Native American Politics, Indian Law, Tribal Politics (Page 2)

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...

Repeal Health Care Law? Again? So Now What?

The U.S. House of Representatives has scheduled a vote...

Dr. Jill Biden to Deliver Navajo Technical College Commencement Address

You may not have heard of Navajo Technical College (NTC) in...

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...

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Oneida Nation and New York State Enter 'Historic' Revenue Sharing

Gale Courey Toensing

May 16, 2013

Decades of contentious lawsuits between the Oneida Indian Nation and the State of New York have ended in an historic agreement that resolves all disputes over land rights, tax issu...

Mohawk Ironworkers Help Raise Spire for Freedom Tower at One World Trade Center

ICTMN Staff

May 16, 2013

From beginning to end, from rise to fall to rise again, the noble Mohawk ironworkers have shepherded the sky-scraping towers of the World Trade Center in New York City into existen...

Interior Releases Updating Proposal for Hydraulic Fracturing on Public, Indian Lands

ICTMN Staff

May 16, 2013

While roughly 90 percent of wells drilled on federal and Indian lands use hydraulic fracturing, the Bureau of Land Management’s current regulations governing hydraulic fracturing o...

Tribal Solutions: Small Native-Owned Business Expands, Seeks Indian Country Partners

Gale Courey Toensing

May 16, 2013

Francella Giatrakis knew from the very beginning of her work life not only that she wanted to own her own business one day, but also that she wanted it to enable her to help Indian...

Oneida Nation Donates $10,000 to Cooperstown School for Mascot Change

Leeanne Root

May 16, 2013

The students who started the petition didn’t think it would make it this far...

Murkowski: Administration Shirking Indian Health Cost Reimbursement

Rob Capriccioso

May 16, 2013

One of the leading senators focused on Indian affairs says the Obama administration is shirking its responsibility to reimburse Indian tribes for contract support costs they incur ...

Climate Change: Arctic Ocean Is Acidifying Fast, Study Shows

ICTMN Staff

May 15, 2013

The Arctic Ocean is heating up, its ice and permafrost are melting, and now … its ocean is acidifying...

Sally Jewell in for a Wild Ride with Indian Country

Rob Capriccioso

May 15, 2013

Sally Jewell, the new secretary of the Department of the Interior, spent a short time discussing firefighting at a hearing of the Senate Committee on Indian Affairs on May 15...