Sherman Alexie’s Absolutely True Diary Makes ALA’s Most-Challenged List Again

ICTMN Staff
April 09, 2012
Sherman Alexie’s The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian has made it onto the American Library Association’s (ALA) list of most-challenged books once again, though it has s...

In Praise of Vine Deloria

Duane Champagne
March 26, 2012
In his groundbreaking 1969 volume Custer Died for Your Sins: An Indian Manifesto , Vine Deloria Jr. wrote a now famous critique of anthropologists...

New Book Maps America’s Languages, Includes Navajo

ICTMN Staff
March 06, 2012
Elizabeth Little In her new book, Trip of the Tongue: Cross-Country Travels in Search of America's Languages , author Elizabeth Little maps the many and varied languages of America...

New Mexico Gears Up for Dr. Seuss Celebration

ICTMN Staff
February 26, 2012
New Mexico schools will be celebrating the 108 th birthday of Dr...

Indigenous Government on a National Scale: Remapping Bolivia, Transforming a Nation

Sara Shahriari
February 19, 2012
Bolivians made some radical changes over the past decade. They protested and died to prevent the government from exporting cheap natural gas...

From Rereleased Classics to New Titles, Accolades From the American Indian Library Association

ICTMN Staff
February 01, 2012
Running the gamut in subject matter from Christmas memories to boarding school, four books have won accolades from the American Indian Library Association (AILA)...

Today Is Read Across America Day

ICTMN Staff
March 02, 2012
Join the National Education Association (NEA) today in celebrating Read Across America Day, a day created to motivate children to read...
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Joint Statement in Opposition to Book Censorship in Tucson Unified School District

The undersigned organizations are committed to protecting free speech and intellectual freedom. We write to express our deep concern about the removal of books used in the Mexican-American Studies Program in the Tucson Unified School District....

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January 30, 2012

Native American Activist Discusses Ban in Tucson

ICTMN Staff
January 29, 2012
Bill Means, American Indian Movement co-founder and a member of the board of the International Indian Treaty Council, recently spoke with Dennis Bernstein about the Ethnic Studies ...

More Than 22,000 Sign Petition to Save Banned Books and Ethnic Studies in Arizona

ICTMN Staff
January 26, 2012
Presente.org has garnered more than 22,000 signatures on its petition asking Tucson Unified School District Superintendent John Pedicone to bring back the banned books and the Mexi...

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