Native American Politics, Indian Law, Tribal Politics (Page 10)

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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Dennis Banks on the AIM Era: 'I Regret That It Ended too Soon'

Gale Courey Toensing

April 25, 2013

Dennis Banks, the famous Ojibway co-founder of the American Indian Movement, teacher, lecturer, author and activist, is still going strong...

Cromwell: Massachusetts Gaming Commission Is 'Rogue Group'

Gale Courey Toensing

April 24, 2013

Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe Chairman Cedric Cromwell spoke to Indian Country Today Media Network in this exclusive interview the day after the Massachusetts Gaming Commission voted una...

Quinault Nation Restricts Lake Use Due to Habitat Degradation

Richard Walker

April 24, 2013

Quinault Lake has been a place of nurture since glaciers carved the lake and river valley in their retreat some 15,000 years ago...

S. 340 Hearing Could Restore 70,075 Acres to Alaska Natives

ICTMN Staff

April 24, 2013

On Thursday, April 25 the Public Lands Subcommittee will be holding a hearing on the Southeast Alaska Native Land Entitlement Finalization and Jobs Protection Act, that will return...

Actress Michelle Thrush Helps Win Oil Company Concession for Indigenous Ecuadorians

Brandi Morin

April 23, 2013

Canadian Gemini award–winning Cree actress and self-proclaimed “artist in solidarity with Idle No More” Michelle Thrush is wielding her celebrity clout in defense of Indigenous Peo...

George Paul Horse Capture, One of the First Native Curators, Walks On

ICTMN Staff

April 23, 2013

A member of the A’aninin (Gros Ventre) tribe and one of the first Native American curators in the country, George Paul Horse Capture Sr., “ Nay Gyagya Nee ” (Spotted Otter), walked...

Worldwide Protests Demand Protection for Peru's Uncontacted Tribes

ICTMN Staff

April 23, 2013

In cities around the world today, Survival International supporters held protests outside Peruvian embassies and consulates – seeking an end to the deadly expansion of the Camisea ...

United Southern and Eastern Tribes Launches Quarterly Newsletter

ICTMN Staff

April 23, 2013

A new quarterly newsletter by the United Southern and Eastern Tribes (USET) shares the progressive steps and great achievements that tribes within the nonprofit's region are taking...

Tohono O’odham Nation Mourns Loss of Former Chairman

ICTMN Staff

April 23, 2013

Augustine Lopez Sr. served as chairman of the Tohono O’odham Nation from 1971 to 1973 and was vice chairman under the late Thomas Segundo before that...

Derrick Kahala Watson Confirmed to Hawaii District Court

ICTMN Staff

April 23, 2013

Derrick Kahala Watson on April 18, further helped diversify the federal court system when the United States Senate voted unanimously, 94-0, in confirming Watson to the U.S...