Native Student Tackles the Powwow Trail and Preserving his Language

Simon Moya-Smith
May 05, 2013
Harvard wanted him. Yale wanted him. Dartmouth, UCLA, Stanford—they all wanted him. So who finally landed Julian Brave NoiseCat? Columbia University in New York City...

Columbia Native Students Demand Recognition of Original Inhabitants

Simon Moya-Smith
April 26, 2013
Students of the Native American Council at Columbia University in New York City were poised to take back Manhattan with a pow wow on April 14...

Columbia University Native Students Are Taking Back Manhattan

Simon Moya-Smith
April 12, 2013
The Native American students of Columbia University in New York City are plotting to take back the island of Manhattan. Their tactic? A pow wow...

Who's Got Reservations? A Discussion About Journalism in Indian Country

Thomas Vinciguerra
April 08, 2013
If the many issues facing Indian country are not better known or understood it is partly because the major media have failed to cover them properly...

Women's History Pioneer Walks On

ICTMN Staff
January 21, 2013
After Gerda Lerner passed away on January 2 at the age of 92 in Madison, Wisconsin, Indian Country Today Media Network’s Mary Annette Pember wrote about her relationship with Dr...

Native Students Struggle for Space at Columbia University

Cliff Matias
January 04, 2013
Not since its founding in 1754 has Columbia University in New York City offered the Native American community a permanent residence on campus...

Blackfeet Student Fights Fracking by Studying Alternative Energy Solutions

Simon Moya-Smith
December 28, 2012
She boxes. She beads. She reads (environmental engineering textbooks.) Her name: Mariah Gladstone...
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Don't Be Fooled: No One Is 'Threatening' Thanksgiving

It was 6:15 p.m. on a Wednesday when I attempted to break into St. Paul’s Chapel on the Columbia University campus in New York City. There was a lecture scheduled for 6 p.m....

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