Native American Politics, Indian Law, Tribal Politics (Page 312)

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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B.C. Métis Sign Historic MOU to Improve Welfare of At-risk Children

ICTMN Staff

March 07, 2011

Family services may soon be improving for Métis in British Columbia after the aboriginal group signed a historic memorandum of understanding to develop Métis-led “holistic, cultura...

Santa Ynez Band of Chumash Indians Show Happiness with Leaders

ICTMN Staff

March 07, 2011

The Santa Ynez Band of Chumash Indians recently held its tribal elections, and for the seventh election in a row, Vincent Armenta was re-elected to the role of tribal chairman...

Wikileaks Mahogany Report Confronts Survival vs. Peru

Renzo Pipoli

March 07, 2011

Peru Environment Minister Antonio Brack is countering charges by the indigenous advocacy group Survival International that Peru President Alan Garcia failed to act after detecting ...

Indian Boarding Schools: Wellbriety Movement Seeks Truth and Reconciliation

Carol Berry

March 07, 2011

The truth about the boarding school era is told in a film through the tears of the Indian people who lived in those days and through their stories, difficult to tell and to hear be...

Homestead Leaders Opinions Matter for Hawaiian Land Management

ICTMN Staff

March 05, 2011

Who better to make decisions on laws affecting Native Hawaiians than those closest to the community...

Luján Honors the Life of Navajo Code Talker

ICTMN Staff

March 04, 2011

On March 3, Congressman Ben Ray Luján of New Mexico’s Third District honored the life of Navajo Code Talker Joe Silversmith, who passed away on March 1 at the age of 86...

Mascot Racism Returns? Maine School Board May Keep Redskins Name

Gale Courey Toensing

March 04, 2011

A regional school board in Wiscasset, Maine that voted to ban the use of the Redskins mascot from all eight schools it governs may decide to keep using the racist name after all...

Kathleen Sebelius Highlights Accomplishments in Indian Country

ICTMN Staff

March 04, 2011

Being committed to working hand-in-hand with tribes across the country was the message Health & Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius shared on March 1 during the National...