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...

Navajo Code Talker Frank Chee Willeto Walks On

ICTMN Staff
June 26, 2012
Another member of American Indian and United States history is gone...

Osage Tribe Voting Rights Upheld

Carol Berry
June 23, 2012
Eight Osage Nation members who objected to greater latitude in tribal voting and tribal office were unsuccessful June 19 when they brought their concerns before the U.S...
Tina Hagedorn

SpiritWood: Trust Takes a Long Time to Build and One Second to Break

This is the final in a three-part series that discusses the ultimate benefits of branding and marketing tribal forest products. Historically, tribal forest products have generally been sold as commodities with little branding to distinguish or differentiate them from non-tribal products....

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June 22, 2012

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

Mashpee’s Gaming Ordinance Wins NIGC Approval

Gale Courey Toensing
June 06, 2012
Negotiations on Tribal-State Gaming Compact Also Move Forward The National Indian Gaming Commission has approved the Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe’s gaming ordinance...
Lloyd Miller

Conflict in the Courts, Tribal Contracts in the Balance

Last month the Supreme Court heard oral arguments in a case testing whether federal contracts with Tribes are really contracts at all....

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June 06, 2012

BIA Approves Ione Band’s Gaming Land Application; Denies Scotts Valley Band

Gale Courey Toensing
May 27, 2012
One indigenous nation in California has reason to celebrate and another has cause for disappointment after the Bureau of Indian Affairs issued determinations on two tribal gaming a...

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