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Southwest Legislators with Native Ties to Retire

Rob Capriccioso
February 21, 2011
WASHINGTON – Two more legislators who have supported federal Indian policies have announced their decisions to retire from Congress. Sen. Jon Kyl, R-Ariz. , announced Feb...

Tahnee Robinson Among Sullivan Award Semi-Finalists

ICTMN Staff
February 21, 2011
The University of Nevada's senior captain, Tahnee Robinson, Eastern Shoshone, has been named a semi-finalist for the 2010 Sullivan Award , a national award that predates the Heisma...

Business Plan Competition Ignites Entrepreneurial Spirit in Cheyenne River Youth

ICTMN Staff
February 21, 2011
For the third consecutive year, a Cheyenne River youth has won the statewide Business Plan Competition at the 34th Annual Lakota Nation Invitational--an event that was once just a ...

Sempra Moving Ahead with CA Solar Contract Despite Lawsuits

ICTMN Staff
February 21, 2011
San Diego Gas & Electric Co., the utility branch of Sempra Energy, is going forward with a contract to buy solar energy from a power project in California’s Imperial Valley now...

Travel Scholarships Available for Navajo Farmers & Ranchers

ICTMN Staff
February 21, 2011
Registration to the Western Agency Institute at the Moenkopi Inn in Tuba City, Arizona, will be held on March 17 and 18...

Interior Seeks Tribal Leaders’ Input on Canada–U.S. Agreement

Gale Courey Toensing
February 21, 2011
The U.S...

Native Education Saved from House Cuts

Rob Capriccioso
February 21, 2011
WASHINGTON — Education programs for Alaskan Natives and Native Hawaiians were protected from inclusion in the sweeping $61 billion cut to the federal budget approved by Republicans...

Texans Want Slots

ICTMN Staff
February 21, 2011
A recent statewide poll found that 64 percent of voters surveyed said they favored allowing slot machines at Texas race tracks and on the states three federally-recognized Indian r...

National Lacrosse League All-Star Game Festivities

ICTMN Staff
February 21, 2011
The 2011 National Lacrosse League (NLL) All-Star Game, presented by the Oneida Indian Nation, takes place at the Event Center at Turning Stone Resort Casino on Sunday, Feb...

Installing Fiber-Optic Internet Creates Rez Jobs into the Future

ICTMN Staff
February 21, 2011
Byron Wysocki launched wireless broadband Internet on the Umatilla Indian Reservation in 2001 as an Oregon State University freshman...

NMAI Essay Contest Encourages Problem Solving

ICTMN Staff
February 21, 2011
American Indian high school students in the U.S...

The Shooting Death of John T. Williams

Fern Renville
February 21, 2011
John T. Williams, a 50-year-old seventh generation Nitinaht carver of the Nuu-chah-nulth First Nations, was shot four times by a Seattle police officer on August 30, 2010...

IFAD Established Indigenous Forum to Tap Traditional Knowledge of Sustainable Farming

ICTMN Staff
February 20, 2011
Following a two-day workshop in Rome, Italy, the United Nations announced a new forum for the voices of the world’s 370 million self-identified indigenous people, who speak more th...

EPA Under Fire from House Republicans

ICTMN Staff
February 20, 2011
Pushing back against recent rulings by the U.S...

Young Aboriginal Writers and Artists Are Invited to Strut Their Stuff

ICTMN Staff
February 20, 2011
Have a story to tell about your aboriginal heritage, young Canadians?...

Flood of Help to Stranded Pine Ridge Residents

ICTMN Staff
February 20, 2011
Oglala Sioux Tribe emergency management officials delivered drinking water and flood-relief care packages to stranded victims and families on the flooded Pine Ridge Indian Reservat...

Chief Washakie Statue Unveiling

ICTMN Staff
February 20, 2011
University of Wyoming Television, Outreach Technology Services produced this video highlighting the unveiling of a 24-foot statue of Chief Washakie at UW...

Grand Ronde Reservation Act Amendment Introduced in Congress

ICTMN Staff
February 19, 2011
The Grand Ronde Reservation Act Amendment was introduced in both the House and the Senate this week in Washington, D.C...

New Social Media Network Could Close Representative, Constituent Gap

Brian Daffron
February 19, 2011
Many people on Facebook , Twitter or MySpace have hundreds of friends. Yet there are many questions that arise with the use of social media...

Canada Supreme Court to Hear Landmark B.C. Fishing-rights Case

ICTMN Staff
February 19, 2011
The Supreme Court of Canada has agreed to hear the landmark fishing-rights case of the Lax Kw’alaams band near Prince Rupert, the Vancouver Sun reported on February 17...

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