New Cancer Research Tailors to American Indian Populations

Charlotte Hofer
May 14, 2013
With one mind we address our acknowledgment, respect, and gratefulness to all the sacred Cycle of Life...

Dancing for Life, Love & Hope: The 2013 Powwow for Hope

ICTMN Staff
April 30, 2013
This Saturday, May 4, an important event for all of Indian country will be held in Minneapolis...

Cherokee Champion for Change Fights for Cancer Prevention

Vincent Schilling
April 17, 2013
Among the five students named as a 2013 Champion for Change by the Center for Native American Youth in March is cancer survivor Cierra Fields...

Center for Native American Youth Honors Five Champions for Change

Vincent Schilling
March 18, 2013
Getting to shake the president’s hand was a highlight for some Native youth who were recently honored by the Center for Native American Youth, founded by former U.S. Sen...

Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez Dies Following Battle With Cancer

ICTMN Staff
March 05, 2013
Just four months into his fourth term, Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez, died Tuesday from complications related to cancer. He was 58 years old...

Ben Luján, Speaker of NM House, Loses Battle With Lung Cancer

ICTMN Staff
December 19, 2012
After announcing to a tear-filled room in January that he wouldn’t seek reelection because he was fighting stage-4 lung cancer, New Mexico House Speaker Ben Luján’s battle with the...

Jim Sinclair, Champion of Aboriginal Rights, Walks On

ICTMN Staff
November 16, 2012
Saskatchewan elder Jim Sinclair lost his battle with cancer on Friday, November 9. He was 79. Sinclair was born in 1933 in Punnichy, Saskatchewan ...

Ongoing Health Study May Explain High Cancer Rates on Wind River Indian Reservation

Irina Zhorov
November 05, 2012
On the Wind River Indian Reservation in central Wyoming, an ongoing community health study may finally have the data to back up community members' claims about high cancer rates, a...
Devon G. Peña, Ph.D.

Restoring Heritage Cuisines and Indigenous Agroecosystems to Address Obesity, Malnutrition and Trauma

One of the consequences of the conquest and settlement of North and South America by Europeans was the displacement and destruction of native biological and cultural diversity....

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August 01, 2012
James D. Adams

Is Something Wrong With Modern Medicine?

Our society is afflicted with diabetes, heart disease, arthritis and cancer, diseases that were less common a century ago....

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May 28, 2012

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