2012’s Biggest Indian Country Surprises

Rob Capriccioso
December 28, 2012
From naughty politicians to a bevy of folks playing Indian to policy predicaments and beyond, Indian country had plenty of reasons to be perplexed in 2012...

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...

Drudge Targets Native American Students on Thanksgiving; Follows Similar Move By Mary Bono Mack

Rob Capriccioso
November 23, 2012
Popular conservative website aggregator Matt Drudge is using Thanksgiving 2012 to target Native American students who want to add their perspectives to the American dialogue on wha...

Sizing Up the Vote: The Key Races and Issues Across Indian Country, Part 2

ICTMN Staff
November 04, 2012
While most of the media attention this election cycle has focused on the close presidential race between President Barack Obama and Mitt Romney, there are many other campaigns and ...
Cole R. DeLaune

Kristi Noem and Mary Bono Mack Are Both Friends to Indian Country

To a certain species of political observer, the popular impulse when confronted with ideological complexity is to see past any suggestion of nuance to a profitable corollary....

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November 01, 2012
John Boehner, Speaker of the House of Representatives

Speaker of the House John Boehner: 'We Can Do Better'

In recent months, my role as Speaker of the House has allowed me to travel much of our great nation—including Indian country—and talk to Americans of all walks of life. Wherever I go, conversation quickly turns to jobs and the state of the economy....

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October 25, 2012

California Congressional Candidate Raul Ruiz Talks to ICTMN About Opponent Mary Bono Mack’s Attack Ads

Lynn Armitage
October 22, 2012
In 1997, Raul Ruiz, a 25-year-old Harvard medical student, participated in the annual Thanksgiving Day protest in Plymouth, Massachusetts, with the United American Indians of New E...

Bono Mack Says Native American-Supporting Opponent is Anti-American

Rob Capriccioso
October 19, 2012
U.S. Rep...

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