Native American Politics, Indian Law, Tribal Politics (Page 40)

Global Indigenous Women's Caucus Meeting Sets Priorities for UNPFII

The Global Indigenous Women’s Caucus focused on the...

Chad 'Corntassel' Smith Talks About Embracing One's Legacy

In 1991, I worked for the late Cherokee Nation Principal...

Oklahoma Awakes to Grim New Reality as Recovery Efforts Begin

As Oklahoma awoke to a devastating new reality—inasmuch as...

President Obama to Oklahoma: Every Resource Is at Your Disposal

As responders, including at least 250 National Guardsmen,...

Hualapai Claim Victory in Latest Skywalk Court Round

In ongoing court battles over the right to manage the...

Mapuche of Chile Continue Struggle for Land Rights; A Leader in Prison

Daniel Melinao used to draw water from a well on the land...

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Muscogee Man Held on Terrorist Threat Charge for Attempted Prayer at Hickory Ground

Gale Courey Toensing

February 18, 2013

When Andrew Jackson’s illegal and heavily censured actions during the First Seminole War in 1817 were used two years ago to support a controversial provision in the National Defens...

President Shelly Signs Bill to Fund Chapter and Special Elections

ICTMN Staff

February 17, 2013

On February 14, Navajo Nation President Ben Shelly signed legislation allocating almost $700,000 to the Navajo Election Administration from the Undesignated Unreserved Fund Balance...

'One Billion Rising' Gets Women on Their Feet Against Violence

ICTMN Staff

February 17, 2013

As part of playwright and activist Eve Ensler's annual V-Day celebration, which brings anti-female violence to the world's attention every Valentine's Day, dance and physical self-...

Massachusetts Gaming Commission Vows to Speed Up Decision Process

ICTMN Staff

February 17, 2013

As tribes make their case for a casino in Massachusetts, the state's gaming commission has agreed to issue licenses for two of the regions in February and March of 2014...

Tribal Luminaries Participate in Massive Climate Change, Keystone Rally in Washington

ICTMN Staff

February 17, 2013

Famed Native author Louise Erdrich is among the notables flocking to Washington, D.C. for a February 17 rally demanding governmental action on climate change...

Valentine's Day Women's March Gathers Steam With Human Rights Watch Report and Idle No More

David P. Ball

February 16, 2013

Carrying red and yellow roses symbolizing the 600 aboriginal women murdered and missing, respectively, thousands marched in cities across Canada on Valentine’s Day, banging on the ...

Canada Aboriginal Affairs Minister John Duncan Resigns

ICTMN Staff

February 15, 2013

John Duncan, Canada’s Minister of Aboriginal Affairs and Northern Development (AAND), resigned on Friday February 15, citing an improper letter he had written in June 2011 to feder...

Elizabeth Warren Stumps Bankers at a Senate Banking Committee hearing

ICTMN Staff

February 15, 2013

Democratic Senator Elizabeth Warren, Massachusetts, in her first hearing as a member of the Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee on January 14 where she asked a grou...

State of Indian Nations: 'A Moment of Real Possibility'

Mark Trahant

February 15, 2013

National Congress of American Indians President Jefferson Keel began his annual report, State of Indian Nations, with a simple exclamation...

New Bolivian Ambassador to Ecuador Is Indigenous Woman Leader

Rick Kearns

February 15, 2013

For the first time in history the new Bolivian Ambassador to Ecuador is an indigenous woman, Rusena Maribel Santamaria Mamani, a former leader of a women’s agricultural union...