Native American Politics, Indian Law, Tribal Politics (Page 69)

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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Navajo Nation Delegation Still Ironing Out Issues After Three Years

Alysa Landry

November 30, 2012

More government reform may be on the horizon for the Navajo Nation...

Native American Heritage Month: 'To Those Who Carry the Blood,' a Poem by Richard Walker

Richard Walker

November 29, 2012

Richard Walker, Mexican/Yaqui, is a newspaper editor in Kitsap County, Washington, as well as a correspondent for Indian Country Today Media Network...

Navajo President Shelly and New Mexico DOT Discuss US Hwy 491

ICTMN Staff

November 29, 2012

On November 28, Navajo Nation President Ben Shelly met with New Mexico Department of Transportation (DOT) Cabinet Secretary Alvin Dominguez to discuss the construction of U.S...

Voices Echo Through Time to Condemn Sand Creek Massacre

Carol Berry

November 29, 2012

On a windswept prairie in southeastern Colorado, some people say they can still hear the cries of those killed in the Sand Creek Massacre of November 29, 1864...

President Obama’s Adoptive Crow Father, Sonny Black Eagle, Walks On

Adrian Jawort

November 28, 2012

Hartford “Sonny” Black Eagle, the adoptive Apsaalooke Nation (Crow) father of President Barack Obama, passed away in his sleep early Monday in his home on the Crow Reservation in M...

Carcieri Fix Delayed; Around 16 Democrats Missing on Carcieri Fix

Gale Courey Toensing

November 28, 2012

The Carcieri fix has been set aside pending further negotiations. S...

Federal Government Supports Mohawk Land Claim

Gale Courey Toensing

November 28, 2012

In what is being hailed by the St...

The Return of Sacred Miigwans

Currents newspaper 2012-13

November 27, 2012

Recently a young man (a tribal descendent) was sentenced in District Court in Grand Rapids for charges related to the selling of the feathers of Migizi (the bald eagle)...

Bad River Band Elects Vice Chairman, Secretary and Junior Council Member

ICTMN Staff

November 27, 2012

On November 7, the Bad River Band of Lake Superior Tribe of Chippewa Indians, posted its official tribal election results for the offices of vice chairman, secretary, and junior co...