The Challenge of Mixed-Blood Nations

Duane Champagne
April 25, 2013
Countries with indigenous nations usually also have mixed-blood nations composed of people of indigenous descent and other nations or races...

Penn State Offers Free Courses on Genes

ICTMN Staff
January 15, 2013
Pennsylvania State University is offering a series of six lectures open to the general public with the theme “Your Genes: How They Contribute to Who You Are.” The lectures are part...

Genealogists Say Obama Could Be Descended From First Documented Slave

ICTMN Staff
July 31, 2012
Could President Barack Obama , the first African America president of the United States of America, be related to the first documented African slave in America?...

Aboriginal Groups Want Beothuk Remains Repatriated

ICTMN Staff
June 25, 2012
The Beothuk , the original inhabitants of the island of Newfoundland, were extinct by 1829 as a result of contact with Europeans, disease, malnutrition, conflict with settlers and ...

Elizabeth Warren’s Genealogical Challenge

ICTMN Staff
May 14, 2012
Elizabeth Warren has been taking a lot of heat lately for claiming Native American ancestry. But what do the records say? And what do they mean?...

Humanity’s Earliest Ancestor Is an Ancient Worm?

ICTMN Staff
March 05, 2012
Scientists say they’ve discovered mankind’s oldest ancestor — Pikaia gracilens ...

Iceman’s Full Genome Reveals His Origins

ICTMN Staff
March 01, 2012
New information from the full genome of a 5,300-year-old “Iceman” has revealed some interesting facts...

Indigenous Altaians and Native Americans Share Ancestry

ICTMN Staff
February 07, 2012
Matthew Dulik and Theodore Schurr A study released recently by the American Journal of Human Genetics provides evidence that Native Americans share ancestry with indigenous Altaian...

Genealogy Sites Remove Social Security Numbers

ICTMN Staff
December 20, 2011
Ancestry.com and Genealogybank.com have stopped posting Social Security numbers on their sites...
Steven Newcomb

Kumeyaay Ancestral Remains Held by UCSD

The Kumeyaay have no ceremony for reburying the dead. The remains of a Kumeyaay ancestor unearthed by the dominating society are to be given the same ceremony as a loved one who has recently passed on....

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