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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Showcase for Model Tribal Housing

Mark Fogarty

May 17, 2013

Tribes looking for ways to build energy-efficient and culturally relevant housing for their members now have a model for the task. In fact, they have 22 of them...

Watch Dr. Jill Biden Deliver Commencement Address at Navajo Tech Today

ICTMN Staff

May 17, 2013

Dr...

Top 5 Ways Senators Used Indian Affairs Hearing to Push Their Pet Projects

Rob Capriccioso

May 17, 2013

Even a person only casually acquainted with Native Americans who viewed the May 15 hearing of the Senate Committee on Indian Affairs in which U.S...

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 ...