Timothy Aqukkasuk Argetsinger

VAWA's Loudest Advocates Further Silence Native Women

Many federally recognized tribes are celebrating the reauthorization of VAWA, which contains key provisions that authorize tribal courts to prosecute non-Indians in sexual assault and domestic violence cases on reservation....

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March 24, 2013

2012 Hall of Fame and Mantle of Shame Awards

Suzan Shown Harjo
December 28, 2012
HALL OF FAME: President Barack Obama and Vice President Joe Biden for winning second terms by a whopping 332 electoral votes to 206 for Republican challenger Mitt Romney and Repres...

The Week That Was: The Big Stories in Indian Country

ICTMN Staff
November 24, 2012
It's our roundup of all the big news coming out of Indian country: • ERDRICH HONORED: Ojibwe author Louise Erdrich won the National Book Award for fiction for The Round House , her...

National Book Award Goes to Louise Erdrich for The Round House

ICTMN Staff
November 15, 2012
Ojibwe author Louise Erdrich’s novel The Round House has won the National Book Award for fiction, the National Book Foundation announced on November 14...

Louise Erdrich Novel The Round House Finalist for National Book Award

ICTMN Staff
October 10, 2012
Famed Ojibwe author Louise Erdrich’s latest novel, published this month, is on the short list for a National Book Award, the National Book Foundation announced on October 10...

Meryl Streep Ancestor Linked to Native American Battle

ICTMN Staff
February 15, 2012
Academy Award winner Meryl Streep recently won the leading actress award from the British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) for her portrayal as Margaret Thatcher, the fo...

Literature the Ojibwe Way: Erdrich Sisters' Wiigwaas Press Helps Preserve Ojibwemowin

Konnie LeMay
December 29, 2011
"Thank you for helping to save the world.” That’s how Ojibwe language teacher Dan Jones greeted his beginners class after explaining that some believe an end to the language means ...

Shelf-Promotion: Famed Novelist Louise Erdrich's Bookstore Stocks Great Native Books

Stephanie Woodard
December 14, 2011
I confess: I love Ojibwe novelist Louise Erdrich’s Minneapolis shop, Birchbark Books , and you can, too...

Rapper Tall Paul Represents His Culture

Stephanie Woodard
December 14, 2011
In “Prayers in a Song,” rapper Tall Paul starts out singing in English, then shifts to the language of his Leech Lake Ojibwe ancestors, Anishinaabe...

Native American Language Documentary Wins Upper Midwest Emmy

Michael Meuers
October 22, 2011
Twin Cities Public Television (tpt) recently announced that on September 25, the station was awarded an Upper Midwest Emmy for First Speakers: Restoring the Ojibwe Language , a doc...

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