Native American Politics, Indian Law, Tribal Politics (Page 274)

Former Rosebud President Charles Colombe Walks On

He was a rancher, a rodeo cowboy, a businessman, and at one...

The Fight for Baby Veronica, Part 4

Editor’s Note: The Baby Veronica Case, recently argued...

Center for Native American Youth Addresses Foster Care ‘Scandal’

“This afternoon we are having a discussion about scandal....

Goodsoldier May Become First Native, Female Board Member of National Alliance on Mental Illness

On June 20, the National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI)...

Keith Harper Nominated by President Obama for Key Role

On Monday, June 10 President Barack Obama announced his...

Moore Named Interim Director of Indian Education for South Dakota

After being vacant for three months, Keith Moore will step...

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Court Preserves Indian Health Care Law

Rob Capriccioso

August 16, 2011

WASHINGTON – The permanent reauthorization of the Indian Health Care Improvement Act is safe for now...

Spears Named Director and Investigator for United Keetoowah Band Tribal Police

ICTMN Staff

August 15, 2011

There’s a new sheriff in town for the United Keetoowah Band of Cherokee Indians in Oklahoma...

Rapid City Police Officers Shot by Oglala Sioux Male

ICTMN Staff

August 15, 2011

On the afternoon of August 2, a Rapid City, South Dakota police officer on a bicycle made a "routine stop" at a bus station related to an underage drinking complaint, Native Sun Ne...

Officials Sworn In by Cherokee Nation

ICTMN Staff

August 15, 2011

The Cherokee Nation swore in several newly elected officials on Sunday in front of hundreds in Tahlequah, Oklahoma. Those sworn in were S...

Mountaintop Mining Documentary on CNN August 14

ICTMN Staff

August 14, 2011

The battle over mountaintop mining for coal has mostly been fought in the U.S...

Federal Government Reverses Land Deal with Shoshone-Paiute Tribes

ICTMN Staff

August 14, 2011

The federal government has retracted its decision to transfer land to the Shoshone-Paiute Tribes, thwarting its off-reservation economic development plans to draw money to the isol...

Indigenous Affirmative Action

Duane Champagne

August 14, 2011

A primary goal of the human rights movement is to ensure equality for all persons and citizens of nation states...

Indigenous Peoples’ Rights Undermined According to Amnesty International

ICTMN Staff

August 14, 2011

Indigenous Peoples continue to live in hardship and danger according to this video interview with an Amnesty International Director...

Taku River Tlingit First Nation Balances Stewardship with Development in Historic Deal with B.C.

ICTMN Staff

August 13, 2011

A sign requesting respect welcomes visitors to Taku River Tlingit First Nation in British Columbia, Canada...

James Anaya on Protecting Indigenous Culture and Life

ICTMN Staff

August 13, 2011

In this video, United Nations Rapporteur on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, James Anaya discusses the cultures of the indigenous people and being threatened and ways to help prot...