Native American Politics, Indian Law, Tribal Politics (Page 322)

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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2011 State of the Indian Nations Address Video

ICTMN Staff

January 26, 2011

On Thursday at 10:30 AM Eastern, National Congress of American Indians President Jefferson Keel delivered the NCAI State of the Indian Nations address...

Hopi Election Process Challenged

Carol Berry

January 26, 2011

KYKOTSMOVI, Ariz.—On the eve of voting on a revised Hopi Tribe Constitution, a former tribal chairman critical of proposed changes has asked the Department of the Interior to suspe...

U.S. Climate and Energy Czar Stepping Down

ICTMN Staff

January 26, 2011

The Obama Administration has announced the impending departure of Carol Browner, director of the White House Office of Energy and Climate Change Policy, a.k.a...

Seneca Upset Over N.Y. Casino Agreement

Gale Courey Toensing

January 26, 2011

The Seneca Nation of Indians has told the U.S...

Schwarzenegger Meets and Greets Manitoba First Nation Chiefs

ICTMN Staff

January 26, 2011

California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger stopped to meet with three Manitoba First Nation chiefs on Tuesday before speaking at a sold-out Winnipeg Chamber of Commerce banquet...

22nd Navajo Nation Council Selects Johnny Naize as New Speaker

ICTMN Staff

January 25, 2011

Speaker Johnny Naize held the speaker gavel, which he will use for the next two years as the Speaker of the 22nd Navajo Nation Council. On Jan...

Extended Leases Open Doors to Economic Development for Five Oregon Tribes

ICTMN Staff

January 25, 2011

New federal legislation allows five Oregon tribes to lease their trust land for up to 99 years--a move that will drive long-term business and economic development...

Former Interior Boss Used Indian Visit as Political Smokescreen

Rob Capriccioso

January 25, 2011

WASHINGTON—Visits by the Bush administration’s Department of the Interior Secretary Dirk Kempthorne in 2006 to the districts of then-Rep. Rick Renzi, R-Ariz., and then-Rep...