Native American Politics, Indian Law, Tribal Politics (Page 264)

Global Indigenous Women's Caucus Meeting Sets Priorities for UNPFII

The Global Indigenous Women’s Caucus focused on the...

Chad 'Corntassel' Smith Talks About Embracing One's Legacy

In 1991, I worked for the late Cherokee Nation Principal...

Oklahoma Awakes to Grim New Reality as Recovery Efforts Begin

As Oklahoma awoke to a devastating new reality—inasmuch as...

President Obama to Oklahoma: Every Resource Is at Your Disposal

As responders, including at least 250 National Guardsmen,...

Hualapai Claim Victory in Latest Skywalk Court Round

In ongoing court battles over the right to manage the...

Mapuche of Chile Continue Struggle for Land Rights; A Leader in Prison

Daniel Melinao used to draw water from a well on the land...

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Qikiqtani Inuit Association Wants Ottawa to Apologize for Dog Slaughter

ICTMN Staff

August 11, 2011

The Qikiqtani Inuit Association (QIA), an organization representing the Inuit from the Baffin Region, High Arctic and Belcher Islands, is calling on Ottawa to follow the Quebec gov...

Reading Between the Lines of Trahant’s Last Great Battle

Rob Capriccioso

August 11, 2011

Mark Trahant's slim volume , The Last Great Battle of the Indian Wars , is a fascinating read—so much so that Indian Country Today Media Network's Rob Capriccioso gave the author a...

Mapuche Students Fight for an Indigenous University in Chile

Rick Kearns

August 10, 2011

Mapuche students in Chile have brought the issue of a Mapuche University with a focus on indigenous knowledge and history to the attention of the entire nation, and garnered suppor...

Connecticut Governor Visits Mohegan and Mashantucket Pequot Nations on Jobs Tour

Gale Courey Toensing

August 10, 2011

Connecticut’s governor recently visited the Mashantucket Pequot Tribal Nation and the Mohegan Tribe —the state’s two federally acknowledged Indian nations—during a tour to promote ...

Montana Senate Hearing Addresses Rash of Fort Peck Suicides

ICTMN Staff

August 10, 2011

Prompted by an outbreak of youth suicides on the Fort Peck Indian Reservation last year, the Senate Committee on Indian Affairs held a hearing last night on suicide prevention, rep...

Department of Interior Partners With Harvard University

ICTMN Staff

August 09, 2011

The Department of the Interior (DOI) and Harvard University’s Project on American Indian Economic Development signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) July 12...

Quebec Takes Responsibility and Pays $3 Million Redress for 1950s and 60s Inuit Dog Slaughter

ICTMN Staff

August 09, 2011

The Inuit of Quebec will receive $3 million in compensation from the provincial government for the harm caused to their way of life by the slaughter of up to 1,000 sled dogs, or qi...

Cherokee Nation to Swear in New Officials Aug. 14

ICTMN Staff

August 09, 2011

On August 14, The Cherokee Nation from Tahlequah, Oklahoma will swear in several tribal officials – newly elected and returning...

Aboriginal Groups Quit B.C. Commission on Missing Women

ICTMN Staff

August 08, 2011

The British Columbia Missing Women Commission of Inquiry is about to take to the road with a series of forums in nine communities in northern B.C...

Protecting Identity and Art: 17 Years of the International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples

Martha Troian

August 08, 2011

That someone will copy or even steal an idea is something most artists have to contend with. But with Indigenous artists, the risk may be even higher...