Sen. Tim Johnson Will Not Seek Re-Election in 2014

ICTMN Staff
March 27, 2013
On March 26, news came that South Dakota Democratic Senator Tim Johnson, member of the Senate Committee on Indian Affairs, would not be seeking re-election in 2014...

Through Airmen's Eyes: Airman Embraces Native American Culture, Traditions

Airman 1st Class Jarrod Grammel 23d Wing Public Affairs/DOD
November 30, 2012
MOODY AIR FORCE BASE, Ga. (AFNS) -- (This feature is part of the "Through Airmen's Eyes" series on AF.mil...

Native American Heritage Month: 'To Those Who Carry the Blood,' a Poem by Richard Walker

Richard Walker
November 29, 2012
Richard Walker, Mexican/Yaqui, is a newspaper editor in Kitsap County, Washington, as well as a correspondent for Indian Country Today Media Network...

Native American Heritage Month: 'Frybread Dreams,' a Poem by Richard Walker

Richard Walker
November 28, 2012
It’s 1 in the morning and I’m awake, thinking about frybread because some co-workers were talking Tuesday about how they like Indian tacos and one guy says, “They’re not really Nat...

Native American Heritage Month: 'That Was It (The Missing Taino),' a Poem by Rick Kearns

Rick Kearns
November 28, 2012
It is not easy for me to say I am a stranger in this white world but I am. I awoke one day rainbow Boricua white boy floating in a suburb feeling the need to explode...

First Sgt. Lester Day, Cowlitz, Delivers Army Native American Observance Keynote Speech

Sgt. 1st Class Erick Studenicka, Courtesy DOD
November 28, 2012
ANDAHAR AIRFIELD, Afghanistan – Living history portrayals of some of the most famous Native Americans in history and a key note speech by the highest ranking enlisted Native Americ...

Native American Heritage Month: Check Out These Animated Stories on YouTube

ICTMN Staff
November 27, 2012
One may not think of YouTube as being a place to find information about Native American history, but a number of individuals and tribes have taken to using animation to tell their ...

Native American Heritage Month: Army Establishes Formal Nation-to-Nation Ties With Native American Tribes

David Vergun, Army News Service
November 25, 2012
As Soldiers and all Americans celebrate Native American Heritage Month, the Army has consulted with leaders of federally recognized tribes to provide new policy for Army-tribal rel...
Sunny Clifford

What Native American Heritage Month Means to Me

You know you come from a nation of oppression when a month has to be dedicated to your heritage. It’s the only way the rest of the country will remember how their freedom came to be, if they can see through the majesty of feathers, beads, and face paint....

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November 24, 2012

12-Step Indian Rehab (A Modest Post-Thanksgiving Proposal from Alex Jacobs)

Alex Jacobs
November 24, 2012
In the 1970s I worked for Akwesasne Notes , the Mohawk Nation newspaper and the largest Native journal in the world...

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