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State of Native Education Address

ICTMN Staff
February 17, 2011
This video shows Part 1 of the State of Native Education Address delivered by National Indian Education Association President Mary Jane Oatman-Wak Wak February 7 in Washington, D.C...

SBA Overhauls 8(a) Program to Start Profits Flowing Home

ICTMN Staff
February 17, 2011
Increased transparency of Native corporations, money flowing back to Native communities—and perhaps a more “painful” process of adhering to tightened regulations, according to Jacq...

Native American Lawyer, Little Fawn Boland

Gale Courey Toensing
February 17, 2011
When Little Fawn Boland was a child growing up in Nevada, she earned a black belt in tae kwon do, and she believes that providing her with martial arts training was one of the best...

Choctaw Nation Recycles Everything from Newspapers to Electronics

ICTMN Staff
February 16, 2011
The Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma is getting greener by the minute, and ditching some clutter in the process. Thanks to a U.S...

Standardizing Inuit Language Is Tricky

ICTMN Staff
February 16, 2011
How to standardize a language when the letters and phonetics simply do not exist for some of the dialects?...

Hoop Dancing Family Puts the Partridge Family to Shame

ICTMN Staff
February 16, 2011
Raising Arizona Kids Magazine (RAK) spoke to a family of Navajo/Maricopa Indian hoop dancers for their September Performing Arts issue...

Bolivia’s President Says Chewing Coca Is an Indigenous Right

Sara Shahriari
February 16, 2011
Bolivian President Evo Morales has vowed that his country will continue to fight for international recognition of Bolivians' right to chew the coca leaf...

Underground Lab Could Unlock Gold Mine of Discoveries--If Funds Pull Through

ICTMN Staff
February 16, 2011
Before it closed in 2002, the Homestake Mine in the Black Hills of South Dakota was the largest and deepest mine in the United States, yielding more than $1 billion in gold...

Caught Between Two Cultures

ICTMN Staff
February 16, 2011
In this video from TVO , Ontario's public educational media organization, Cheryl Jackson of TVO Parents discusses the problems that indigenous children face when they enter the sch...

Denver Pow Wow How-To Guide

ICTMN Staff
February 16, 2011
The 37th annual Denver March Pow Wow kicks off on Friday, March 18th...

The Life of Maori Warrior Hone Harawira

Winona LaDuke
February 16, 2011
In the past 30 years, Maori activists have accomplished much in New Zealand—Maoris now even have a prominent place in the federal government...

Hispanics Edge American Indians in Oklahoma Population

ICTMN Staff
February 16, 2011
Oklahoma has the third most federally recognized tribes within its state lines. So it is a bit surprising hearing the latest figures from the Census bureau ...

Bolivian Actor Fights the "Water War," and Columbus

Sara Shahriari
February 15, 2011
You could pass Juan Carlos Aduviri on the street in Bolivia without ever noticing him, but this unassuming man is suddenly famous...

Opponents Mount Carcieri Challenge to Cowlitz Casino

Gale Courey Toensing
February 15, 2011
WASHINGTON – A coalition of forces has launched a Cariceri challenge in a lawsuit seeking to block the federal government’s decision to take 152 acres of land into trust for the Co...

Arizona Culinary School Recruits American Indians, Now Available for Federal Financial Aid

ICTMN Staff
February 15, 2011
A Scottsdale, Arizona-based cooking school that actively recruits American Indians to attend its culinary program now allows students to qualify for federal financial aid...

300 Miles into My Journey on the Trail of Tears

Ron Cooper
February 15, 2011
I started the morning of February 11 th in Guthrie, Kentucky – a small town on the Tennessee border...

Traditional Food Guidebooks Encourage Native Youth to Eat Healthy

ICTMN Staff
February 15, 2011
Eating traditional native foods is a key facet of leading a healthy lifestyle and something the Alaska Native Tribal Health Consortium (ANTHC) plans to promote through traditional ...

Grants Available for Cherokee History Field Trips

ICTMN Staff
February 15, 2011
Through March 14 the Cherokee Nation is accepting education tour grant applications, which are available on a first-come, first-serve basis to eligible schools, according to a nati...

Wisconsin Tribe’s Catskills Casino Faces Federal Rejection

Gale Courey Toensing
February 15, 2011
ALBANY, N.Y. — A Wisconsin tribe’s dream of setting up a casino in the Catskills may be fading fast...

Four Days Out on the Ice, Inukjuak Teens Survive

ICTMN Staff
February 15, 2011
It was supposed to be a day-long polar bear hunt. Instead, two teens found themselves trapped in an icy wasteland for four days...

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