Native American Politics, Indian Law, Tribal Politics (Page 290)

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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St. Regis Mohawk Diabetes Patients Stay Active, Anticipate New Diabetes Clinic

ICTMN Staff

May 13, 2011

Groundbreaking for the more than $6 million Diabetes Center for Excellence on the St. Regis Mohawk Reservation is June 18, reported WCAX News and the Watertown Daily Times ...

Fulfilling a $10 Million Promise

Gale Courey Toensing

May 11, 2011

Oneida Nation donates seventh $1m donation to National Museum of the American Indian The Oneida Indian Nation continues to make good on its promise to contribute $10 million to the...

Farmers, Fishermen and Tribes Working Together to Preserve CA Delta

Dan Bacher

May 11, 2011

Family farmers and fishermen, along with California Indian tribes and grassroots environmentalists, are working closely together to preserve the imperiled Sacramento–San Joaquin Ri...

Bin Laden Ain’t No Geronimo

Rob Capriccioso

May 11, 2011

The celebration over Osama bin Laden’s killing by Navy SEALS on May 1 was perhaps briefer for American Indians than for any other group in America—even Republicans...

Atleo: Working Together Is Key to Self-determination

ICTMN Staff

May 11, 2011

No sooner had the dust settled after Canada’s May 2 election than Assembly of First Nations (AFN) National Chief Shawn A-in-chut Atleo was calling for, among other things, all indi...

Darwin McCoy Resigns as Sault Tribe Chairman

ICTMN Staff

May 11, 2011

According to a post on the Sault Tribe of Chippewa Indians website on May 10, Darwin “Joe” McCoy announced his immediate resignation at a meeting Tuesday night...

Tribal Programs Win in Appeals Ruling

Carol Berry

May 11, 2011

Tribes operating services formerly run by the federal government should finally have their program administrative costs paid, following 17 years in which Congress capped funding fo...

New Political Landscape Could Benefit Aboriginals

ICTMN Staff

May 11, 2011

Canada’s political landscape changed dramatically in the May 2 election. Not only did seven aboriginal candidates, more than ever before, win seats in the House of Commons...

Court Grants Seneca Nation Motion Stopping Tax Collection in Indian Country

Gale Courey Toensing

May 11, 2011

A day after the U.S...

New York Appeals Court Lifts Stays on Cigarette Taxes

Gale Courey Toensing

May 10, 2011

A federal appeals court ruling giving New York State the green light to implement its latest cigarette tax-collecting scheme on sovereign American Indian land contravenes the U.N...