Longhouse Destroyed in Fire, But Not All Is Lost

Jack McNeel
January 19, 2013
A disastrous fire rocked the Colville Reservation as the year ended. A news release from the office of Chairman John Sirois expressed the sorrow felt throughout the reservation...

Minnesota Works on Forgiving But Not Forgetting Its Native History

Konnie LeMay
December 26, 2012
On December 26, a memorial was dedicated in Mankato, Minnesota’s Reconciliation Park near a white limestone buffalo that marks the spot where 38 Dakota men were hanged the day afte...

Dinner With Santa Celebrates Elders

Carol Berry
December 25, 2012
In the real world, he travels up to 100,000 miles a year in high-powered jets. But in the world of fantasy, he races millions of miles overnight in a reindeer-powered sleigh...

Family Dressed as Indians for Christmas Doing Gangnam Style: 'No Offense Intended'

ICTMN Staff
December 24, 2012
This came over the Twitter wire a short time ago from our friend @NativeApprops -- she wrote: In case you forgot in the midst of #IdleNoMore how most of the US sees us:"Native Amer...
Floyd Hand (Pte Ole)

A Native Interpretation of Christmas

Christmas for Native Americans started when the Europeans came over to Turtle Island. They taught the Indian about Christianity and St. Nicholas....

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December 23, 2012
Jay Daniels

On the Cobell Settlement and Other Consultations: Everyone Wants to Talk, No One Wants to Listen

On November 26, 2012, the Secretary of the Interior announced in a press release that the Cobell litigation is final and the Department will impleme...

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December 19, 2012

Marines Bring Christmas to Havasupai Tribe

ICTMN Staff
December 18, 2012
Since 1995 the US Marine Squadron HMM 764 has teamed up with the Flagstaff Toys for Tots and St. Mary's Food Bank to bring Christmas to the Havasupai Tribe in Arizona...
Ray Cook, Opinion Editor

Decolonization Slog

I am trying to write this day without mentioning the lost European’s name. There are store sales in his honor. That’s a distinctly American thing; if you are a dead white man that did something spectacular, you would know because they create sales offers in your name....

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October 08, 2012

Pangnirtung Grinches Nabbed by RCMP, Christmas Restored

ICTMN Staff
January 07, 2012
The sad story of a stolen Christmas has had a reasonably happy ending: The Grinchy thieves who broke into the Pangnirtung post office just before Christmas have been nabbed and mos...

SANTA! OH MY GOD! SANTA'S COMING! I KNOW HIM! I KNOW HIM! (i.e. Merry Christmas)

Gyasi Ross
December 24, 2011
Our culture, our people, our languages, and our children are the greatest gifts that Indian people have...

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