Educating is Key to Reclaiming Indian ‘Image and Identity’

Gale Courey Toensing
November 30, 2012
At a Senate Committee on Indian Affairs hearing about countering the negative images of Indians in popular culture, Lynn Valbuena captured the problem and the solution in two sente...

Seattle Human Rights Commission: Washington State Should Ban Native Mascots in Schools

ICTMN Staff
November 24, 2012
On November 23, the Seattle Human Rights Commission passed a resolution calling upon Washington state to stop the use of Native American mascots in public schools...

NCAI: Reflections and Celebrations During Thanksgiving and Native American Heritage Month

ICTMN Staff
November 23, 2012
Thanksgiving is a time for family and friends to look upon reflection, remembrance, and celebration...
Steven Newcomb

On President Obama’s Columbus Day Proclamation

Pursuant to two congressional resolutions, President Barack Obama proclaimed Monday October 8, 2012 as Columbus Day. “I call upon the people of the United States to observe this day with appropriate ceremonies and activities,” he stated....

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October 14, 2012
Gov. Jerry Brown

Proclamation on Native American Heritage Day by California Governor Jerry Brown

California has been home to human beings for at least 12,000 years, with the period of European-American settlement representing only a tiny fraction of this time....

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October 01, 2012

Red Friday: Native American Heritage Day 2011

Rob Capriccioso
November 25, 2011
WASHINGTON – Good or bad, American Indians have long been associated with Thanksgiving...

Native American Heritage Day at MSU

ICTMN Staff
November 25, 2011
A video posted by the Bozeman Daily Chronicle highlights a Native American dancing exhibit held September 23, 2011 at Montana State University's Native American Heritage Day celebr...

Native American Heritage Day Celebration

ICTMN Staff
November 25, 2011
This video shows a Native American Heritage Day celebration held at Cornelius Hedges Elementary School in Kalispell, Montana on September 30, 2011...

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