Steven Newcomb

The Holy See’s Destructive Legacy of Deprimantur

Pope Francis—Jorge Mario Bergoglio—is 76 years old. He is the first pope from Latin America, the first Jesuit pope, and the first pope of our time not born in Europe....

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April 08, 2013

2012 Retrospective: May

ICTMN Staff
December 22, 2012
Take a look back at May 2012's biggest stories from the pages of our weekly magazine, This Week From Indian Country Today ...
Steven Newcomb

Kateri Tekawitha: Canonization in the Context of Spiritual Conquest

When Pope Benedict XVI canonizes Kateri Tekawitha (1656-1680) this month, she will be declared the Catholic Church’s first American Indian saint. What is the historical context of her beatification?...

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October 20, 2012

Quechan Tribe Sues to Halt Construction of Wind Factory on Sacred Land

Gale Courey Toensing
June 23, 2012
The Interior Department’s Bureau of Land Management (BLM) has the following warning on its web page regarding Southern California’s Coyote Mountains Wilderness Area: “Removal, dist...

Video: Native Americans Opposed to Ocotillo Express Wind Facility Sing Land Song

ICTMN Staff
June 09, 2012
This video shows a group of Native Americans who oppose the Ocotillo Express Wind Facility singing the Land Song...
Steven Newcomb

The Court of Claims Ruling in California Indians K-344

On October 5, 1942, the U.S....

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May 30, 2012

Repatriation and Reburial of Ancient Remains Delayed

ICTMN Staff
May 02, 2012
The fate of the nearly 10,000-year-old remains unearthed in 1976 during renovation work at the University of California at San Diego (UCSD) chancellor’s house in La Jolla, Californ...

A New Attack on Repatriation

Duane Champagne
April 09, 2012
Who owns the past? That’s the headline of an editorial in the April copy of Scientific American . The question is occasioned by regulations that the U.S...
Steven Newcomb

Kumeyaay Ancestral Remains Held by UCSD

The Kumeyaay have no ceremony for reburying the dead. The remains of a Kumeyaay ancestor unearthed by the dominating society are to be given the same ceremony as a loved one who has recently passed on....

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August 22, 2011

Burial-Site Battle Pits Kumeyaay Against University

Dina Gilio-Whitaker
August 22, 2011
Ever since the remains of three ancient humans were unearthed in 1976 on property owned by the University of California at San Diego (UCSD), the Kumeyaay people have been engaged i...

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