Walter Lamar

Bullying Is Not Just Schoolyard Mischief

The Director of the Indian Health Service, Dr. Yvette Roubideaux, recently participated in the White House Forum on Bullying Prevention....

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May 01, 2012

Students Hope Documentary Prompts Apology in Minnesota

ICTMN Staff
April 30, 2012
A video project from 60 students in an introductory American Indians in Minnesota class at the University of Minnesota is being shown May 1 on campus and has already sparked discus...

The Big Apple's Best Multi-Culti Event: Drums Along the Hudson

ICTMN Staff
May 19, 2012

On Sunday, May 20th, the 10th annual Drums Along the Hudson

Gabrielle Tateyuskanskan

A Response to Chuck Trimble's "Keeping Victimhood in Perspective"

I was very disappointed to read Chuck Trimble’s mean-spirited, divisive commentary “Keeping Victimhood in Perspective.” I have never met Mr. Trimble, so I will introduce myself....

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March 11, 2012

Apologies Not Enough for Native Language Debacle

ICTMN Staff
March 02, 2012
Miranda Washinawatok , Menominee, and her family have been in the public eye since the 12-year-old was punished back on January 19 for using her Native American language in class...
Chuck Trimble

Keeping Victimhood in Perspective

Since we’re in an era in which fact, truth and accuracy are of little importance, let me use conjecture to tell about something that happened at a recent reading by the author of a new book that relates personal stories of suffering in Indian boarding schools and other vehicles of “genocide.” The...

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February 25, 2012

Haskell Students Speak Out About Protecting the Wakarusa Wetlands

ICTMN Staff
February 08, 2012
Jessica Lackey, Cherokee, and Millicent Pepion, Navajo and Blackfeet, are members of the Wetlands Preservation Organization (WPO), a plaintiff in the South Lawrence Trafficway (SLT...

Student Suspended for Speaking Native American Language

ICTMN Staff
February 07, 2012
After a 12-year-old Menominee student spoke her Native language during class, she was suspended from playing in that night’s basketball game, and memories of past boarding school a...

South Dakota High Court Green-Lights Native Childhood-Sex-Abuse Case

Stephanie Woodard
January 09, 2012
After dismissing multiple American Indian childhood-sexual-abuse lawsuits against the Catholic Church, the Supreme Court of South Dakota has allowed one suit to go forward...

Native Americans Sue Washington State For Sending Them to Mission School

ICTMN Staff
November 23, 2011
As reported by the Associated Press, eight Native Americans filed a lawsuit Tuesday against the Washington Department of Social and Health Services...

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