Muscogee (Creek) Nation Welcomes Iroquois Nationals in Historic Meeting

ICTMN Staff
February 14, 2013
The Muscogee (Creek) Nation will welcome ambassadors of the Iroquois Nationals lacrosse organization to Creek Country from February 16 to 18...

From Beads to Bounty: How Wampum Became America’s First Currency—And Lost Its Power

Ann C. Tweedy
January 14, 2013
When Prince Philip of the Pokanokets (later known as the Wampanoags) proudly wore his wampum—decorative beads made from whelk and clam shells—he was proudly declaring several thing...

New York Elementary Students Create Native-Inspired Folktales

ICTMN Staff
December 03, 2012
Fourth-Grade students from Erin Brewster’s class at Volney Elementary School in Fulton, New York recently presented Native American folktales they wrote and illustrated at an autho...
David Wilkins & Carter Meland

Cowboys and Indians at War on Thanksgiving Day

Exalted in grade-school lore as the great coming together of Native peoples and Pilgrim settlers, Thanksgiving is a uniquely American holiday. It's the time when we as a nation gathered to appreciate and share what we have—food, fellowship, and football.
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November 24, 2012

Haudenosaunee Thanksgiving Prayer

ICTMN Staff
November 23, 2012
As this day of Thanksgiving dawns, the words of the Haudenosaunee Thanksgiving Prayer ring truer than ever...

Brookfield Renewable Power Donates 100 Acres of Sacred Mohawk Land to Hiawatha Institute for Indigenous Knowledge

Vincent Schilling
October 05, 2012
On September 28, Brookfield Renewable Power, Inc...
Ray Cook

A Response to Senator Jon Kyl

Senator Jon Kyl (R-Arizona) recently issued a statement after the passage of the reauthorization of the Violence Against Women Act, in which he argued that tribal governments (...

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May 08, 2012
Julianne Jennings

From Slavery to Raspberry-Flavored Indians: America’s Obsession With Stereotypes

Stereotypes help market American merchandise for more than a century, and the history of their use and abuse offers a strange and telling story of race relations in this country. Starting with sugar, its long history is interwoven with that of the slave trade....

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April 21, 2012

A Family Affair: The Indian Museum in the Pocono Mountains

Tish Leizens
April 29, 2012
Mal Law is not a Native American, but since 1974 when he established The Pocono Indian Museum here in Bushkill, Pennsylvania, he has been giving history lessons and recreating the ...

Are You Eligible for The Tewaaraton Outstanding Native American Scholarship?

ICTMN Staff
April 23, 2012
Every year, one player from NCAA men's and women's lacrosse is presented the The Tewaaraton Award, marking them as the player of the year (for a list of past winners of this presti...

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