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Agua Caliente Casino Resort & Spa

ICTMN Staff
February 10, 2011
The Agua Caliente Band of Cahuilla Indians , 400-members strong in Palm Springs, California, opened their Agua Caliente Casino Resort & Spa in April of 2008 in Rancho Mirage, C...

Arizona's Antelope Point Marina

Lee Allen
February 10, 2011
At 5 a.m...

Michigan Indian Education Council to Honor Identity and Embrace Diversity

ICTMN Staff
February 10, 2011
Are you interested in the education of Native American students?...

Navajo Citizen Hired to White House Team

Rob Capriccioso
February 09, 2011
WASHINGTON -- Charles Galbraith, a citizen of the Navajo Nation, has been named deputy associate director of the Office of Intergovernmental Affairs in the White House Office of Pu...

Alaska Congressman Introduces Frankenfish Ban

ICTMN Staff
February 09, 2011
Rep...

Denver Museum Focuses on Art, Not Artifacts

Carol Berry
February 09, 2011
DENVER—American Indian artists through the ages have been painting, carving, decorating and incising but their works have often been presented in mainstream museums and galleries a...

Southern California Tribes’ Lobbyist Slapped with $30,000 Fine

Gale Courey Toensing
February 09, 2011
SACRAMENTO, Calif. – A lobbyist for a number of successful gaming tribes in Southern California has been fined $30,000 by the state’s ethics commission. Frank J...

Fast-tracked Wind Power Project Challenged in Nevada

ICTMN Staff
February 09, 2011
Fast-tracking a renewable energy project seems to have backfired on a U.S. government agency again...

Use It or Lose It: Inuit Language Week in Full Swing

ICTMN Staff
February 09, 2011
Inuit and other indigenous people have long fought for the right to speak and be spoken to in their own languages...

Arizona Gov. Signs Bill, Undermines Tohono O’odham Nation’s Casino Plans

ICTMN Staff
February 09, 2011
The Tohono O’odham Nation’s plans to build a Las Vegas-style casino-hotel in the heart of the Phoenix metro area just hit a roadblock, reported the Associated Press . Gov...

Obama Won't Kill BIA or IHS

Rob Capriccioso
February 09, 2011
If his budget for the Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) and Indian Health Service (IHS) can be used to gauge federal responsibility to Indians, President Barack Obama is measuring up ...

Leukemia Patients of Native American Ancestry More Likely to Relapse

ICTMN Staff
February 09, 2011
American Indian heritage may increase odds leukemia patients will relapse, new research from St...

‘All in for California’ Website Supports Internet Gambling

ICTMN Staff
February 09, 2011
The California Online Poker Association (COPA), a group of 21 tribes and non-Indian card clubs, launched the All In For California website to encourage people to vote yes on the pa...

National Aboriginal Hockey Championship Gets Host

Sam Laskaris
February 09, 2011
Officials with the Saskatoon Tribal Council (STC) stepped up a year earlier than they had originally planned to...

Laguna Pueblo Teen Receives Important Award

ICTMN Staff
February 09, 2011
Kyle Swimmer, 17, and Scott Yarbrough, 13, were recently named New Mexico's 2011 top two youth volunteers by the Prudential Spirit of Community Awards , Business Wire reported...

A Q&A With Mitch Lamoureux

Sam Laskaris
February 09, 2011
At 5-foot-6, Mitch Lamoureux (Ojibwe) was usually the smallest player on the ice during his 17-year professional hockey career...

U.S. to Walrus: You're on Your Own

ICTMN Staff
February 09, 2011
The Pacific walrus, although needing protection from climate change, will have to take care of itself for now, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Department said on Tuesday...

The Legend of Ojibwe John Beargrease and the Annual Sled Dog Marathon That Bears His Name

Konnie LeMay
February 09, 2011
Beargrease brothers delivering mail...

Tar Sands Panelist Quits Before First Meeting

ICTMN Staff
February 09, 2011
The panel appointed by the government of Alberta to design an environmental monitoring system for the Alberta oil sands is fracturing even before its first meeting. U.S...

NIGC Notice of Inquiry Comment Period Closes February 12

ICTMN Staff
February 09, 2011
WASHINGTON, DC, February 8, 2011 — On January 11, the National Indian Gaming Commission embarked on a 6-week government-to-government consultation throughout the country to hear tr...

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