VA Discusses New Tactics For Processing Claims

Vincent Schilling
July 18, 2012
On July 11, The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) announced several efforts geared toward the process of completing veterans’ disability claims faster and more accurately...
David Wilkins

Federal Assumptions That Enfeeble Native America

Native American people and the distinctive nations they belong to exist in a paradoxical world. They are the original nations of North America, a fact that is enshrined in the U.S....

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July 18, 2012

Interior Releases Tribal Economic Data Not Gathered From Tribes

Rob Capriccioso
July 12, 2012
WASHINGTON – Amid calls from the U.S. Congress for the U.S...

Congress Investigating Interior on Missing Tribal Jobs Reports That Broke Law

Rob Capriccioso
July 11, 2012
WASHINGTON – Democratic and Republican Indian affairs leaders in both the U.S. House and U.S. Senate are concerned that the U.S...

Legal and Political Questions Surround Interior’s Decision Not to Release Tribal Jobs Survey

Rob Capriccioso
July 05, 2012
A long-awaited survey by the U.S. Department of the Interior on tribal jobs will not be released this year, even though federal law requires regular reporting on such matters...

BIA Announces Emergency Funding for Emmonak Women’s Shelter in Alaska

ICTMN Staff
July 03, 2012
The Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) recently provided the Emmonak Women’s Shelter in the Yup’ik Eskimo village of Emmonak, Alaska with a one-time emergency fund of $50,000 to help p...

Handbook on Crime-Reduction Best Practices from the BIA Office of Justice Services Released

ICTMN Staff
July 02, 2012
On June 18, acting Assistant Secretary-Indian Affairs Donald E...

The Myth of Indian Scholarships and the Native Dropout Epidemic

Dr. Dean Chavers
June 16, 2012
Indian students who want to go to college have an unlimited amount of possibility...
Cedric Sunray

Elizabeth Warren and the Ins and Outs of Indian Country

What and who are the "Ins and Outs" of Indian Country?...

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June 09, 2012

Brendan Johnson on Bootlegging Indictments and More

Stephanie Woodard
April 09, 2012
A federal grand jury has indicted five individuals for possessing and selling alcohol on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation, says the U.S...

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