DaShanne Stokes

Rights vs. Identity: Divisions Run Deep Over Hickory Ground

The recent arrest of Wayland Gray, a Muscogee (Creek) Nation citizen, has set off a firestorm of criticism against the Poarch Band of Creek Indians....

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March 26, 2013

Bay Area American Indian Two-Spirit Powwow Brings Everyone Back Into the Circle

Marc Dadigan
March 20, 2013
Growing up in his primarily Christian Chickasaw tribal community in Oklahoma, Miko Thomas suffered a fear of being rejected for his identity as a Two Spirit, a modern term referrin...

Photographing Vanishing Cultures With a Huge Camera, Hoping for an Even Bigger Impact

Alysa Landry
March 12, 2013
A two-story-high photograph of Joe Yazzie towers over the viewer—every scar, wrinkle and hint of emotion on his face magnified...
Steven Newcomb

Jefferson Keel’s Message of Political Assimilation

On February 14, 2013, in Washington, D.C., Jefferson Keel (Chickasaw Nation) delivered his "State of the Indian Nations” address in his capacity as President of the National Congress of American Indians (NCAI)....

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February 22, 2013

2012 Hall of Fame and Mantle of Shame Awards

Suzan Shown Harjo
December 28, 2012
HALL OF FAME: President Barack Obama and Vice President Joe Biden for winning second terms by a whopping 332 electoral votes to 206 for Republican challenger Mitt Romney and Repres...

2012 Retrospective: August

ICTMN Staff
December 25, 2012
Take a look back at August 2012's biggest stories from the pages of our weekly magazine, This Week From Indian Country Today ...

Oklahoma Schools Push to Keep Native Languages Alive

Lynn Armitage
December 06, 2012
On September 13, the U.S...

U.S. Rep. Tom Cole Says There's Bipartisan Support for American Indian Causes

Rob Capriccioso
October 24, 2012
Many partisans on both ends of the political spectrum were surprised to read in September that U.S...

Honoring Ceremony Held for Reburied Ancestral Remains at Wickliffe Mounds in Kentucky

ICTMN Staff
September 26, 2012
With three eagles and a red-tailed hawk circling overhead, an honoring ceremony was held August 23 for the ancestors of the Chickasaw and Absentee Shawnee nations who had been rebu...

Play It Loud! A Farewell to Levon Helm, Chickasaw

ICTMN Staff
April 19, 2012
Levon Helm of The Band has walked on, succumbing to cancer on the afternoon of April 19, his family announced. “Levon Helm passed peacefully this afternoon,” his website reads...

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