Native American Politics, Indian Law, Tribal Politics (Page 269)

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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Cherokee Nation Supreme Court Tosses Results

ICTMN Staff

July 21, 2011

The Cherokee Nation Supreme Court tossed out the disputed election results in last month’s tribal election that determined the next chief...

Dirk Whitebreast Uses Facebook to Promote Tribal Government Transparency

ICTMN Staff

July 20, 2011

Dirk Whitebreast, secretary for the Sac and Fox Tribal Council, explains how he uses Facebook to garner votes and promote tribal government transparency and accountability...

Two Men Plead Guilty in Vincent Kee Branding Case

ICTMN Staff

July 20, 2011

Two men, Paul Beebe, 27, and Jesse Sanford, 25, pleaded guilty Tuesday before a San Jaun County jury in the April 29, 2010 attack of Vincent Kee, a 22-year-old Navajo man who suffe...

Assistant Secretary Echo Hawk Visits With Wounded Marine

ICTMN Staff

July 20, 2011

Marine Corporal Phillip Baldwin, Shoshone-Bannock, of Ft. Hall, Idaho had a special visitor recently while being treated at Bethesda Naval Hospital...

Sandra Miller Addresses Expert Mechanism on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples

ICTMN Staff

July 20, 2011

The fourth session of Expert Mechanism on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (EMRIP) took place in Geneva, Switzerland from July 11 – 15...

Anonymous Was Targeting Oil Sands Companies

ICTMN Staff

July 20, 2011

The online “hacktivist” group Anonymous was targeting companies involved with the Alberta Oil Sands in an action it termed “Tarmaggedon” when 16 alleged members were arrested...

Makah Environmentalist Named Policy Adviser for EPA’s Region 10

Richard Walker

July 20, 2011

Jim Woods, environmental policy adviser for the Swinomish Indian Tribal Community, has been appointed to a second two-year term as senior tribal policy adviser for region 10 of the...

Promise Neighborhoods Program Underway on Northern Cheyenne Nation

ICTMN Staff

July 20, 2011

In 2010, the Boys & Girls Club of the Northern Cheyenne Nation (BGCNCN) was the only tribal entity to receive a portion of a $10 million Promise Neighborhood planning grant, no...

Two Portraits: A Moment and a People

Konnie LeMay

July 20, 2011

Texture, complexity, depth, a broad palette—the words that best describe Anton Treuer’s The Assassination of Hole in the Day (Borealis Books, 2010) could be applied to a well-execu...

Officers Seize Yeast and Sugar from Dry Alaskan Villages

ICTMN Staff

July 19, 2011

Officers in Hooper Bay are seizing yeast and sugar from people in the dry and predominantly Yup'ik village in Alaska to prevent citizens from brewing their own alcohol, reported th...