Kolodny’s In Search of First Contact Rewrites History, and Then Some

Gale Courey Toensing
July 22, 2012
In her extraordinary book In Search of First Contact: The Vikings of Vinland, the Peoples of the Dawnland, and the Anglo-American Anxiety of Discovery (Duke University Press Books,...

Israeli Geneticists Find Natives With Ashkenazi Jewish Mutation

ICTMN Staff
May 31, 2012
A harmful modification in the BRCA1 gene prevalent among Jews of Eastern European descent, which increases the risk of developing breast and ovarian cancer, has been found in a Nat...

American History Myths Debunked: Columbus Might Have Been Jewish—And Other Unknown Facts

ICTMN Staff
May 21, 2012
“In 1492, Columbus sailed the ocean blue,” that’s the adage every kid in grade school is taught. But who cares, he certainly wasn’t the first...

American History Myths Debunked: The Indians Weren’t Defeated by White Settlers

ICTMN Staff
May 20, 2012
When the “ 6 Ridiculous Lies You Believe About the Founding of America ” was posted May 15 by Cracked.com is started something of an Internet sensation; and a spike in people searc...

American History Myths Debunked: Columbus Discovered America

ICTMN Staff
May 19, 2012
As we continue our look at Cracked.com’s widely read post ““6 Ridiculous Lies You Believe About the Founding of America,” we look at myth number four, Columbus Didn't Discover Amer...

Myths About the ‘Discovery’ of America and Native Americans Busted Across the Internet

ICTMN Staff
May 16, 2012
For whatever reason America has become enamored with discovering the truth behind this country’s history over the last couple of days...
Steve Russell

Indians and Diversity

This term, the Supreme Court has agreed to hear a case about affirmative action in university admissions, where my alma mater is on the side of diversity for a change....

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May 03, 2012
Steve Russell

Traveling by Water

"Coffee more...you want?" A young man, brown but of indeterminate nationality, is walking by with a carafe....

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March 25, 2012

Funny or Not: Native Americans Weigh in on Immigration

ICTMN Staff
January 21, 2012

Meet 'Librotraficante' Tony, Purveyor of Banned Books

ICTMN Staff
January 19, 2012
Never fear, Arizona schoolchildren! Tony is here to resurrect the ethnic studies program and restore banned bookdom to its rightful heirs...

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