Native American Politics, Indian Law, Tribal Politics (Page 30)

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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Mashantucket Pequots Honor Police Veteran, Enlarge Department

Gale Courey Toensing

March 06, 2013

The Mashantucket Pequot Tribal Nation honored a veteran police officer with a promotion and added five new police officers to its Public Safety Department at a ceremony in February...

Watershed Heroes: Colville Confederated Tribes Win Sierra Club Award for Battling British Columbia Smelter

Jack McNeel

March 06, 2013

The Colville Confederated Tribes’ successful effort to hold a British Columbia smelter accountable for dumping pollutants into the Columbia River for a century has caught the atten...

Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez Dies Following Battle With Cancer

ICTMN Staff

March 05, 2013

Just four months into his fourth term, Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez, died Tuesday from complications related to cancer. He was 58 years old...

Switzerland's Only Bear Shot by Authorities After Being Deemed Dangerous to Humans

ICTMN Staff

March 05, 2013

Wildlife rangers have shot dead Switzerland’s only bear because authorities feared it posed a threat to humans...

President Obama Signs Disaster Declaration for Navajo Nation, the Second Tribe to Receive Direct FEMA Assistance

ICTMN Staff

March 05, 2013

President Barack Obama has made the Navajo Nation the second tribe to receive direct aid under a recent Stafford Act amendment, declaring a major disaster on the reservation due to...

Deputy Assistant Secretary Roberts Updates Spirit Lake Community on BIA Actions Addressing Tribe's Child Safety and Protection Issues

ICTMN Staff

March 05, 2013

On February 27, Deputy Assistant Secretary – Indian Affairs Lawrence S...

Centering the Indigenous Nation

Duane Champagne

March 05, 2013

Outsiders tend to see indigenous nations as static, archaic, dying communities—non-existent at worst, or remnants of ancient, once-noble, but now destroyed or deeply fragmented com...

U.S. Circuit Courts of Appeal Roundup for February

Carol Berry

March 05, 2013

The following is a listing of U.S. Circuit Court of Appeal cases that were decided on during the month of February. Eighth Circuit Court, St...

Book Excerpt: Everything You Wanted to Know About Indians But Were Afraid to Ask

Anton Treuer

March 04, 2013

In his introduction to Everything You Wanted to Know About Indians But Were Afraid to Ask, author and professor Anton Treuer says that he spent most of his childhood living in a bo...

Cherokee Nation Supreme Court Upholds 15 Voting Districts

ICTMN Staff

March 04, 2013

On February 28, the Cherokee Nation Supreme Court announced its decision to uphold a lower court ruling stating that 15 Tribal Council voting districts is constitutional according ...