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High Kicking at the 41st Annual NYO Games in Anchorage

ICTMN Staff
April 25, 2011
Nearly 500 high school students from 50 Alaska communities are coming to Anchorage from April 29 to May 1 to compete in the Native Youth Olympics at the Dena'ina Center...

Watching My Children Dance at the Gathering of Nations

Brian Daffron
April 25, 2011
It was 11 years ago when I sat in the Norman, Oklahoma living room of Clarence and Nell Yarholar, talking with them and Nell’s brother, Gathering of Nations arena director Cricket ...

Talking With Pow Wow MC Ruben Little Head

Maria Scandale
April 25, 2011
Honored to be one of four announcers at North America’s biggest pow wow, the Gathering of Nations, Ruben Little Head, Northern Cheyenne, is also one of the younger emcees on the ci...

From Oklahoma to Korea: A Kiowa Story

Carol Berry
April 25, 2011
The thing about Korea John Emhoolah remembers best is the cold—biting cold, sweeping in from the bitter north into unheated bunkers where members of the Thunderbird Division huddle...

North Idaho College Wins NJCAA Championship

Jack McNeel
April 25, 2011
North Idaho College (NIC) recently won the NJCAA women’s national basketball championship...

Arizona State University First Innovations Team Wins President’s Award

ICTMN Staff
April 25, 2011
The First Innovations Initiative at Arizona State University (ASU) recently received the President’s Award for Innovation for supporting American Indian sustainability through entr...

Safe-injection Site Saves First Nation Lives

ICTMN Staff
April 25, 2011
The British Medical journal the Lancet has released a study showing that overdose deaths from illicit drugs in Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside fell 35 percent after InSite , a safe-i...

Yavapai-Apache Nation Gets Certified CDFI

ICTMN Staff
April 25, 2011
The Yavapai-Apache Nation's loan fund was recently certified as a Native community development financial institution (CDFI) by the CDFI Fund...

Navajo Chamber of Commerce in the Works

ICTMN Staff
April 25, 2011
Navajo business leaders are forming a chamber of commerce to lobby for their interests, reported the Navajo Times ...

Formerly Endangered Trout Reintroduced to Southwestern Rivers

Lee Allen
April 25, 2011
In ancient times, nomadic peoples regularly traveled back and forth over what is now the border between Arizona and New Mexico...

Liquefying Glaciers

ICTMN Staff
April 24, 2011
This serene Arctic scene belies the scary truth: The Arctic ice is melting faster than anyone knew, and the glaciers on the Canadian archipelago have already melted enough water to...

Northwest Territories, Canada

ICTMN Staff
April 24, 2011
The remote reaches of northern Canada are fertile ground for traditional hunting and harvesting, providing a staple of First Nations diets...

Ontario's Colleges Pursue Aboriginal Students

ICTMN Staff
April 24, 2011
Ontario’s community colleges have launched a $400,000 advertising campaign to get students interested in pursuing higher learning...

New Aboriginal Magazine Challenges Racism

ICTMN Staff
April 23, 2011
Indigenous issues are as strong in Australia as they are in the United States, and now there is a new magazine geared towards aboriginal rights...

Yankees' Joba Chamberlain’s Inspiring Story

Matt DeMazza
April 23, 2011
There are certain jobs for which fearlessness is a big plus: tightrope walker, police officer, Naomi Campbell’s assistant...

700 Miles Along the Trail of Tears

Ron Cooper
April 23, 2011
The days surrounding my walk through Springfield, Missouri were filled with socializing and surprises. At the Marshfield gathering, we finally met a few e-mail friends in person...

Natives Occupy California Burial Ground to Stave Off Bulldozers

Dan Bacher
April 23, 2011
Native Americans occupying a burial ground facing development by the Greater Vallejo Recreation District (GVRD) are inviting the public to an Indigenous Peoples Earth Day and Inter...

Native American Rights Fund Supports Native Tuition Bill

Carol Berry
April 23, 2011
John E...

Ancient Aboriginal Masks, Returned to their Owners’ Descendants

ICTMN Staff
April 23, 2011
The vibrant masks, dating back generations, are as living a presence as the people dancing in them...

Chickasaw Cultural Center Reveals New, Earth-Inspired Interior Design

ICTMN Staff
April 23, 2011
Tom Hoch’s work at Chickasaw Cultural Center The Chickasaw Cultural Center in Sulphur, Oklahoma, recently revealed its new custom-designed, earth-inspired wood motif interior...

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