Steve Russell

Election 2012: Shot at and Missed

The battle is over, and pundits now stroll to the battlefield and shoot the survivors. I have used this bully pulpit to urge that Indians bloc vote only when threatened as Indians.  My own vote turned on threats I perceived to my family.  Your mileage may vary....

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November 11, 2012

Elections 2012: Abortion Rights Resurfaces as an Election Issue

Mark Trahant
October 25, 2012
The politics of abortion continues to surface in this year’s presidential race, something that Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney hoped to avoid...

Elections 2012: Abortion Debate Targets Native Students at University of New Mexico

Mark Trahant
September 20, 2012
The debate about abortion rights surfaced on the University of New Mexico campus this week – and American Indians were the focus...

A 26-Year-Old Lakota Activist Campaigns to Make Plan B Available, Affordable to Native Women

Eisa Ulen
July 12, 2012
Sunny Clifford, a 26-year-old Pine Ridge Tribal park ranger , has launched a Change.org petition that seeks to improve the quality of women’s lives by making Plan B available—and a...

Women’s Health Rights Advocate, Joan Dunlop, Walks On

ICTMN Staff
July 11, 2012
Joan Dunlop, an advocate for women’s health rights, walked on June 29 at her home in Lakeville, Connecticut...

Baby Blues

Christina M. Castro
June 19, 2012
Along with many youth across this great nation, my beautiful young cousin just graduated from high school...

New Bill Would Authorize Federally Funded Abortions for Servicewomen

ICTMN Staff
June 07, 2011
New proposed legislation would allow servicewomen receiving care through the Indian Health Services (IHS), Medicare recipients and federal employees not in the military to use fede...

Elections, Rape and the Voter Mandate on VAWA

ICTMN Staff
November 07, 2012
Many analysts have commented on the impact that statements on the subjects of rape and abortion had on campaigns...

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