American Indian Program at Cornell Celebrates 30 Years

Gale Courey Toensing
April 19, 2013
The American Indian Program at Cornell University kicked off a series of celebrations marking its third decade with a 30 th Anniversary Recognition and Two Row Wampum Renewal Confe...

Haudenosaunee Hold Idle No More Round Dance in Syracuse

Gale Courey Toensing
January 01, 2013
Citizens of the six nations of the Haudenosaunee Confederacy and their non-Native supporters joined hands in a flash mob Round Dance of solidarity with the Idle No More movement on...

New Student Organization Promotes Native American Heritage Month and Combats Stereotypes at Russell Sage College

ICTMN Staff
November 23, 2012
The Native American Student Organization at Russell Sage College in Troy, New York is barely two months old, but it’s already sending the message that American Indians don’t all lo...

Native American Heritage Month: The Oldest Valid Treaty Between Indian Nations and the U.S. Is 218 Years Old Today

ICTMN Staff
November 11, 2012
November is recognized as Native American Heritage Month and Indian Country Today Media Network is celebrating every day of the month...

Folk Singer Pete Seeger Shares Some Hudson River History

ICTMN Staff
July 03, 2012
American folk singer and environmental activist Pete Seeger tells the story of the Peacemaker and the Haudenosaunee Confederacy at Clearwater's Great Hudson River Revival: A Music ...

Tribal Governments: What Price ‘Democracy’?

Duane Champagne
June 19, 2012
A puzzling aspect of the term tribe is its lack of a clear definition. Even the Department of the Interior, the last word on federal recognition, doesn’t have one...

A Gahnonyo to Protect Sacred Places and Promote World Peace in Victor, New York

ICTMN Staff
June 17, 2012
Image courtesy waymarking.com A Gahnonyo (Thanksgiving) will be held on Wednesday, June 20 at Ganondagan State Historic Site in Victor, New York to protect sacred places and promot...

Return of Sacred Items Heals Onondaga Nation

Gale Courey Toensing
June 15, 2012
An important Haudenosaunee wampum belt has been returned to the Onondaga Nation ...

Tonya Gonnella Frichner Among Honorary Degree Recipients at Colby College

Gale Courey Toensing
April 25, 2012
Tonya Gonnella Frichner, a citizen of the Onondaga Nation, Snipe Clan, will receive an honorary degree from Colby College during its 191 st Commencement on May 20...

Trees Planted in Honor of Late Mohawk Leader Jake Swamp

Michelle Tirado
December 01, 2011
Tree planting in Huntington Park, Massachusetts Jake Swamp-Tekaronianeken, a Mohawk leader and founder of the Tree of Peace Society, was remembered last month, a year after he was ...

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