Native American Politics, Indian Law, Tribal Politics (Page 273)

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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Minthorn Wins Special Tribal Election

ICTMN Staff

July 08, 2011

A wealth of experience and the responsibility to step up are no match for a short, five-month term as Les Minthorn showed...

Royals William and Kate Meet Aboriginals in Northwest Territories

ICTMN Staff

July 07, 2011

Moose-hide tanning was on the agenda and caribou on the menu as royal newlyweds Prince William and Kate Middleton, the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, visited aboriginal territory f...

David Getches Walks On at 68

ICTMN Staff

July 07, 2011

David Getches, former dean of the University of Colorado School of Law and American Indian rights lawyer died July 5. He was 68...

Wisconsin Senator Jim Holperin Visits Menominee Indian Reservation

ICTMN Staff

July 07, 2011

Avid supporter of treaty rights and Wisconsin Senator Jim Holperin (D) is scheduled to visit the Menominee Indian Tribe today, July 7...

Cherokee Nation Council to Consider Additional Safeguards for Run-Off Election

ICTMN Staff

July 07, 2011

In the latest turn in the Cherokee Nation elections , Meredith Frailey, Cherokee Nation Speaker of the Council, called for a special Rules Committee meeting to be held July 12 in t...

Ecuador on Trial for Violating Rights of Kichwa People of Sarayaku

ICTMN Staff

July 06, 2011

Justice will begin to be heard today for the Kichwa people of Sarayaku, indigenous inhabitants of the gateway to Ecuador’s Amazon...

Onondaga Indian Nation Approved for Return of Murphy’s Island

ICTMN Staff

July 06, 2011

“One step closer.” That’s what Lloyd Withers, founder of Onondaga Shoreline Heritage Restoration said about the legislation, recently passed, to return Murphy’s Island on Onondaga ...

Cherokee Elections Continue in Tribal Court

Brian Daffron

July 06, 2011

The June 25 election for Cherokee Nation Chief between incumbent Chad “Corntassel” Smith and challenger Bill John Baker is now heading into its second week, with a storyline that h...

Tracing the Peacemaker’s Journey

ICTMN Staff

July 05, 2011

The Haudenosaunee Confederacy, created when five nations overcame their differences with the help of the Peacemaker and Hiawatha, is a longstanding democracy...

Navajo Nation Delegation Visits Oneida Indian Nation

ICTMN Staff

July 05, 2011

Navajo Nation Vice President Rex Lee Jim, led a delegation from the Navajo Nation to Verona, New York to meet with leaders from the Oneida Indian Nation recently...