100 Years Ago in Indian Country

ICTMN Staff
January 06, 2012
In 1912… Jim Thorpe , Sac and Fox, won the gold medal in both the pentathlon and decathlon at the Olympics in Stockholm, Sweden...

State Immigration Laws on US High Court Radar

ICTMN Staff
December 12, 2011
Border states such as Arizona, feel they are suffering disproportionately due to illegal immigration and feel the federal government is not doing enough to address the situation...

Supreme Court Ruling Proves Again that Indian Country Needs Strong Tribal Judiciary

Ben Fenner
November 03, 2011
A court’s role is often similar to that of a dictionary: to define words. The current Supreme Court did just that last June...

‘Send Lawyers, Guns and Money’; Sovereignty’s Hit the Fan

Steven Paul McSloy
June 22, 2005
The late, great Warren Zevon, probably the only rock star ever to write a song about Indian gaming (1995's "Seminole Bingo"), more famously wrote "Lawyers, Gun and Money," a jaunty...

A Bird's Eye View of American Indian Law and Its Future

Steven Paul McSloy
September 23, 2003
American Indian law is often metaphorical...

The Supreme Court's Latest Look into Indian Law

Steven Paul McSloy
May 17, 2004
" The history points in both directions ." - Justice Thomas, concurring in the judgment in U.S. v. Lara...

Yankton Sioux Chalk Up Supreme Court Win

Stephanie Woodard
June 22, 2011
News traveled fast on the Yankton Sioux Reservation on Monday, June 20, as word was passed among tribal members of a U.S...

Lost Trust: Jicarilla Apache Nation Loses at Supreme Court

Rob Capriccioso
June 14, 2011
WASHINGTON – Continuing its trend of ruling against Indian interests in the Chief Justice John Roberts era, the Supreme Court ruled against the Jicarilla Apache Nation in a 7 - 1 d...

Supreme Court Blocks Multi-Tribal Trust Suit

Rob Capriccioso
April 29, 2011
WASHINGTON – In yet another loss for tribes with the Supreme Court, its justices have ruled that the Tohono O'Odham Nation is not allowed to pursue a lawsuit claiming mismanagement...
Geoffrey Strommer

Indian-Specific Health Care Provisions Must Stay

A year after passage of national health care reform with the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA or “Act”), the entire Act, including the many Indian-specific provisions within, is in danger of being taken away....

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April 28, 2011

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