Tribal Luminaries Participate in Massive Climate Change, Keystone Rally in Washington

ICTMN Staff
February 17, 2013
Famed Native author Louise Erdrich is among the notables flocking to Washington, D.C. for a February 17 rally demanding governmental action on climate change...

Two Kennedys, Darryl Hannah and Other Celebrity Activists Among 47 Arrested at White House Keystone XL Protest

ICTMN Staff
February 14, 2013
Just one day after President Barack Obama announced initiatives to combat climate change in his State of the Union speech, protesters descended upon the White House to urge the U.S...

Tribal Members Sign Treaty Calling for an End to Alberta Oil Sands Development and Keystone XL

Carol Berry
January 31, 2013
Nebraska Governor Dave Heineman’s approval of that state’s section of the disputed Keystone XL pipeline has united not only indigenous from the U.S...

Nebraska Governor Approves New Keystone XL Pipeline Route

ICTMN Staff
January 23, 2013
A day after President Barack Obama highlighted climate change in his inauguration speech, Nebraska Governor Dave Heineman, a Republican, approved the new route through the state fo...
Steven Newcomb

The Colonial Doctrine of Discovery and Idle No More

As we approach the 200th year since the great Shawnee leader Tecumseh was killed in battle, by American forces on the River Thames in North America, on October 5, 1813, a tremendous wave of activism by the Original Nations and Peoples of Turtle Island has suddenly swept across the geog...

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January 04, 2013

The Most Important Stories of 2012

ICTMN Staff
December 31, 2012
The most widely read stories aren't always the most important ones. We recently published our list of 2012's most popular stories by page views ...

Spiritual Leaders Vow to Defend Mother Earth from Oil Sands and Pipelines With Spiritual Declaration

David P. Ball
November 23, 2012
Indigenous spiritual leaders from across the continent have launched a declaration to protect Mother Earth from the impacts of development in Canada's oil sands mega-project...

Senator-Elect Heitkamp Strongly Supports Keystone XL, Despite Indian Opposition; Tribal Vote Helped Her Win

Rob Capriccioso
November 20, 2012
WASHINGTON—There’s an early rupture in the bond that some American Indians had hoped to forge with newly elected Senator Heidi Heitkamp, D-North Dakota, who has come out strongly i...
Winona LaDuke

Pro Life and Not a Planet Baker: Why I’m voting for Barack Obama

Let’s start big. It’s official. Climate change is no longer a topic of the presidential election banter. Since pretty much no one has mentioned climate change for the past three months, we must be free and clear....

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October 31, 2012

Athabasca Chipewyan Launch Treaty 8 Challenge to Shell Canada Over Oil Sands

David P. Ball
October 05, 2012
A First Nation whose land sits in the heart of the Alberta oil sands has ramped up its legal battle against the vast industrial development, which has generated controversy because...

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