In short video message released on Facebook Tuesday, November 15, U.S...

Vietnam Veterans Honored, Receive Pendleton Blankets

Jack McNeel

November 15, 2011

PABLO, Mont.—“Vietnam veterans have paid their dues in many ways and continue to do so,” Tony Incashola, a Vietnam veteran and director of the Salish Pend d’Oreille culture committ...

New IRS Procedure Changes the Rules for Indian Gaming Revenues

ICTMN Staff

November 15, 2011

A new revenue procedure issued by the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) on November 14 allows American Indian tribes to establish trusts for minors or legally incompetent tribal membe...

Indians Plan to Protect Health Law at Supreme Court

Rob Capriccioso

November 15, 2011

WASHINGTON – It was a risky strategy when Indian health advocates decided to get the Indian Health Care Improvement Act attached to the greater national healthcare reform law...

Legislative Bills, Turkish Business Could Help Tribal Economic Development

Vincent Schilling

November 15, 2011

The House Natural Resources Subcommittee on Indian and Alaska Native Affairs held a hearing on November 3 to discuss legislation that would spur economic activity and create jobs o...