Native American Politics, Indian Law, Tribal Politics (Page 27)

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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New Pope Named as Natives Push for Recant of Doctrine of Discovery

ICTMN Staff

March 13, 2013

White smoke rose from the chimney in Vatican City Wednesday morning letting the world know a new Pope had been chosen...

American Indian College Fund to Administer Cobell Scholarship Fund

ICTMN Staff

March 13, 2013

The Cobell Education Scholarship Fund will be administered by the American Indian College Fund with a fifth of the annual scholarships awarded by the American Indian Graduate Cente...

Rebecca Adamson Has a Plan for Empowering Indigenous Peoples

Gale Courey Toensing

March 13, 2013

When Rebecca Adamson was 22 years old and had just started working for the Coalition of Indian Controlled School Boards, she was sent to evaluate a school in Hammon, Oklahoma...

African Development Bank Addresses Indigenous Issues

ICTMN Staff

March 13, 2013

On February 12, the African Development Bank (ADB) hosted a forum to discuss how Indigenous Peoples’ rights and interests can be integrated into the bank’s policies and development...

Jubilation and Celebration as Métis Mark Massive Land Claims Court Victory

ICTMN Staff

March 12, 2013

From the verdict's announcement in Ottawa, to the jubilation at the airport in Winnipeg, the Métis spent this past weekend celebrating the validation of their 143-year-old land cla...

Fewer Sharks to Land in Soup Pot, Thanks to New International Protections

ICTMN Staff

March 12, 2013

Conservationists are eagerly awaiting this week’s plenary vote on shark protections at the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES), after more than two thir...

Indigenous Latin Americans Mourn the Death of Hugo Chavez

Rick Kearns

March 12, 2013

For some indigenous people of Venezuela, President Hugo Chavez was someone they could count on and love and many indigenous Latin Americans expressed those same feelings last week...

Urban Indians May Benefit From Colorado Law's Changes

Carol Berry

March 12, 2013

A 37-year-old statute has dictated the relationship between Colorado’s government and the state’s Native residents, while never fully addressing the concerns of today’s growing urb...

The Risks of NGO Partnerships in Chilean Mining Towns

ICTMN Staff

March 12, 2013

The presence of Barrick Gold (TSE:ABX) and other mining companies in the northern Chilean town of Copiap ó , and the subsequent demand for labor, is expected to increase the town’s...

Five Indian Country Leaders Added to Smithsonian's National Museum of the American Indian Board of Directors

ICTMN Staff

March 12, 2013

On Thursday, March 7, the Smithsonian's National Museum of the American Indian announced five new members to its Board of Directors, for a three year term each...