Perique Tobacco: Steeped in Choctaw Tradition

ICTMN Staff
May 20, 2013
Perique ( pronounced pə-réek ) is a rare, dark and richly flavored tobacco originally cultivated by the Choctaw Indians more than 400 years ago...

ICTMN Talks With Texas Tech Pitcher Ashley Brokeshoulder

Sam Laskaris
May 04, 2013
Things have not worked out quite according to plan for Ashley Brokeshoulder during her senior year at Texas Tech University...

Three Native Artists Awarded $50,000 Grants

Gale Courey Toensing
April 30, 2013
LeAnne Howe (Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma), Edgar Heap of Birds (Cheyenne/Arapaho) and Nicholas Galanin (Tlingit/Aleut) were among the 54 artists to receive 2012 USA Fellowships from...
Oliver J. Semans

Rights Do Have a Cost

“Everyone talks about rights, but they have a cost,” said attorney Sara Frankenstein in a recent article on ICTMN.com (“With 2014 Elections Looming, N...

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April 02, 2013

Historian and Founding Trustee of the National Museum of the American Indian Frederick E. Hoxie to Speak at Mitchell Museum of the American Indian

ICTMN Staff
March 29, 2013
Author and historian Frederick E...
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

Jingle Dress Dancing Creates a Glorious Tintinnabulation That Mends the Spirit

Sara Shahriari
March 22, 2013
With short, kicking steps that skim the earth, jingle dress dancers rise and fall...
Steve Russell

Elders Are Our Strength

Elders suffered terribly during the Great Depression. I did not live then, but I am among the last generation schooled by the people who lived it. I know my family’s stories and the statistics, but the rest is speculation....

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March 21, 2013

Photos: Remembering the First Known Pow Wow Held in a U.S. Combat Zone by Native Americans

ICTMN Staff
March 13, 2013
In 2004, U.S. Army Sergeant Debra Mooney, Choctaw, and the 120th Engineer Combat Battalion staged the first pow wow held in a U.S. combat zone by Native Americans...

More Details Emerge In Choctaw Car Accident Deaths

ICTMN Staff
January 02, 2013
Charges have been issued after a deadly car accident on December 30 killed six Mississippi Band of Choctaw tribal members...

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