Steve Russell

The Indian Holocaust and the Hopi Nation

Néret-Minet Tessier & Sarrou, a Parisian auction house that I’m sure perceives itself as catering to only the “best people,” is about to auction off cultural patrimony looted from the Hopi Nation....

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April 10, 2013

Psychology Student Explores the Healing Power of Digital Storytelling

Marc Dadigan
March 09, 2013
In the video entitled “Red Moon,” a Cheyenne man speaks of a self-hatred that permeated his soul even as a child...

California Cultural Exchanges Build Resilience Among Native Youth

ICTMN Staff
January 31, 2013
The Urban-Rural Native American Youth Cultural Exchange, or U.R.N.Y.C.E., is a culturally tailored wellness program that puts urban and rural Native youth together to empower them...

Alcatraz Occupation Graffiti Preserved

ICTMN Staff
December 06, 2012
The first time the words “Peace and Freedom. Welcome...

Native Americans Swim From Alcatraz to San Francisco To Inspire Healthy Change

ICTMN Staff
October 26, 2012
Angela Rios (Colville Confederated Tribes, Washington), swimming from Alcatraz to San Francisco on October 8 (Colin Gift) After six days of training, on October 8, a dozen Native A...

American Indian Center in California Educates and Promotes Cultural Understanding

ICTMN Staff
July 31, 2012
Mary Puthoff was born on the Rosebud Lakota Reservation in South Dakota and raised by a family in the Black Hills after being adopted at age 5...

Institute of American Indian Arts Celebrates 50 Years and Bestows Two Honorary Doctorates

ICTMN Staff
May 09, 2012
To help celebrate a milestone at the Institute of American Indian Arts (IAIA), the institute will bestow two honorary doctorates and welcome Santee Sioux actor and musician John Tr...

From the Badlands to Alcatraz Screens Wednesday in Los Angeles

ICTMN Staff
March 17, 2012
In 2003, two men from the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation, Richard Iron Cloud and Armando Black Bear, came to San Francisco and became the first Lakota men to complete the swim from ...

Alcatraz Occupation Four Decades Ago Led to Many Benefits for American Indians

Dean Chavers
November 14, 2011
When 78 Indian college students took over the Alcatraz Island prison in San Francisco Bay on November 19, 1969 to protest the poor treatment of Indians in schools and the hated ter...

Racism and Wildlife

Dr. Dean Chavers
August 24, 2011

After the acquisition of Alcatraz Island in November 1969, the first phone call we got came from Billy Frank Sr.

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