On May 3, Washoe, Paiute and Western Shoshone tribal...
  The St. Regis Mohawk Tribe and New York State have...
In 1991, I worked for the late Cherokee Nation Principal...
    The Global Indigenous Women’s Caucus focused on the...
As responders, including at least 250 National Guardsmen,...
On Saturday, March 23, after an all-night wake at the...
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Ralph Forquera and Polly Olsen | May 23, 2013
Urban Indians are not new to the urban scene, as New York Times reporter Timothy Williams suggested in his article, "Quietly, Indians Reshape Cities and Reservations," published online Saturday, April 13. Nor is their ongoing struggle against invisibility new, as Williams...
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Cole R. DeLaune | May 23, 2013
In May 2011, the spectacle of political theater took a quickly forgotten detour into the realm of the absurd when minor protests erupted over the participation of Chicago rapper Common in a White House poetry slam. Karl Rove decried the recording artist and film star as a "...
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Chief Sidney Hill | May 22, 2013
Greetings  from the Chiefs, Clanmothers, Faithkeepers, and people of the Haudenosaunee Six Nations Confederacy, People of the Longhouse. The Grand Council of Chiefs would  like to take this time to remind its citizens of the Haudenosaunee position on imposed elected Band...
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Tally Monteau-Colombe | May 21, 2013
Mitakuyapi, Cante waste napeciyuzapi. I am a parent of children who attend school in the Chamberlain School District in Chamberlain, South Dakota, and I am also one of the individuals who is involved in a movement against the decision that the Chamberlain School Board has...
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Dwight Witherspoon | May 20, 2013
  Although the Navajo Generating Station carries the name of the Navajo people, the “Navajo” Generating Station previously negotiated in 1968 and 1969 had significant flaws for the Navajo Nation. First, five power companies along with the United States Bureau of Reclamation...
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Jacqueline Pata | May 18, 2013
The “dental divide”—the absence of services and access to dental health services in low income communities—is real, especially in Indian country. Native people represent America’s most rural communities and those communities struggle to find dentists who will practice in...
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Ray Cook, ICTMN Opinion Editor | May 17, 2013
Dear Readers: Too often we simply accept that tribal governments (as opposed to our traditional governments) have elected representatives—presidents, chiefs, chairmen or CEO’s and so forth. They are entrusted with great powers and are expected to rule according to their...
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