VAWA, Good News-Bad News, and Dirty Oil: How Obama Gave Himself Cover to Kill Native Sacred Sites

Gyasi Ross
March 07, 2013
INCREDIBLE NEWS: On Thursday, February 28th, 2013, the House of Representatives finally decided that Native women, LGBTQ women, and immigrant women were worthy of protections from ...

Colorado Idle No More Won't Back Down, Rallies Opposing Keystone XL Pipeline

Carol Berry
February 18, 2013
The controversial Keystone XL Pipeline, if approved, will be “built through sacred sites, traditional camp grounds and areas full of Native history,” warned a young Native woman wh...
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In the Northeast among the forests and along the shores of Iroquoia we have a dance called the Women’s Shuffle Dance, or the Women’s Dance. The men sing an ancient song meant to honor and recognize the role of women and the female spirit....

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February 18, 2013

Native Hawaiians Get a State Recognized Roll

Cliff Matias
February 12, 2013
Native Hawaiians from across the islands gathered on the lawn of Iolani Palace to celebrate their recognition on January 20...

Idle No More Snowbowl Protest Disrupted by Disorderly Woman

ICTMN Staff
February 11, 2013
During what should have been a peaceful gathering to protest the use of recycled wastewater on the sacred San Francisco Peaks, the Protect the Peaks organization says two Navajo yo...

Idle No More Enters a New Phase, Seeks Next Steps

David P. Ball
February 11, 2013
Idle No More’s founders and leaders are determined to keep the movement’s momentum going and to maintain pressure on aboriginal leaders and the federal government to enact concrete...

Algonquin Conservative Senator Patrick Brazeau Crash-Lands in Jail, Charged With Assault

ICTMN Staff
February 10, 2013
Conservative Algonquin Senator Patrick Brazeau, known for everything from lashing out at critics to losing a charity boxing match to penning a song in honor of the country’s missin...

Plex Releases Idle No More Anthem -- With a Little Help from John Lennon

ICTMN Staff
February 08, 2013
Indigenous hip hop artist Plex has joined the legion of artists who've been inspired by the Idle No More movement, recording "No More," a rousing single in support of the cause...

Aboriginal Housing Crisis in Canada Threatens to Explode

David P. Ball
February 08, 2013
When the housing crisis in Attawapiskat First Nation made headlines worldwide in October 2011 after the community declared a state of emergency, few had heard of the band’s chief, ...

Rolling Stone Takes Note of Idle No More

ICTMN Staff
February 05, 2013
Rolling Stone has gotten wind of Idle No More, and a story posted on February 4 explains in concise terms what the movement and the controversy that started it are about...

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