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Beyond the Call of Duty and Service

ICTMN Staff
May 03, 2013
Bridgeport, Texas, native Lt. Cmdr. Kenneth L. Vargas , Choctaw Nation, is one of seven United States Navy Sailors being featured in the U.S...

Get to 'Tha Pow Wow' This Weekend

Tish Leizens
May 03, 2013
A move to an outdoor venue in San Bernardino, California, and prize money of $85,000 will most likely energize performers and spectators bound for the intertribal Third Annual Tha ...

The Dubious Logic of 'The Washington Times' on the Redskins Issue

ICTMN Staff
May 03, 2013
In an editorial posted online yesterday, The Washington Times examined the recent news of Washington, D.C...

Hayes' Departure Shines a Light on Interior's Successes and Failures

Rob Capriccioso
May 03, 2013
The highs for Indian country with David Hayes serving as the Deputy Secretary of the Department of the Interior were exceptionally high...

Cherokee Student Wins State Google Contest, in Running for $30,000 Scholarship

ICTMN Staff
May 03, 2013
Fourth-grader Jenna Hooper never thought being inspired by her friends’ tie-dye collection would get her recognized by Google, but that’s exactly what it did...

Cloud Microphones: Where Hearing Is Believing

Lee Allen
May 03, 2013
It was that warm analog sound that instantly attracted Rodger Cloud to the ribbon microphones originally designed by the Radio Corporation of America (RCA)...

AP Poll: Four in Five Americans Wouldn't Change Redskins Name

ICTMN Staff
May 03, 2013
According to a new Associated Press-Gfk poll , the name “Redskins” still enjoys widespread support...

A Group’s Quest to Find and Save Indian Trail Trees

Lynn Armitage
May 03, 2013
In 2002, a group of retired men began hiking together once a week in the Southern Appalachian Mountains and started finding old, scenic trails they claimed nobody knew about...

Honeybees’ Colony Collapse Disorder Has Many Facets; Pesticide Banned in EU

ICTMN Staff
May 02, 2013
A federal report released on May 2 said there is no one cause for the collapse of honeybee populations since 2006...

Mother's Day, Superwoman Complex, and Getting Better: Loving Native People Better, v. 2

Gyasi Ross
May 02, 2013
Disclaimer: Zero research went into this piece (except for watching decades and decades of Native boys growing up under incredibly loving Native moms)...

Cooperstown Changes Mascot from Redskins to Hawkeyes

ICTMN Staff
May 02, 2013
Athletes in Cooperstown, New York will no longer be known as the Redskins...

Fill Gaps in Keystone XL Draft Environment Report or Reject Pipeline, NCAI Tells Obama Administration

ICTMN Staff
May 02, 2013
Noting a lack of “critical information” about potential impacts to water supply, sacred sites and other aspects of tribal life governed by treaty and environmental stewardship, the...

United Nations Permanent Forum is Going Paperless

Gale Courey Toensing
May 02, 2013
Tables piled high with multi-paged documents, brochures, announcements for side events, programs, agendas and reports in teetering stacks that overflow onto the floor – a forest’s ...

Coyote Thoughts: Beating Yourself Up

Beau Washington
May 02, 2013
A buddy of mine and I were watching baseball on TV. One of the players made an error and we could see him looking cranked off at his mistake, appearing to be talking to himself...

Navajo 'Star Wars' Casting Starts Tomorrow

ICTMN Staff
May 02, 2013
On Friday, May 3, casting for the Navajo-dubbed version of Star Wars begins at the Navajo Nation Museum in Window Rock, Arizona. The process will carry over into Saturday as well...

Funny or Die Takes on the Redskins Naming Controversy

ICTMN Staff
May 02, 2013
Funny or Die , the hugely popular humor website created by funnymen Will Ferrell, Judd Apatow, Adam McKay and Chris Henchy, has weighed in on the Redskins naming controversy...

Energy Department To Pump $7 Million Into Tribal Clean Energy Projects

ICTMN Staff
May 02, 2013
The U.S...

In Debate Over Redskins' Name, Is the ‘R-word’ for Racism or Respect?

Michelle Peirano, Cronkite News
May 02, 2013
Amanda Blackhorse is outraged when she thinks of the Washington Redskins, a team whose name and mascot are deeply offensive to the Navajo woman...

Wounded Knee Historic Site Now for Sale on the Open Market

Vincent Schilling
May 02, 2013
The May 1 deadline came and went without a word from the Oglala Sioux Tribe, so James Czywczynski, who owns the site of the Wounded Knee massacre, has put the land on the open mark...

Philthy: City of Brotherly Love Makes Offensive Name Worse, Much Worse

ICTMN Staff
May 01, 2013
Really, Philly? After the Philadelphia Phillies were clobbered by the Cleveland Indians yesterday, 14-2, the Philadelphia Daily News took to offensive puns today to sell copy...

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