Native American Politics, Indian Law, Tribal Politics (Page 65)

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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Politics

Cantwell to Chair Senate Committee on Indian Affairs

Rob Capriccioso

December 13, 2012

U.S. Sen. Maria Cantwell, D-Wash., is scheduled to become the first woman chair of the U.S. Senate Committee on Indian Affairs when the new session of Congress begins in January...

GAO Report: $3.5 Billion Worth of Minerals Produced on Indian Lands in FY 2011

ICTMN Staff

December 13, 2012

Oil, gas, coal and other minerals on Indian lands were worth $3.5 billion in fiscal year 2011, up from $2.8 billion in FY 2010, according to the Government Accountability Office (G...

Arizona Snowbowl Protestors Charged in Federal District Court

Anne Minard

December 11, 2012

Three activists were charged in federal District Court in Flagstaff, Arizona, today with disrupting work in a U.S...

Idle No More Rallies Sprout Across Canada, Invigorating Grassroots

David P. Ball

December 11, 2012

Thousands of people across Canada took to the streets for International Human Rights Day on December 10, launching a grassroots effort for Native rights and recognition in the face...

Artifacts and Remains Found During Highway Construction to be Repatriated

ICTMN Staff

December 11, 2012

While resurfacing a portion of U.S. 23 earlier this year, a road crew in Oscoda, Michigan found some remains and artifacts...

A Pro-Active Move for Rep. Raúl Grijalva As Next Interior Secretary

ICTMN Staff

December 11, 2012

In a pro-active move by a coalition of supporters, including American Indian activist Suzan Harjo, a letter was sent to President Barack Obama on December 10, showing strong suppor...

Juaneño Band of Mission Indians Loses a Leader

ICTMN Staff

December 11, 2012

The Juaneño Band of Mission Indians is mourning the loss of its vice chairwoman, Francine Pala Sommers Yorba, who walked on December 7 at her home in San Juan Capistrano, Californi...

6 Questions With Joey Jayne, Montana’s First Native Woman Justice Court Judge

Adrian Jawort

December 11, 2012

Northwestern Montana’s Lake County Justice of the Peace-elect Joey Jayne, Navajo, was elected after which she calls a lot of perseverance in this year’s 2012 election cycle...

5 Tragically Killed in Tule Indian Reservation Shooting

Vincent Schilling

December 10, 2012

In a tragic series of events this weekend on the Tule Indian Reservation in California, tribal member Hector Celaya went on a veritable shooting rampage that left his daughter, mot...