War Eagle Awards to Frank LaMere and Tito Parker

Stephanie Woodard
December 18, 2011
The Sioux City Human Rights Commission granted its annual War Eagle Human Rights Award to Frank LaMere, Winnebago Tribe of Nebraska and head of the city’s Four Directions Community...

Supreme Court Approached on ICWA Issue

Carol Berry
December 10, 2011
The Cherokee Nation and one of its members have asked the U.S. Supreme Court to decide issues raised by a ruling of the U.S...

Pre-Thanksgiving March Will Memorialize Iowa’s Lost Children

Stephanie Woodard
November 20, 2011
In the days before Thanksgiving, mourners and protesters will participate in the Ninth Annual Memorial March to Honor Our Lost Children...

NPR Investigation Reveals How the Foster Care System Steals Indian Children From Their Families and Culture

ICTMN Staff
November 04, 2011
A year-long National Public Radio (NPR) investigation has found that nearly 700 Native children in South Dakota are being removed from their homes and placed in foster homes every ...

Iowa Commission on Native American Affairs Meets in Des Moines

Stephanie Woodard
October 19, 2011
“Keeping our families intact is a priority,” said Judy Yellowbank, Winnebago Tribe of Nebraska and vice-chairperson of the Iowa Commission on Native American Affairs...

Echo-Hawk to Keynote Law Symposium September 16

ICTMN Staff
September 14, 2011
On September 16 th , Walter Echo-Hawk, of the Pawnee Nation, will keynote the 11 th Annual Native Nations Law Symposium...

Indian Child Welfare Activist Receives Robert F. Kennedy Children’s Action Corps’ Award

ICTMN Staff
June 17, 2011
Terry Cross “Terry [Cross] is a quietly powerful man,” Ed Kelley, president and chief executive officer of the Robert F...

Denver Indian Center Sees Spring as a Time of Transition

Carol Berry
May 26, 2011
Nigel Thomas, 3, Dine, watered plants during the Shellene Redhorse and Ellison Grimm plant seeds at the Denver Indian Center during the Youth Garden Spring Planting Day at the Denv...

Tribal Law is Limited, Court Rules

Carol Berry
April 08, 2011
DENVER—Tribes may have the exclusive right to determine their membership for tribal purposes, but not if they seek to define membership in order to expand a federal statute, the U...
Donna Ennis

Dr. Phil on Baby Veronica: He Just Doesn't Get It

Dr. Phil either gets it or he doesn’t. After viewing a recent episode of his show that featured the perspective of adoptive parents in the "battle over Baby Veronica," it is clear to me that he doesn’t get it....

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October 23, 2012

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