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Foraging Fiddlehead Ferns

Dale Carson
April 01, 2011
Dale Carson I love a good ‘hunt’ in the springtime, first for skunk cabbage, then on to fiddleheads! These perennials like rich soil by riverbanks or in the woods...

Military Prosecutors Pull Away from Analogy Likening Seminoles to al Qaeda

Michelle Tirado
April 01, 2011
Pentagon prosecutors who compared Seminole Indians from the first Seminole War in the early 1800s to al Qaeda in a brief filed with a U.S...

Senator Akaka Staff Meet with Native Hawaiian Leaders

ICTMN Staff
April 01, 2011
The Council for Native Hawaiian Advancement was able to share its five priorities with members of Senator Daniel Akaka’s staff recently...

Florida Vegas-Style Casino Bill Dead for Session

ICTMN Staff
April 01, 2011
Florida Senator Dennis Jones, R-Seminole, who pioneered the chamber's gaming initiatives the past few years, is withdrawing a proposal to create five Las Vegas-worthy "destination ...

Your Starting Lineup for the Los Angeles…Yang-nas?

ICTMN Staff
April 01, 2011
Yahoo! Sport s reported on an op-ed in the March 29 issue of the Los Angeles Times in which the writer, Leon Furgatch, suggested a name change for the Los Angeles Dodgers...

Downstream Casino Resort Opens Learning Center to Help Single Parents

ICTMN Staff
April 01, 2011
One of the classrooms at the Downstream Learning Center The Downstream Learning Center opened March 30 just behind Downstream Casino Resort’s employee parking lot...

AFN Urges Government to 'Close the Gap' in Indigenous, Non-indigenous Health Care

Gale Courey Toensing
April 01, 2011
World TB Day has come and gone, but the high rate of tuberculosis among First Nations, Inuit and Métis citizens remains...

Eagles Remain in Indian Hands

Carol Berry
April 01, 2011
The possession and ceremonial use of eagle feathers will remain in the hands of Indians from federally recognized tribes under a ruling handed down March 29 by the U.S...

Tribal Embezzlement Charges Run Rampant

ICTMN Staff
March 31, 2011
In the past month, a handful of tribal employees from various reservations were indicted for embezzlement...

Vietnam Veterans Honored with Special Day

Wilhelm Murg
March 31, 2011
Tahlequah, Okla.—The Vietnam War was so unpopular that the veterans were often received with indifference and sometimes even open hostility when they returned home after honorably ...

Filmmaker Christen Marquez Unravels Her Woven Name

Rebecca Jacobs
March 31, 2011
What's in a name? For Christen Marquez, quite a bit. The story of her film “Haku Inoa: To Weave A Name” began before she was born...

Lac La Ronge Band Gets $950,000 Twine-and-Ammo Restitution

ICTMN Staff
March 31, 2011
The Lac La Ronge Indian Band's headquarters in northern Saskatchewan...

Author Paul Tough to Speak at Promise Neighborhoods Community Forum at the Boys and Girls Club of the Northern Cheyenne Nation

ICTMN Staff
March 31, 2011
Paul Tough , journalist and author of Whatever it Takes; Geoffrey Canada’s Quest to Change Harlem and America , will speak to the Boys and Girls Club of the Northern Cheyenne Natio...

Tribal Council Seeks to Ban Native Version of ‘Antigone’

ICTMN Staff
March 31, 2011
As reported at TheStarPhoenix.com , Chief Dwayne Antoine of the Poundmaker Cree is trying to block a production of the Greek tragedy "Antigone" set on a reservation and featuring a...

Big Weekend Slated at Montana State University

ICTMN Staff
March 31, 2011
The 36th annual Montana State University American Indian Council Pow Wow, one of the largest in the state, will be held Friday, April 1 and Saturday, April 2, at MSU's Brick Breede...

Saginaw Chippewa Indian Tribe to Break Ground on Water Park/Hotel

ICTMN Staff
March 31, 2011
Mark Ranzenberger of the The Morning Sun reports that the Saginaw Chippewa Indian Tribe has announced that they will formally break ground for their new Soaring Eagle Water Park &a...

Four Legged Friends on my Trail of Tears Journey

Ron Cooper
March 31, 2011
The Mark Twain National Forest includes 1.5 million acres spread out over 29 counties in southern Missouri...

Clean Carcieri Fix Legislation Introduced in House and Senate

ICTMN Staff
March 31, 2011
WASHINGTON – Proposed legislation for a “clean Carcieri fix” has been introduced in Congress and the Senate. Congressman Dale E...

Residential School Students Urged to Apply for Compensation

ICTMN Staff
March 30, 2011
Former students from Canada’s residential schools system who are eligible for compensation under the Indian Residential School Settlement are nearing the deadline to apply for a Co...

Onondaga Nation, Ecologic Solutions Form Historic Green Business Partnership

Gale Courey Toensing
March 30, 2011
A Haudenosaunee nation from central New York and an environmental products company from Brooklyn, New York, have teamed up to form a American Indian–green business partnership to h...

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