Native American Politics, Indian Law, Tribal Politics (Page 282)

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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Court Issues Another Ban on State Taxes in Tobacco War

Gale Courey Toensing

June 11, 2011

New York State has been blocked again from taxing cigarettes sold on Indian reservations. Associate Justice Jerome C...

Seminoles Initiate Native American Veterans Memorial Statue – Part 3

ICTMN Staff

June 11, 2011

Tina Osceola, Executive Assistant to the Chairman of the Seminole Indian Tribe of Florida, discussed an initiative headed by the Seminole Tribe with Kimberlie Acosta and IndianCoun...

Children Take Their Education Concerns to the U.N.

ICTMN Staff

June 10, 2011

Having waited their entire lives for improved schools on their reserves, children are taking matters into their own hands, and to the United Nations...

Judge Platero Appointed to Tribal-State Judicial Consortium

ICTMN Staff

June 10, 2011

The Tribal State Judicial Consortium, represented by Honorable Charles W...

Sweeping Plan Announced to Improve Reserve Conditions

ICTMN Staff

June 09, 2011

The Assembly of First Nations and the Ministry of Indian and Northern Affairs Canada (INAC) have announced a sweeping joint plan to tackle problems on reserves ranging from poverty...

Brazil Takes Another Step Towards Belo Monte While Activists Step up the Fight

Rick Kearns

June 09, 2011

The Brazilian government has ignored legal challenges from two of it’s own agencies, national and international protests, and requests from an international human rights court to h...

State Judge Lifts Block on Cigarette Taxes

Gale Courey Toensing

June 09, 2011

Seneca Promises to Appeal Ruling A New York State Supreme Court judge has lifted a temporary restraining order that she had imposed three weeks ago, which blocked the state from co...

Departing Auditor General Fraser Denounces Lack of Progress on Aboriginal Issues

ICTMN Staff

June 09, 2011

The Conservative government got something of a tongue-lashing as the country’s auditor-general of 10 years, Sheila Fraser, delivered a no-nonsense series of interviews on her way o...

Documents Show Government Monitoring of Aboriginal Groups

ICTMN Staff

June 08, 2011

Just after coming to power as prime minister in 2006, Stephen Harper set up a federal effort to monitor what he considered potential areas of First Nation unrest by enlisting the M...