Steven Newcomb

U.S. Colonialism: The Cornerstone of U.S. Indian Policy

Indian nations have been dealing politically with the imperial momentum of the United States ever since the 13 British colonies along the Atlantic Seaboard of North America declared themselves to be free and independent states in the late eighteenth century....

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April 25, 2013

Pennsylvania Pow Wow Promotes Diabetes Prevention

Tish Leizens
February 17, 2013
From a vendor’s point of view, Arvil Meisenhelter, of Lenape ancestry, thought that a pow wow that had an intertribal following in the Harrisburg area of Pennsylvania should be all...

Native Students Struggle for Space at Columbia University

Cliff Matias
January 04, 2013
Not since its founding in 1754 has Columbia University in New York City offered the Native American community a permanent residence on campus...

Longhouse in Lancaster, Pennsylvania Completed

Tish Leizens
November 27, 2012
It took more than 300 volunteers, several months of detailed construction and determination to heal misunderstandings and abuse against Native Americans three centuries ago to buil...

Hurricane Sandy Passes, Tribes Begin Assessing Damage

ICTMN Staff
October 30, 2012
As the Eastern Seaboard sorted out the devastation from the worst storm in U.S.–recorded history, tribes affected by the winds, tidal surge and rain of Hurricane Sandy assessed dam...

Mermaid Tales From Native Tribes Abound

ICTMN Staff
July 17, 2012
While the U.S...

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 ...

New York City Fourth Graders Study Lenape Culture, Learn Respect

Eisa Nefertari Ulen
February 18, 2012
If most non-Natives know only Tonto , the local sports mascot, and a full-voiced “Geronominoooo!”as their key Indian country reference points, that’s partly because television and ...

The Original New Yorkers

ICTMN Staff
December 24, 2011
Most everyone knows (or think they know) how Manhattan Island, today the jeweled centerpiece of New York City, was purchased by the Dutch from the Indians for $24 worth of beads an...

Turtle Rock, Sacred Site for Okehockings Lenape

ICTMN Staff
November 15, 2011
This image comes to us from Richard Whiteford, an environmental communications consultant in Pennsylvania...

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