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Thunderbird Pow Wow Tiny Tot

ICTMN Staff
February 22, 2011
The Thunderbird Pow Wow at Queens County Farm Museum in Floral Park, Queens, New York, brought out the smile in this Tiny Tot.

Montana Reservations Mull Over Legalizing Medical Marijuana

ICTMN Staff
February 22, 2011
Montana's medical marijuana industry has skyrocketed--the number of licensed patients grew from about 2,000 to approximately 28,000 within two years...

Buffalo to Natural Gas Industry: Frack You

ICTMN Staff
February 22, 2011
The New York State Legislature has banned fracking, the practice of hydraulic natural-gas extraction, through 2012...

Akaka Now Leads Senate Committee on Indian Affairs

Rob Capriccioso
February 22, 2011
WASHINGTON – Sen. Daniel Akaka, D-Hi. , was elected Feb. 16 as the new chairman of the Senate Committee on Indian Affairs for the 112 th Congress...

United Methodist Church Donates to Sand Creek Massacre Learning Center

ICTMN Staff
February 22, 2011
To recognize how the United Methodist Church (UMC) played a role in the Sand Creek Massacre, it has donated $50,000 to the National Park Service for the development of the Sand Cre...

Pioneering Teslin Tlingit Council Adopts Own Justice System

ICTMN Staff
February 22, 2011
The southern Yukon Teslin Tlingit Council will take its existing self-governing abilities a bit further with a historic accord to adopt its own justice system, CBC News reported ...

Olympian Billy Mills’s Historic Moment

ICTMN Staff
February 21, 2011
As the run-up to the 2012 Summer Olympics in London has already begun , we wanted to reflect on this extraordinary moment, delivered by a extraordinary man...

Mexico Through the Centuries in Many Mexicos Exhibit

Lee Allen
February 21, 2011
Just about everyone is aware of celebrations held in this country on Independence Day, or similar fetes in France on Bastille Day, and in Mexico for Cinco de Mayo...

Movie Dog Visits Hualapai Tribe’s Skywalk Glass Bridge

ICTMN Staff
February 21, 2011
Last week a stand in for Sonny the Dog, from the movie Due Date , visited with Wilfred Whatoname Jr of the Hualapai Tribe, in preparation for the upcoming DVD release of the movie ...

North Idaho College Indian Alliance Earns $10,000 Grant

Jack McNeel
February 21, 2011
Enthusiasm and excitement was sky high recently when students of the American Indian Student Alliance at North Idaho College (NIC), in Coeur d’Alene, Idaho, were notified they had ...

Chickasaw Clinic Will Increase Service Capacity Six Times

ICTMN Staff
February 21, 2011
Rendering of Chickasaw Nation Ardmore Health Clinic (Photo courtesy of Chickasaw Nation) A new 66,000-square foot medical clinic on the Chickasaw Nation's territory in Ardmore, Okl...

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...

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