Native & American Indian News, Culture, Tribes, Music, Art and More (Page 291)

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...

Previous Pause Next

Indian Country Headline News

Supremes Deny Oneida Appeal

Gale Courey Toensing

October 17, 2011

The U.S...

U.S. Supreme Court Denies Oneida Indian Nation Appeal

ICTMN Staff

October 17, 2011

In a U.S. Supreme Court ruling this morning, the Oneida Indian Nation was denied an appeal involving a lawsuit filed decades ago...

Elouise Cobell, 65, Walks On

Rob Capriccioso

October 17, 2011

The Indian woman who fought the U.S. government—and won —has lost her battle with cancer...

British Columbia First Nations Take Over Health Care from Federal Government

Wawmeesh Hamilton

October 17, 2011

First Nations in British Columbia have taken the next step toward health-care autonomy with the signing of a groundbreaking agreement to oversee their own health care services, rat...

Murkowski to Lead Field Hearing on Alaska Youth Suicide

ICTMN Staff

October 16, 2011

Youth in Indian country are often faced with tough decisions and sometimes the route they take is suicide...

Ahousaht First Nation Loses Another Member to Car Wreck

Wawmeesh Hamilton

October 16, 2011

The Ahousaht First Nation on the west coast of Vancouver Island has lost a second citizen to a car wreck in as many months. A 79-year-old grandfather from Ahousaht B.C...

Murkowski Supports Free Trade Agreements With South Korea, Panama and Colombia

ICTMN Staff

October 15, 2011

Senator Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska) showed her support for free trade agreements with South Korea, Panama and Colombia on October 12...

Vatican Releases Tantalizing Glimpse into Papal Documents About Columbus

ICTMN Staff

October 14, 2011

As enigmatic as the Da Vinci Code, the website showcasing fragments of documents from the upcoming exhibit of the Vatican Secret Archives presents the explorer with a sort of puzzl...

Prospects for Tribal Renewable Projects Are Dimming

Rob Capriccioso

October 14, 2011

Among those paying close attention to the collapse of the Solyndra solar cell manufacturer, once a poster child of renewable-energy development for the Obama administration, were t...

Uncontacted Tribes Facing Annihilation Without Protection

Barbara Fraser

October 14, 2011

When a photographer flying over the Amazon rain forest shot footage of naked adults and children in a jungle clearing, their bodies painted red and black, the images grabbed attent...