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Upper Sioux Tribal Elder, Educator and Historian Tom Ross Walks On

ICTMN Staff
May 19, 2013
Upper Sioux tribal elder, educator and historian Tom Ross walked on May 10 at Abbott Northwestern Hospital in Minneapolis, Minnesota. He was 64...

Elijah Harper, Iconic Aboriginal Leader Who Scuttled Meech Accord, Walks On

ICTMN Staff
May 18, 2013
Condolences have poured in for revered aboriginal leader and politician Elijah Harper, who walked on at age 64 from heart failure induced by diabetes complications on Friday mornin...

Native Actresses Michelle Thrush and Misty Upham Hit the Cannes Film Festival

ICTMN Staff
May 18, 2013
It's been a big day in Cannes for Jimmy P...

Flight of Fancy: What the Planets Would Look Like if They Were as Close as the Moon

ICTMN Staff
May 18, 2013
Watching planets and stars as they appear in the sky is captivating, but gazing at pinpricks of light glistening against the celestial sphere doesn’t give the heavenward ogler a se...

5 Natural Pest Deterrents for Your Garden

Darla Antoine
May 18, 2013
Whatever pests you may be grappling with this year, I highly encourage you not to resort to commercial pesticides. The poisons used in these products are just that—poisonous...

Joaquin Gallegos Named a Champion for Native Dental Health

Vincent Schilling
May 18, 2013
Among the 2013 Champions for Change named by the Center for Native American Youth is Joaquin Gallegos, Jicarilla Apache Nation/Pueblo of Santa Ana, a 22-year-old college student an...

BIA's Charles Addington Finalist for Public Service Medal

ICTMN Staff
May 18, 2013
On May 14, Kevin K...

Rez Ball Is Big Time in the Navajo Nation

Anne Minard
May 18, 2013
In the days leading up to the Schimmel sisters’ recent championship run with the Louisville Cardinals in the NCAA Tournament, 20 Navajo high school basketball teams made it to the ...

A Conversation with Shari Sebbens of 'The Sapphires'

Eisa Ulen Richardson
May 17, 2013
In the Australian hit movie The Sapphires , Shari Sebbens plays Kay, a “white-looking” Aboriginal girl who is stolen from her family to live with Australians who are not indigenous...

Ancestors Returned to Mother Earth in Michigan

ICTMN Staff
May 17, 2013
The Saginaw Chippewa Indian Tribe of Michigan and the Michigan Anishinaabek Cultural Preservation and Repatriation Alliance returned 11 sets of remains to Mother Earth during a Rec...

Chiefs Declare Keystone XL Consultation Meeting Invalid, Walk Out on State Department Officials

ICTMN Staff
May 17, 2013
Elders and chiefs of at least 10 sovereign nations walked out of a meeting with U.S...

Full Text of the Great Plains Tribal Chairmen's Association Statement Against the Keystone XL Pipeline

ICTMN Staff
May 17, 2013
On this historic day of May 16, 2013, ten sovereign Indigenous nations maintain that the proposed TransCanada/Keystone XL pipeline does not serve the national interest and in fact ...

ACLU Joins Huy in Support of Indigenous Prisoners' Religious Freedoms

ICTMN Staff
May 17, 2013
The California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation issued a provisional emergency regulation denying indigenous prisoners access to items used in religious ceremonies in F...

Showcase for Model Tribal Housing

Mark Fogarty
May 17, 2013
Tribes looking for ways to build energy-efficient and culturally relevant housing for their members now have a model for the task. In fact, they have 22 of them...

Cherokee Nation Developing Largest Tribal Wind Farm in U.S.

ICTMN Staff
May 17, 2013
The site of a former Indian boarding school in Kay County, Oklahoma will soon become the largest wind farm on tribal land in the United States...

Watch Dr. Jill Biden Deliver Commencement Address at Navajo Tech Today

ICTMN Staff
May 17, 2013
Dr...

Pow Wow Weekend Planner

ICTMN Staff
May 17, 2013
Do you hear that drumming in the distance? That's the beating of your weekend pow wow approaching!...

Top 5 Ways Senators Used Indian Affairs Hearing to Push Their Pet Projects

Rob Capriccioso
May 17, 2013
Even a person only casually acquainted with Native Americans who viewed the May 15 hearing of the Senate Committee on Indian Affairs in which U.S...

New York Radio Personality Louis Cook Walks On

ICTMN Staff
May 17, 2013
He was a noted jazz host and radio producer in Indian country in northern New York State. But above all, Louis “Louie” Cook was a loving presence and a mentor to many...

Yes, Gil Birmingham is in 'The Lone Ranger' -- Here's the LEGO that Proves It

ICTMN Staff
May 17, 2013
You know Johnny Depp is in Disney's The Lone Ranger , coming to a theater near you on July 3. You might also know that Armie Hammer and Helena Bonham Carter are in the film...

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