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Opinions

Robert Desjarlait	Robert Odawi Porter	Robert Warrior	Ron Rowell	Rosita Worl	Russell Means
Ruth Hopkins	Ryan Dreveskracht	Ryan Wilson	Sarah Deer	Sasha Houston Brown	Sa’ed Adel Atshan
Scott Seaborne	Sen. Jon Tester	Senator Harry Reid	Shawn Yanity	She the Bear (Britt Reed)	Simon Moya-Smith
Stephen Brittle, President, Don't Waste Arizona	Steve Melendez	Steve Newcomb	Steve Pavlik	Steve Russell	Steven Juneau
Steven Newcomb	Steven Newcomb, et al	Steven T. Newcomb	Sunny Clifford	Susan Masten	Suzan Shown Harjo

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Thing About Skins

We are firmly in graduation season. All of my graduations happened at least a decade ago, so I barely remember them. I do vaguely remember... Read More

Ask N NDN

I can't stress enough the importance of retaining our tribal languages, when it comes to the core relevance or existence of our people. Our... Read More

Health & Wellness

This is part 2 of a series about the custody battle for three-and-a-half-year-old Veronica, Adoptive Couple v. Baby Girl, heard by the U.S... Read More

Veterans

Bridgeport, Texas, native Lt. Cmdr. Kenneth L. Vargas, Choctaw Nation, is one of seven United States Navy Sailors being featured in the U.S... Read More

Politics

My aunt dated Tony Reyna, Taos Pueblo's former two-term governor and local living legend, in the 1990s. Upon her suggestion, I picked up... Read More

Genealogy

Love was the common thread in everything Fran James did, whether serving her faith, hosting an unexpected guest, passing on a teaching, or... Read More

Astronomy

Astronomers may operate in the dark, but they actually want to share the light. Starlight, that is. With all the varieties of pollution... Read More

Sports

On the heels of the Cleveland American Indian Movement protesting the use of the offensive "Chief Wahoo" mascot outside Progressive Field... Read More

Education

Harvard wanted him. Yale wanted him. Dartmouth, UCLA, Stanford—they all wanted him. So who finally landed Julian Brave NoiseCat? Columbia... Read More

Environment

It sounds like the tinkling of a wind chime or a chandelier. But it's not something one would expect to hear lakeside in early spring. "... Read More

Pow Wow MCs

“If you believe in yourself, who you are, where you come from, your culture and more importantly your language, it will take you to places... Read More

American Indian History

The first person to walk here did so over a thousand years ago when the Hohokam arrived at what is now known as Colossal Cave Mountain... Read More

Pow Wow Dancers

On the 25th anniversary of the first visit of Cirque du Soleil in New York City, the troupe is back in the Big Apple with their acclaimed... Read More

Indian Gaming

In 1993, then New York Governor Mario Cuomo and Oneida Nation Representative Ray Halbritter creating history by signing a gaming compact... Read More

Travel

As ICTMN reported in January, Matika Wilbur has embarked on a three-year project to photograph peoples and cultures that are not only alive... Read More

Business

A lack of resources to help Native Americans learn effective money management techniques has stunted the ability of many Native families to... Read More

Canada

Numerous First Nation bands are alleging that the federal government is threatening them with loss of funding for essential services if... Read More

World News

Tables piled high with multi-paged documents, brochures, announcements for side events, programs, agendas and reports in teetering stacks... Read More

Pow Wow News

Celebrating its lucky 13th year, the Virginia Beach Parks and Recreation’s American Indian Powwow held a record-breaking day this Saturday... Read More

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